I perfectly understood what he was saying. You have long proven on this site that you are terrible at reading comprehension, and this thread is yet another example.

Run the team into the ground? He inherited a team whose highest paid players were Elton Brand and Andrew Bynum. The team was already driven into the ground, and that’s something the morons at Deadspin (including you) can’t seem to grasp. He’s slowly turning the team around from the disaster Billy King/Tony DiLeo/Ed…

You have no idea what the risk/reward ratio is without the private access to the medical information the Sixers had, and you didn’t, so it’s foolish to claim the risk/reward scenario did not make sense at the number 3 position.

Christ. Now you’re claiming to have had better medical knowledge about Embiid than the Sixers did at the time of the draft.

The Sixers suck because the previous GM traded Andre Iguodala for Andrew Bynum, not because Sam Hinkie drafted Joel Embiid instead of Aaron Gordon.

So, presumably you would have drafted somebody else from that year’s draft lottery? Sixers already have two other players that were drafted in the top 12.

You’re missing a lot. He’s talking about Griffin’s successful recovery from a serious injury. He’s not talking about the decision to draft Griffin.

The Warriors unquestionably tanked to draft Barnes at 7. Deadspin doesn’t like to talk about that though :(

Is your stance that Embiid should have gone undrafted?

How much money did ESPN and Kansas University make while watching Joel Embiid play himself to the point of serious injury?

IN FAIRNESS, WIGGINS WAS A SURPRISE PICK AT NUMBER 1. CAME OUT OF NOWHERE THAT YEAR

Of the top 12 picks in the 2014 NBA draft, the Sixers have THREE of them. One is named Joel Embiid.

“When will teams ever learn about taking injured big men at the top of the draft?”

im talking about a friday fuck, not a thursday fuck

I love the first name basis. Good Kinja.

homophobia is hilarious

Thank you for providing a great example of the transitive property.

I did :(

It’s almost like I could read a 35.470% win expectancy figure and compare it to a bet I only need to win 26.667% of the time to be profitable!

Nah, “bless your heart” means the speaker is a condescending asshole who can’t come up with original thoughts

Giants are up 1-0 in the 2nd, and the live betting line is Phillies +275. I’ll take Hamels at better than 2:1 odds at this point.

thats funny