Official Philadelphia 76ers thread|Sixers trade for Kapono

[BabyFace]

Phila will play this year PO!!! Iggy is great player and miller good PG... Yes, u have right, the biggest problem is on position PF and C (Dalembert plays this year much better than i expect). When i heard that Sixers drafted next SF (young) i thought: I must kill B.King

P.S: Ratrac my tip was also Acie Law!!!

[shadowgrin]

^ My god I could kiss you with that sweet sig of yours.

[shadowgrin]

For the other Sixers fans in this forum (I think there's not more than five of us) who missed it, read it: (I couldn't find any videos out yet)
A.I. comes back to Philly

Allen Iverson planted a kiss on the 76ers logo at midcourt and blew imaginary ones to the fans.

With a packed Philadelphia crowd standing and roaring in appreciation for their former MVP, Iverson had to wonder if his career would be different had he simply kissed and made up with the Sixers last season.

All of Iverson’s arguments with former coach Larry Brown, the complaints about practice—practice!—and his falling out with coach Maurice Cheeks that led to his trade to Denver were forgotten the moment he walked into the Wachovia Center for the first time as a visitor.

Iverson hugged security guards, embraced Cheeks, kissed the team logo and joked about not knowing where to go inside the Wachovia Center. He took a different route to the arena than he did in his years with the Sixers, dressed in a new locker room and sat on the visitor’s bench.

“That is a locker room that I never wanted to end up in,” Iverson said.

All anyone in the packed arena could hear was “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome back, from Georgetown University …” before the rest was completely drowned out by the wild cheers.

Iverson waved and saluted the crowd, then blew some kisses. He cupped his hand to his left ear and the ovation only become louder and longer. He pointed to all four corners of the arena and clapped his hands in approval. Only the rest of the lineup cut short the appreciation.

“I want to feel appreciated,” Iverson said before the game. “I don’t think there’s nobody that plays this sport that don’t care about what the fans think of them and think of what they gave on the basketball court. I hope it goes the way I dreamed it up.”

Iverson was cheered after all his baskets and had 12 points on 6-for-10 shooting at halftime.

Iverson had “THXPHILA” imprinted on his sneakers and the fans responded with their own tributes. Iverson’s No. 3 jerseys dotted the crowd and a few fans held signs of appreciation. One read “We Miss You A.I.” and another said “The Answer Deserves Brotherly Love.”

Iverson posted the highest scoring average in team history (28.1), is second on the points list (19,583) and holds the record for 3-pointers (877). He was a seven-time All-Star, won four scoring titles, two All-Star game MVPs and the league MVP award in 2001 after taking the Sixers to the NBA finals.

Iverson hugged arena employees, stopped to joke with Sixers center Samuel Dalembert, but did not cross paths with Cheeks. Iverson and Cheeks had a splintered relationship—it was Cheeks who banished A.I from the team—that was one of the catalysts for the former MVP getting traded.

The two had not spoken since the trade, but Iverson went over and shook hands with Cheeks shortly before tip.

“It’s time to move on, the Sixers and myself,” Iverson said. “It’s time for both of us to move ahead and look for more positive things.”

Iverson joked with his Denver teammates in the locker room before the game, then had to take care of some business.

“Where the bathrooms at?” he said, laughing. “I ain’t too familiar with this area.”

[Drex]

Sammy with the winning basket Can't wait to see the recaps. I'll probably "get" the full game later.

[SpaceFlare]

It's great to see the city of Philadelphia still embracing Allen Iverson.

I hope AI goes back to the Sixers someday. I'm sure AI would love to be part of the Sixers again someday. And the fans would be more than welcome for his return.

[Dramacydal]

I saw the whole game and it was amazing. When they introduced Iverson it was crazy, that shit gave me goose bumps. I'm glad Allen got the appreciation he deserved. I still wish they never traded him away.

Actually this was the only game of the season I wanted the Sixers to lose but you can't have it all, I guess. I'm so glad I was able to watch the whole game live, this was one I will remember for a long time.

By the way, GO SIXERS and grab that 5th or 6th spot so we got a chance of seeing 2 rounds of Philadelphia playoff basketball.

[Drex]

This team keeps surprising me. Amazing.

[SpaceFlare]

What's scary is they have enough cap flexibility to improve their team in the offseason.

They should address that scoring big man need and outside sniper need with their cap space in the offseason and come back as a much better team next year.

[L10]

what a win tonight against the C's
they are now above .500 and 6th in the east, who would imagine this?!?

[shadowgrin]

What's scary is they have enough cap flexibility to improve their team in the offseason.

They should address that scoring big man need and outside sniper need with their cap space in the offseason and come back as a much better team next year.

Or trade away Andre Miller, Andre Iguodala, or Samuel Dalembert.
It's just a rumor I read that everyone in the Sixers roster is tradeable for the right price.

That's why I'm still anxious for the coming off season despite the Sixers considerable success.

Of course it's only a rumor.

[sarella]

Today I party!!
Sixers win Boston

Play-offs here we gome!!

[Lamrock]

Yay! 2008 Sixers = 2007 Warriors; bandwagon time!

[Sauru]

Today I party!!
Sixers win Boston

Play-offs here we gome!!

i am gonna party too but not cause of the game, instead i party cause of the pic you are useing

[Cartar]

This team keeps surprising me. Amazing.

Double it.

One thing, what they should look out for in offseason, to not ruin the team chemistry, imo this has been the main reason why they have been this good, also they have been playing pretty good defense also.

[Andrew]

It will be interesting to see what happens with Iguodala beyond this season. Being a restricted free agent there's no immediate concern and a playoff appearance might help but I was surprised when he turned down the extension this past offseason.

[Cartar]

Just a little fact of the Sixers: from the last 10 games they have record 8-2, only one team has the same record, Hornets. All other teams have lower record in last 10 games.

[L10]

they can get the 5th spot if the sonics beat the wizards tonight!

[Lamrock]

BANDWAGONING FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe they can send LeBron home in the first round; adding millions of fans along the way; only to get swept in the second; denying us one of the only good match-ups in the East!

[sarella]

Today I party!!
Sixers win Boston

Play-offs here we gome!!

i am gonna party too but not cause of the game, instead i party cause of the pic you are useing

Now i might change that pic

[shadowgrin]

Just who is she?

[sarella]

Just who is she?

She's the Firefox girl... Found her by google and dont know nothing about her

[Cartar]

Well draft is only 3 weeks away and Sixers hold 16th pick, so I started to look up, who could they draft. As much I have seen, my favs are Rush if he is still available and McGee. I wouldn´t mind drafting Donte Green. I wouldn´t like, if we would draft Koufus, don´t know why, but I really don´t like him.

[Oskar]

What about DeAndre Jordan if he is available, he could play the PF position.

[Cartar]

Yeah, but I think he probably won´t be available anymore, that´s why he wasn´t in my list, so much what I have seen, he looked pretty good

[kinokong]

most ppl have speights on board for sixers