Think about it this way. You are the GM of the 76ers, you want to get rid of Dalembert's contract. Houston comes up with a 23 mil expiring contract and asks for Iggy to be included, so you think. Is it worth giving up the franchise player of the organisation, who is a nice guy, a leader, who doesn't complain, has all round skills, and is still young in order to move a large contract. The answer would be no, if the answer was yes Dalembert would have been traded ages ago.
I love it. Iggy and Sam or Randolph,Maggette, Biedrins ? ....even Paul ? That the rumors are already at this level is a very good indicator as to how sweet our haul will be. Iggy and Sam is pretty stout. If we could somehow get Louis Williams packaged in at a fair price........ Still if we can somehow get Paul .... no brainer.
Traded to what team? For what contract? I think like many teams the Sixers' brass had to see how good or how bad their team would be before pulling the trigger on such a deal. Same thing with the Wizards, etc. Morey even addressed this before the season. At that time he said, Right now, GMs have hope for their teams, they all want to make the playoffs. Once their team starts to underachieve they'll want to deal. In any case, this might just all be "what if" on our parts, but I'll add, Tmac at least had to show he can drag himself up and down the court before anyone made a deal for him Iverson + Tmac = ticket sales, they'd probably ask for hometowner Lowry ("we need a real PG"), and next year they'd have some cap space.
If Morey pulls Iggy and Dalembert for TMac then they should just retire the letters DM and hang them from the rafters. I just can't imagine the Sixers being hard up enough to give up on Iggy even if he is overpaid. Iggy and Dalembert make us a legit 50 win team even without Yao.
Where do guys get Iggy from?? LOL i tell you clutchfans is a place where guys make their fantasy trades instead of realistic trades. Can someone with common sense tell me why on earth would the 76ers trade Iggy and have only Iverson and McGrady.. They are basically done with their careers. Iggy is entering his prime. I doubt their G.M is that stupid to trade him. Also I'm not sure why they would trade Dalembert. After him who is going to play center for them? Brand?? Hmmm don't make me laugh. Now i know why they are 6-22 or whatever their record is
Gasol and Garnett got traded for crap. I wouldn't be surprised if they give up Iggy also. It's more about money than about talent. If their ticket sales continue to decline, then they will have to go to a bank to get money to pay the multimillion dollar payrolls. The banks have tightened credit and aren't lending money to businesses with declining revenue.
The point was if the 76ers were willing to included pieces like Iggy and Young they would have packaged one of them with Dalembert form expirings ages ago, such as Brad Miller + Jerome James etc, the point is that they have been shopping Dalembert for 18 month, which indicates they are not willing to include their more valuable pieces.
Don't put this one on ClutchFans. If you will at least read the thread title you would know that this idea comes straight from Philly not Houston. Sheesh! And why would they trade Dalembert? Because he has a mega salary and not worth half of it.
If you would have read my post carefully you would have saw that i said where is Iggy coming from.. Sheesh!! Obviously Dalembert is in the Title duh thats why im asking where are guys gettin Iggy from... HE IS NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED if there even is a trade. Last season there were numerous trade rumors with McGrady..Where is he now?
They plan to rebuild and don't think Iggi will be there for their next Championship run. They get a bunch of cap room and an early draft pick. 3 years to develop their players with room to keep them, and when brand's contract ends, they have more room for another piece to add.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/col...ood__McGrady_could_help_Sixers.html?viewAll=y Once again. It came from Philly not Clutch City. If you have issues about people including Iggy and you think its unrealistic then why not contact John Smallwood at the Philly Daily News.
Philly isn't in the same situation as ages ago. This season, they are netting less than $500k in gate receipts. They are joining the likes of the Kings and Grizzlies in revenue. They are 4th worst in ticket sales, this year. They are averaging 8,701 tickets per game. That's down 16% from last season. Things are changing for the worse for them.
Which is pretty crazy. I always thought of Philly as a great sports town. The locals have to be pretty upset to stay at home in droves.
Just imagine what will happen once they trade away their franchise player for a broken Tmac, ticket sales won't improve if they pair AI and Tmac, this is 2010 not 2003, and also once they trade Iggy they lose the ability to attract the better free agents, they would have to pray for Wall and hope that Young develops to a borderline all star. Too many things could go wrong for them, and it is likely they will be worse off IMO.
CBS Sports had a great story on this. Houston makes under $1 mil per game. Philadelphia makes less than $500k game. Houston gets twice as much revenue as Philly! Check the link below and the quoted sections. Let's say Philly's revenue increases to $500k per game for 82 games. That's $41 million in ticket sales. They get additional revenue from sponsorshops, but I don't know the numbers. In 2010-11, Philly's payroll will grow to $65 mil. If you take away the $41 million in revenue from ticket sales. They are losing $24 mil, next year. T-Mac's $22.5 million can plug up that loss. Yuu can bet the 76ers owner will be getting more desperate as high unemployment continues to drag down ticket sales. Iggy Iggy Iggy! http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/18850386?source=rss_blogs_NBA
Their ticket sales would have to drop another $23 million(T-Mac's contract) to make it unprofitable. Their ticket sales would have to be down to under $230k in receipts. Much of the income comes from luxury suites and those are locked in with contracts.
Philadelphia's unemployment rate is higher than the rest of the nation. Unemployment will continue to be a large headwind against the 76er's revenues. Ticket sales will continue to get worse, even if they keep Iggy. It's already dropped 16.4% from last year. Iggy couldn't do a thing to stop it. <iframe width="400" height="325" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://www.google.com/publicdata/embed?ds=usunemployment&met=unemployment_rate&idim=countyS420950&tstart=631152000000&tunit=M&tlen=237"></iframe>
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