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Agressive 76ers defense will go a-long way this year.
It always seizes to amaze me how so very few take the 76ers for real. It seizes to amaze me how many people critize the bench, yet at the same time the youngsters offensively, and defensively are excuting to perfection. Make no mistake the 76ers are good, but People now and days practically look at the paper. After watching my first 76ers game this year these are my impressions: After reading statsitics for more then 2 weeks, I am finally home and I can watch the recording of the 76ers Knicks game. Under Jim O'Brien there was: No consistant offense, No defense (AT ALL), Poor Communication, and only 1 rookie (Andre Iguodala) Under Maurice Cheeks there is or at least in 1 game: Consistant offense, an agressive and do I mean Agressive defense, And more communication and love then expected Oh and there are 4 rookies (Louis Williams, Olu Famutimi, Steve Castleberry and Deng Gai). If there is one thing Billy King has done, managed to do under one season, is that he developed a young core (Samuel Dalembert, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver and Willie Green) And turned them into very much hyped veterans, The Young core above may not be as talented, but they maybe able to to make at least 1 or 2 names in the east. If the Youngsters aren't impressing you then maybe the veterans are: Lee Nailon and Steven Hunter have been filling in nicely for Samuel Dalembert, Michael Bradley And not to mention James Thomas's production as a rebounder while Webber's gone. Make no mistake Castleberry will be waived, but James Thomas may be worth a small contract, if he can be aggressive offensively and defensively, if he adds a dimension or two to his game he can be lethal. But Enough of the Youngsters, enough of the veterans Filling in for the starters and Enough of Iverson having a great year because he did anything BUT have a great year, all he earned was the scoring title. If anything needs to be said about these 76ers. is that their aggressive defensively. In the game in New York, they never trailed. In the Game in San Antonio they held the most prominent offense under 90 points. In the game Against Houston, the Rockets only had 44 points by half-time. Get what I am saying? If the Young core turns out to be good that's great, if the veterans can gel together and play that too will be great, but it will not I repeat WILL NOT take the cake. Last year the 76ers were one of the worst defensive teams. If this defensive play carries over 82 games of basketball. Then let me just say this: The 76er fans are lucky, and should stop looking at the paper. They should instead: LOOK AT THE REALITY AND NOT A NAME.
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Agressive 76ers defense will go a-long way this year.
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