McRae Scores 20 in 76ers Debut

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volbeast33 said:
No not all Sam Hinkie is a dang good gm that knows what he is doing. I'm very happy the Sixers hired him......he has cleaned up the past GMs mistakes in less than a yr.
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I don't follow NBA much, assumed he had been there awhile so seemed like an odd statement, my bad.
 
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Stoked said:
No joke. I'm most impressed with him getting to the line so much, and on top of that shooting really well from the line too.
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He lived in the lane in college, unfortunately he had a rep for flopping and flailing and so he rarely got the calls. He seems to be doing a better job of driving to score and going through contact which is leading to more calls than be for in college.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
He lived in the lane in college, unfortunately he had a rep for flopping and flailing and so he rarely got the calls. He seems to be doing a better job of driving to score and going through contact which is leading to more calls than be for in college.
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He tried going over Mcbuckets yesterday
 
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volbeast33 said:
He tried going over Mcbuckets yesterday
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At first getting rid of Jrue looked like a dumb move but getting MCW and Noel is looking like the better deal and promising. I still don't know about drafting Embiid though. I do see the potential, but also see the risk.


Edit: Sorry, I quoted the wrong post lol.
 
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Stoked said:
At first getting rid of Jrue looked like a dumb move but getting MCW and Noel is looking like the better deal and promising. I still don't know about drafting Embiid though. I do see the potential, but also see the risk.


Edit: Sorry, I quoted the wrong post lol.
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I feel like drafting Dante Exum (not the 76ers) was a bigger draft mistake. At least Embiid's surgeon is the same surgeon who operated on Ginobli and Ray Allen's feet, I'd say (and doctors say) Embiid's future looks to be on the brighter side.
 
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iKrager said:
I feel like drafting Dante Exum (not the 76ers) was a bigger draft mistake. At least Embiid's surgeon is the same surgeon who operated on Ginobli and Ray Allen's feet, I'd say (and doctors say) Embiid's future looks to be on the brighter side.
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Jmo, disagree. I thought a healthy embiid was a bigger risk than Exum.
 
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Just making sure I'm watching the right game, it's Philly vs. Dallas, right

EDIT: Yes, I see the Vegas signs everywhere lol.
 
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The Sixers walked away with seven new players following the NBA Draft. The team went into the draft with five second round picks and it’s looking like they got a real steal in Jordan McRae.

McRae was a senior out of Tennessee and went with the 58th overall pick to the San Antonio Spurs before being dealt to the Sixers. Through Summer League action, McRae is making Sam Hinkie look like a genius as he’s been the leading scorer for the Sixers’ Las Vegas squad and the third leading scorer for the entire tournament.

McRae has averaged 21 points per game in Las Vegas and has shown a real ability to be a first scoring option on a team.

He proved that while at Tennessee. In his senior season, McRae scored 18.7 points per game while shooting just over 35 percent from beyond the arc.

Coming out of Tennesee, the book on McRae was that he didn’t do anything exceptionally well. He has good size for an NBA shooting guard or small forward at 6’6. He’s solid from deep and the free throw line and can defend his position well.

McRae was seen as purely a guy who does a little bit of everything well. He is backing up that notion and then some in Summer League.

Capitalizing on second round selections is something that Hinkie has always hung his hat on. Chandler Parsons is always the name referenced from his time in Houston. Perhaps Hinkie has hit on another gem late in the draft.

There may not be a definitive answer for why McRae fell to pick 58, but it may work out very well in the Sixers’ favor.
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