I'm a little worried about the Sixers' strategy with Josh Smith. I think that the likelihood that the Hawks match Smith's deal is over 50%, even though they have a lot of players that could fill in for him.
Smith really is a great player. An amazing defender, a great athlete, young, and very talented. Supposedly he has some attitude/motivation problems, but hopefully the other Sixers can knock that out of him.
At this point, it looks like we either get Smith or we have to pursue a totally different strategy. Elton Brand is not gonna be a Sixer. Josh Childress or Nenad Krstic may become Sixers but they don't really amount to homerun pick-ups.
Corey Maggette intrigues me. He's a great player with a great body, very athletic, who never put it all together in L.A. due to a poor team and a poor role. That said, I don't know where he fits on a team that is planning on keeping Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young. Maggette would be a decent signing, but he just doesn't fit well on the team.
Perhaps if the Sixers can't get Smith, they should wait for Andre Miller to go off the books and try again next year ... ?
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