ESPN's Bill Simmons recently did his annual NBA trade value column in which he ranks the top 50 most valuable NBA players. No Sixers made the top 50. However, two guys did make the "almost list."
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Louis Williams: If you made a "top 10 things Sixers fans are most excited about right now" list, Billy King's firing would be first; Sweet Lou would be second; the next seven things would be left blank; and No. 10 would be the fact we're seven months away from the 25th anniversary of the Fo-Fo-Fo team winning the '83 title.
Andre Iguodala: This summer's Gerald Wallace, a quality supporting guy forced to become "The Guy" on a lottery team -- with bad results, of course -- who now wants to be overpaid because he was miscast for a few months as "The Guy." But wait, what would you have done without me. I carried us to 26 wins! Love that logic.
I pose the question to Philly hoops fans: are you really that excited about Sweet Lou?
Also of interest from the article: Sam Dalembert makes a list! The list of the top 25 worst contracts, unfortunately. Thanks, Billy!
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