Sixers Leading Candidates to Land Omer Asik Keep your eye on Philadelphia. Front-runner would be overstating it, but the notion that the Sixers are a viable destination for Asik is increasingly making the rounds. And that certainly makes sense given (A) Philly’s front office is run by a certified Asik fan, former Rockets exec Sam Hinkie; (B) Philly has a frontcourt player to send back to Houston, in Thaddeus Young) whose skill set can click with Dwight Howard’s, albeit not as well as seemingly unattainable dream target Ryan Anderson; and (C) there really isn’t an Asik for Philly to draft with the high pick it’s likely to snag in the 2014 lottery. http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=marc-stein&id=656&src=desktop Full story
Sean Highkin @highkin 2h The idea of an Asik-Thad Young swap is intriguing. Thad fits well in Houston and having Asik next year buys Philly time to develop Nerlens.
exactly. Morey is a very smart guy and I know he's thinking that exact same thing. Morey won't trade Asik unless it makes the team better. He won't trade him just to appease him
Turner is ballin out of his mind right now. Would love to get him to play with Lin off the bench but I doubt he'd want to stay here after his contract is up. He'd probably look for a team that would feature him more :\
Why would we let Thad Young cut into T Jones's development? It would be poor for Jones's confidence, and Young is hardly an upgrade over Jones currently. Turner would be a lot of fun to throw into this team's calculus.
Really bad theory there. Jones isn't going to suck all of a sudden because he plays less minutes. If anything playing with Young will help Jones.
How about Hawes and the youthful Nerlens Noel. Not a draft pick but a young asset to back up Howard for years to come and Hawes who helps us this year and the comes off of our books if he asks for too much money.
Do you think we can choose? Thad is a good option off the bench because he gives you solid 10-12 points and 5 rbg off the bench. A lot of guys are inconsistent that is why we lost the Philly, Clips, Utah, Suns games. And a proven starter if someone gets injured
