Yeah, they did that with Embiid starting his career as a dominant center with a 3pt shot, Covington becoming an all-NBA-defense-caliber player, Nik being a worthwhile second unit player, Richaun Holmes going from small-shool project to quality backup center with a 3pt shot and the starting lineup with Embiid boasting…

Lol, they can and have developed them, they’re just young still. How many non-winning NBA team would give an NBA coach free reign to lose while developing young players into a system? How do you think Embiid goes from still learning basketball at Kansas to being one of the most dominant centers in his rookie year (and…

Your analysis exists in a vacuum.

I respect your point of view, but Hinkie only got 2-1/2 years before being shoved out for just being open about his strategy. That’s not much time for a long-term plan, especially given the post-Bynum roster and future assets he inherited. And in the end, he didn’t really do anything Presti hadn’t already done…

My main issue with Burnenko’s coverage was always 1) Hinkie being a bullshit Silicon valley guy instead of a shrewd, forward-thinking GM, 2) Him being so sure he was right and this would never lead to anything significant (as well as ignoring the post-Bynum disaster Hinkie inherited, and being completely dismissive of…

They still may not be successful, but if they do live up to their talent projections (or come close to them), what level of success will they have to reach before Burnenko is forced to write an article about how wrong he was? Or will he get to pretend all those smug anti-Process articles never happened?

Sort of relevant to both stories:

Sessions looks like Katrina Johnson’s impression of Ross Perot on ‘90s-era All That.

And philly gets their 2019 first, which now looks a lot better. 

We are all the “Oh, brother...” look Abe gives at when he finally releases from Trump’s handshake.

It’s 7 high-risk countries, not 6. FAKE NEWS!

But what if your members of Congress are Franken, Ellison and Klobuchar?

Kellyanne Conway is like if a scientist created a living embodiment of the internet comment “ppl forget that”.

Not sure how you missed Ape-pocalypse Now.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Leave Tater-Tot Hot Dish out of this. TTHD did nothing wrong here.

It’s not the most indicative stat, though. VORP has Embiid below Joe Ingles, and Paul George below Patrick Beverly. That being said, Rivers does kinda suck, as evidenced by his low VORP, 245th PER ranking, nepotism and RGIII-esque delusional assessments of his own talent.

What if your Congresspersons are Franken, Klobuchar and Ellison, and your community voted 71.5% against Trump? Can’t complain about living in a place with great representatives, but it does suck that I can never really complain to them because they actually represent their constituency well.

What was the secondary q?

Hinkie didn’t do the Bynum trade, his predecessor did. That’s basically the antithesis of his strategy and why the Sixers are in good shape right now despite him inheriting that mess.

My only anecdotal evidence from traveling abroad is that a group of young Russian men thought it was funny to continually line-jump through ropes in a long customs line in Amsterdam while others from around the world decided to be egalitarian and respectfully wait for their turn. They seemed to be unfazed (or didn’t…