He was a 6’5 guard without any guard skills who didn’t score all that much, didn’t pass, didn’t rebound and shot 70% from the line. Was it just because he looked big and jumped higher?
rahbee33
And now he’s in the division so we’re going to see him a lot more. He could end up becoming Kawhi-esque.
Ugh.
gezerim00
can we let this guy go (both zhaire and mikal bridges)? its been years
jloops03
It’s crazy, who would’ve thought a prototypical 3 and D wing that was actually great at both of those things in college would turn out to be an incredibly helpful player.
CardiffGiant7117
If they were gonna flip him he just added 3 1sts to the price
buckbreaker56
The amount of early draft picks that we whiffed on is truly incredible.
Drafted Ben Simmons over Ingram, Brown, Murray
Drafted Furk and TLC over Siakam, Dejounte, Brogdon
Drafted Fultz over Fox, Mitchell
Drafted Zhaire over Bridges, SGA, Porter Jr
And this doesn’t even count Nerlens, Okafor, MCW
We are literally the worst drafting team I’ve ever seen with that many assets. If it wasn’t for an Embiid injury we’d probably have never gotten him either.
ConstructionHead4065
This still infuriates me when I think about it. Like he is from here, played at Villanova, he’s cousins with Devon Givens from the Fanatic and his Mom worked for the fucking Sixers. Then to draft him and make him think his dreams growing up as a Sixers fan are coming true, only to get trade him immediately was horrible. It would have been perfect
Status-Ability-6867
they made the deal because they overvalued the heat’s unprotected pick that came like 3 years later. when they realized the heat would never bottom out, that pick got moved for tobias harris.
EastVillager7
The trade was a homerun from a value standpoint and they just couldn’t have said no. How they used those assets is another story all together
tiggs
Zhaire was a bad pick, but the trade was really for the unprotected Miami 1st rounder that was going to be used to sign Tobias Harris, who was highly coveted at the time. We just added Jimmy Butler and this was our chance to really compete for the first time since Iverson, so adding what was considered one of the best possible 4th options available was a good move at the time.
Zhaire was more of a project/afterthought in the situation, but I agree with them making a move to get a draft pick (that Miami pick was highly desirable to teams). The move obviously didn’t work out for us and it would have stung a lot less if we got somebody that was still in the league instead of Zhaire, but I understand the FO taking their shot. The dynasty Warriors were hobbled and the path to a ring was completely wide open.
johnnysack29
This trade was 5 years ago, we have a totally different FO, I feel like it’s about time to get over it at this point.
Philly0024
Fuck Brett
VitaminWheat
How did Zhaire not know he had a life threatening allergy
Spreys12
Fun and (non-painful) fact:
Zhaire smith scored 48 points in his entire nba career!
jim_lynams_stylist
Fml
Fella_in_Paris_
5 years. Time to let it go.
Whyguyborgor
Mikal is great but he definitely would’ve been gone in the Tobias trade, y’all realize that right?
Sorry_Difference_945
Why am I a Sixers fan
Mia-Thermopolis_
Come home Mikal
TnT54321
Sadface.gif
Mxeech
this shit breaks my heart every damn time 💔💔 come home mikal please 😩😢
Muggi
Was this a contest for kids to design a uni or somrthing?
RandoCollision
Yah, we also missed on Michael Porter, Jr. in that draft. We had the team that could have been patient for his back to heal up. I’d argue that a team with JoJo, MPJ and Been Simmons would have come out of the East at least once.
True-Match-6446
I was having a bad enough day. Thanks dick
autimaton
If we stuck with Mikal Bridges we never would have traded for Tobias Harris. What a crazy timeline that would have been.
Bajecco
They were in “win now” mode so they drafted a “win now” player that fit a need that all NBA GM’s chase after. Then they traded him for a raw, polarizing player who was considered a project. Awful
Al3xtut
1a and 1b
What-tha-fck_Elon
We should sue the league and the rotten Colangelo brothers from Boston who clearly and purposefully fucked us over.
anth8725
Thanks brett. Idk how ppl still worship you on this sub
CorradoCifaretto
Sickening
Niner-Sixer-Gator
Even if we would have kept him, I don’t think he’d be this good, especially with doc, so in hindsight maybe it’s best for him that he went to a team that actually gave him a real chance to play develop, even Brett would’ve ruined him
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Brett Brown
I’m really confused what the FO saw in Zhaire
He was a 6’5 guard without any guard skills who didn’t score all that much, didn’t pass, didn’t rebound and shot 70% from the line. Was it just because he looked big and jumped higher?
And now he’s in the division so we’re going to see him a lot more. He could end up becoming Kawhi-esque.
Ugh.
can we let this guy go (both zhaire and mikal bridges)? its been years
It’s crazy, who would’ve thought a prototypical 3 and D wing that was actually great at both of those things in college would turn out to be an incredibly helpful player.
If they were gonna flip him he just added 3 1sts to the price
The amount of early draft picks that we whiffed on is truly incredible.
Drafted Ben Simmons over Ingram, Brown, Murray
Drafted Furk and TLC over Siakam, Dejounte, Brogdon
Drafted Fultz over Fox, Mitchell
Drafted Zhaire over Bridges, SGA, Porter Jr
And this doesn’t even count Nerlens, Okafor, MCW
We are literally the worst drafting team I’ve ever seen with that many assets. If it wasn’t for an Embiid injury we’d probably have never gotten him either.
This still infuriates me when I think about it. Like he is from here, played at Villanova, he’s cousins with Devon Givens from the Fanatic and his Mom worked for the fucking Sixers. Then to draft him and make him think his dreams growing up as a Sixers fan are coming true, only to get trade him immediately was horrible. It would have been perfect
they made the deal because they overvalued the heat’s unprotected pick that came like 3 years later. when they realized the heat would never bottom out, that pick got moved for tobias harris.
The trade was a homerun from a value standpoint and they just couldn’t have said no. How they used those assets is another story all together
Zhaire was a bad pick, but the trade was really for the unprotected Miami 1st rounder that was going to be used to sign Tobias Harris, who was highly coveted at the time. We just added Jimmy Butler and this was our chance to really compete for the first time since Iverson, so adding what was considered one of the best possible 4th options available was a good move at the time.
Zhaire was more of a project/afterthought in the situation, but I agree with them making a move to get a draft pick (that Miami pick was highly desirable to teams). The move obviously didn’t work out for us and it would have stung a lot less if we got somebody that was still in the league instead of Zhaire, but I understand the FO taking their shot. The dynasty Warriors were hobbled and the path to a ring was completely wide open.
This trade was 5 years ago, we have a totally different FO, I feel like it’s about time to get over it at this point.
Fuck Brett
How did Zhaire not know he had a life threatening allergy
Fun and (non-painful) fact:
Zhaire smith scored 48 points in his entire nba career!
Fml
5 years. Time to let it go.
Mikal is great but he definitely would’ve been gone in the Tobias trade, y’all realize that right?
Why am I a Sixers fan
Come home Mikal
Sadface.gif
this shit breaks my heart every damn time 💔💔 come home mikal please 😩😢
Was this a contest for kids to design a uni or somrthing?
Yah, we also missed on Michael Porter, Jr. in that draft. We had the team that could have been patient for his back to heal up. I’d argue that a team with JoJo, MPJ and Been Simmons would have come out of the East at least once.
I was having a bad enough day. Thanks dick
If we stuck with Mikal Bridges we never would have traded for Tobias Harris. What a crazy timeline that would have been.
They were in “win now” mode so they drafted a “win now” player that fit a need that all NBA GM’s chase after. Then they traded him for a raw, polarizing player who was considered a project. Awful
1a and 1b
We should sue the league and the rotten Colangelo brothers from Boston who clearly and purposefully fucked us over.
Thanks brett. Idk how ppl still worship you on this sub
Sickening
Even if we would have kept him, I don’t think he’d be this good, especially with doc, so in hindsight maybe it’s best for him that he went to a team that actually gave him a real chance to play develop, even Brett would’ve ruined him