Good morning everyone and Welcome to the 76ers Press Conference. Obviously, last year did not end how we wanted it to. We lost to the Orlando Magic in the 2nd round, and wanted to give them the respect they deserved for that defeat. We congratulate them on the victory, their tax bill and wish them well recovering from what was one of the worst cap tragedies of the free world.
A lot of things went well for us last year and a lot of things did not. We tank Michael Finley and Antonio Daniels for their year of service and regret not beging able to repeat as champions to get them a ring. This offseason, we had a choice to try and resign those two players, along with retaining our RFAs in Louis Scola and Tayshaun Prince, but ultimately decided against it. As you know, we retained Scola and Prince and see a bright future for at least one of them.
In terms of where the 76ers are as an organization, I would consider us buyers in the market. We think with the foundation of Baron Davis, the continued development of our young guys; added with another outstanding piece would make us contenders. We don’t try and fool ourselves though, at the current moment we are on the outside looking in on the race to be champions.
Balls O’Hard:
In terms of overall landscape of the NBA, we still see the Kings and bucks as the teams to beat. They both are very talented teams and have the salary to match that talent. As far as our division is concerned, we see the Celtics running away with it. They’re strong in almost every area, and if it were not for a few injuries, they may have won it last year. Other than that, Please feel free to ask questions!
