Melo's Answer

Let me ask you another thing, Did you see the play when we were making our comeback, and boykins drove for that wide-open lane to the bucket and then at the last second decided to pass and threw it away out of bounds? Do you know why that even happend?

It was because Sammy came over at the last second to go for a block and he got nervous and panicked and threw it away, that is what Sammy is bringing to this defense right now. Along with the improvement of his rebounding, I love his defense on this team right now.

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DieSlow69

Just wanna say that......Sammy does deserve some props for how he has improved this season. Yeah I know it's early in the season and I have a way to go before I'm pissed at him. But on the real he has improved this season. His offense is terrible yeah But he is a defensive beast. Damn Griddy give him his props. If it wasn't for C-dubb he would have the paint on smash........


Iggy's jumper looks better to me so far this season. Looks like he took a good amout of the offseason working on it. But damn a lot of the times he just passes the ball back to whoever. He needs to get more aggressive because the way his Jay has been falling, and the way his game looks he could be a threat. DAMN WAKE UP IGGY OR IS THIS ALL HE IS????? AND IS THIS ALL WE SHOULD EXPECT OF HIM????????

Coatesvillain

I really think that they're going to have to try to move him around and see where they can get the most out of him. I really think they should put him at the 1 and drop Ollie back down to the bench. Keep Korver off the bench, simply have someone else start in the mold of Iavaroni (where a starter gets bench minutes).

Also from the little I've seen this season, I think Webber's not capable of playing PF anymore. If he's out there he needs to play Center, but the problem with that is obviously that he wasn't a shot blocking threat in his prime so he's definitely not one now with his lead filled knees. I really think he'd be better off in another situation as well, his inabilities on defense are well documented but you can't even cover up for his weaknesses defensively because there are others on the floor who's defense is just as week (namely Iverson).

You can emphasize defense till the next Philly team wins a championship, but it's not going to work if you have guys who simply aren't good (whether it's because they don't care, or are physically unable to play it well).

Also it's tough for Dalembert, and Hunter because the perimeter defense is so porous. I mean, it takes one dribble and the guy is from the perimeter and right in the paint and it's how they get into some foul trouble. They are getting a high number of blocks, but I think a lot of that is a sign of how terrible the team defense has been, should people be getting into the lane that easy? While it's great that Hunter and Dalembert are doing their job, the team needs to protect them in return.

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Sixerfanforlife

Sammy is simply a force if he had a weak-side defender to help him out, that's where Steven Hunter comes in. If Chris Webber had a bit of mobility left and or some desire on the defensive end of the ball, we wouldn't have this problem. Everyone BUT WEBBER improved defensively.

DAMN WEBBER, DAMN WEBBER TO HELL!

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pac4eva5

yes its because boykins is an idiot. and he sucks. as much as yall hate webber, we hate boykins more...

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Coatesvillain

Sammy needs a weak-side defender to help him out? I'm confused.

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