Draft Day

Today was a good day. My dad went out and bought a Sixers hat specifically so we could wear it to the draft party we went to here in New York. Then he got really said when a bunch of young girls started walking into the bar and he took it off. Then he put it back on once he made friends with a couple random groups of dudes at the bar like an hour later. He was very happy after that. 

You see, sometimes you need to trust the process. You can't give up on the draft party when it's 6 o'clock and the draft doesn't start til 7:30. And you can't give up on the plan just because you have three centers and Jakarr Spongebob Sampson. Trust the process.

It's nice to see things looking up for the Sixers. It's also important to note a couple key facts. Some are optimistic, some are realistic, but all, in my humble opinion, are worth noting. 

1. Pull back just a little bit Philly. I'm seeing what too many 2020-2035 NBA Champions tweets. Like what is going on there? Are you trying to sound absurd and uneducated? I mean sure, we will probably win our first title in 2020. That seems reasonable, perhaps even a little conservative. But 15 straight titles? C'mon now that seems like an unprecedented amount of success. If we get our hopes up too high, we will end up disappointed. Let's aim for 7 titles and then anything more than that is gravy.
2. Get hype Philly. We've got 3 superstars on our squad. How many teams have this kind of talent? Should I be worried about the fact that these 3 dudes have combined for barely 30 NBA games? What about the fact that none of them have even played in an NCAA Tournament game let alone an NBA playoff game with any sort of consequences? How about the fact that all 3 of these dudes (yes, even Markelle) have injury histories that we might want to be kinda wary of? No, eff that man, draft day isn't the time to worry about those sort of things, it's the time to hang your hopes on the dreams of futures of tomorrow. Don't steal the underwear of success off my drying hangars by telling me these metaphors don't make any sense. This is our day! Suck it Knicks!
3. Remember, we could be the Knicks. Oh goodness. That would make me so sad if I were a Knick fan. Like what do you even do with yourself? Wait for Phil to be fired and replaced with Hinkie? Haha too bad that's impossible. Wait, that is impossible right? Like it's against league rules to hire Hinkie I'm assuming. Otherwise someone obviously would have done it by now and embraced the process since it's such an unbelievable success. Do it has to be against league rules. Only logical explanation.
4. Remember that this doesn't happen without Hinkie. I'm not really all that worried about Hinkie being under appreciated in Philly because, I mean, Xfinity Live, but still it's worth reiterating. First off all, Hinkie wiped the floor with all our good players setting the stage for that #1 pick Benny boy and our lovely stallion Joel. Plus he got us literally all the assets that led to us acquiring Fultzy. The pick swap got us from 5 to 3 (important) and then we used the Lakers and Kings picks that Hinkie acquired to jump from 3 to 1. So yes, we traded MCW and cap space for the #1 prospect in a draft that includes the legend of man that is Lonzo Ball. So that's pretty sweet. 
5. Hey Boston, have fun sitting on all those assets. Jimmy Butler ain't coming your way. Paul George is teaming up with Lebron in a year. And if you are trying to wait out the Cavs in the East, it ain't gonna work because the Bucks are ready to take the top spot! Wait, sorry I meant the Sixers are ready to take the top spot! We're the ones with a proven MVP caliber player and playoff experience right? And now the Boston asset tree finally runs out because the Nets have their pick ba-wait you're kidding right? Dang it Billy. You bring me so much sadness.

So in conclusion, Hinkie died for our sins, 

the floor is the 8th seed, I wouldn't trade RoCo straight up for Paul George, draft and stash, where do I sign up for a picture with the trophy, guys which one of our rookies is gonna be rookie of the year next year, JJ Redick, guys which one of our rookies is gonna be rookie of the year this year,and, of course, trust the process.

Alright so we win now right? It's over, we beat the game? Cool, so I'm gonna start franchise mode over and be the Kings next.