CJ Miles I could care less about, but Louis Williams is a victim of a team putting a wedding ring on a prostitute and trying to parade her around and evaluate her as your typical wife. Louis is a scorer and I think he is a NBA ready scorer. Let him do what he do! What does he lack as a scorer. He is not a great point guard, but how many great scorers are…really? if this guy got time on the court and avg say 20+ppg with 4 turnovers and 5+apg, people wouldn’t say “this kid is not NBA ready” they would be like ‘he reminds me of Iverson.’

That’s why the NBA game is lacking quality in certain areas. You bring a guy in that has been good at specific things and you try to force him to not do what he has been good at?!?! Why the hell for? Don’t say it’s for the player’s development, because it’s not when the player isn’t being allowed to learn on the job. Sixers struggled to put up points some nights and their answer was kevin ollie, because he doesn’t turn the ball over (i respect that on a contending team), but if you need buckets you bring this young guy in ala monta ellis, salim, eddie house, luther head, etc…? It’s easy to say a guy isn’t NBA ready when you don’t develop him. High School and the NBA are worlds apart, but you don’t go from being arguably the the best lead guard in the country at your level, to kevin ollie’s mop up guy on a lossing team, when you are working hard. That’s a coaching issue. I’ve never read any negative press about Louis Williams, so where ever there is info that he doesn’t listen to his coaches or that he doesn’t work hard, please direct me. He’s not Joe Forte or someone like that…

All i see is this guy working hard and out playing his peers when he is on the floor. Because he doesn’t have a certain to/assist ratio doesn’t measure the fact that Sixers could have used someone with a killer instinct on the offensive end. I look at the chance the daniel gibson got and I think Louis is that same type of talent and probably a better scorer. It’s the sixers lack of innovation that allows a young guy to waste time on a bench to kevin ollie which hasn’t proved to be a winning alternative, so give the young guy you picked up with the 45th pick and not the 4th or 5th pick, so what is your expectations?

Is Daniel Gibson better than Louis Williams because he has a year of college? They were in the same High School class. I’m not up on High School, but I don’t see how Gibson would have been a bigger prospect than Louis. Did the one year of Louis being in the NBA practicing against NBA players and Daniel starting for a major College program make Gibson better than Louis?

I expect to see him get more time. Prove to be one the best young “lead” guards in the league and then leave the Sixers to go on and get even better under a coach and system that will cherish his scoring acumen as well as show him through experience what works and what doesn’t in the NBA.

And as for AK. yes he had his best year a while back but like i said, that doesn’t garnish him any rights now. He did good when he was the only real option. Now they have guys who are better, so until he is BETTER than they are, he can’t complain. Thats like Kwame wantin more touches than kobe or sayin he’ll go his own way.

This and the francis thing were completely different. Itsn ot like francis went to vancouver and then changed his mind once he didnt get his spotlight. And Yi’s people just fought cuz of marketing but obviously they lost anyway.

And what does AK have to do? umm ya pretty much. he was a hot topic when he did all those things. It was once he stopped doin that, and started cryin because deron was the star that people looked down on him. So thats all on him.

With the contenders I was simply sayin, its not like the west has won EVERY championship they go to. It does go back and fourth between the conferences. The spurs would count as a dynasty, the lakers WERE but now 70% of that dynasty is on the heat. Plus come on, the suns cant even beat the mavs, you think anyone in the east is really that worried. The spurs are the only legit powerhouse and they almost lost to the pistons if it wasnt for big shot rob.

P.s: Everyone knows kemps pick up line is “hey baby remember when i put my balls on rodmans head…play your cards right..and that can be you.”

I don’t agree that Louis Williams and CJ Miles are bums. You have to give guys a chance to sink or swim. I feel like if a coach can’t develop talent he shouldn’t be the coach. It’s a game of confidence and skill. I’m not in a position to say either of these guys lack skill and talent, because I don’t think I’m in here talking about basketball with ex-NBA or current NBA players. It’s my opinion NBA coachs would start a bum or push the development of a bum. Maybe you know better. CJ isn’t an all-star, but I’d try to develop him over Gircek and Harpring at this point, if he is even on their team anymore…Just me I guess.

You think Vin Baker still uses some of those lines before he gets drunk and drives away from the club…

Vin, “Hey baby, I used to be an All Star…”

“I used to get paid more than Kobe…”

“I get paid to not sit on the bench, and instead, try to get you to be on me – I’m sweet.”

God knows Shawn doesn’t need anymore lines…

Good work, man, i get you, and once again, we agree…

Here from you later, I’m sure.

how can u have 10 teams as contenders when the of the top 5 from the east only 3 make the playoffs in the west
and i like how u say well the pistons won and the heat won yeah once
spurs have 4 lakers 3 make it sound like everyone has won one