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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2715621, member: 1026"] Agreed. Facts are people are really excited to blow smoke up Philly's behind b/c of the excitement over the process* and seeing the potential in Embid and Simmons. But it was premature and if the Heat were just slightly better a few bounces would have made that a much closer series. Yes equally the Sixers lost in 5 due to a couple seemingly random moments (i.e. Bellinelli's feet on line) but the Celtics consistently executed better down the stretch & Horford played the biggest role in a lot of that. Big Al's got more playoff minutes probably than every Sixer not named JJ Reddick combined. *I still don't get why people love this story and are rewarding Philly for what they did. Yes it was smart from an acquire talent standpoint, but they threw away 4 seasons yet still operated, charged admission, televised, went on road for those sham games that they were orchestrated to lose. Encouraging this behavior makes for non-competitive basketball. Imagine in CBB if UConn had a conference opponent that decimated their roster for multiple years because it allowed them to get better recruits. We'd be absolutely bu__s_ over that sort of strategy, legislate it away and absolutely not reward or admire it. The system is broken, why applaud the thief that steals from the unattended candy dish? [/QUOTE]