1. 01-25-12 08:29 PM #1
    SiMON2g
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    Does anyone agree with me that Philly are being overrated?

    I'm not talking about being overrated by the books and the spreads they are covering because they are covering insane spreads daily, but just in terms of their quality as a team. They've started very well, but most of their wins have come against sub par opponents. If you look at the quality of opponent that they've faced, they've been able to comfortably take care of average teams but they struggle against the better then average teams. I think they've improved on last season, but I'm not convinced yet by them and I think the tough part is still yet to come for this team and if they can come out of it > .600 then it's a fair effort by them. 10 out of their 12 wins have come against sub par opponents, and 4 of those against the two worst teams in the league (Washington and Detroit)

    I put them on par with Indiana, these are two teams that I like because they are outsiders competing and doing it very well, but Indiana so far has shown what it's capable of more than Philly has in terms of being able to take care of the good teams.


    Philly vs Good teams

    Portland - Loss
    Utah - Loss
    Indiana - Win
    New York(Very questionable) - Loss
    Denver - Loss
    Atlanta - Win
    Miami - Loss

    Philly vs Average teams

    Phoenix - Win
    Golden State - Win
    New Orleans - Win
    Detroit - Win
    Toronto - Win
    Sacramento - Win
    Washington - Win
    Washington - Win
    Milwaukee - Win
    Washington - Win



    Does anyone else agree with me here? Please share you 2c on the 76ers, they way it's looking is that they'll make the playoffs with a 6 or 5 seed, but then bow out at the hands of any decent opponent.
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  2. 01-25-12 08:33 PM #2
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    I think if Sacramento had their schedule they would have about the same record.
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  3. 01-25-12 08:44 PM #3
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    Home loss to the Nets tonight. Pissed me off.
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  4. 01-25-12 08:50 PM #4
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    They have a good and young upcoming team but teams like these are not smart wasting there energy in this shortened year.
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  5. 01-25-12 08:55 PM #5
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    They're like Indiana to me, balanced team. Who's better?
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  6. 01-25-12 08:58 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by migz View Post
    They're like Indiana to me, balanced team. Who's better?
    Indiana.
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  7. 01-25-12 09:02 PM #7
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    Weak SOS, should be good to fade soon.
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  8. 01-25-12 09:11 PM #8
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    They are overrated because they have been killing the books last year and this year. It only took the books a year and a half to catch up and overvalue them
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