Articles by Patrick Causey (197)
Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD The Philadelphia 76ers drafted Duke big man Jahlil Okafor with the number three overall pick in the NBA draft tonight. Okafor, long considered the top prospect in this class, had dropped on draft boards as of late given concerns over his defense and fit in the modern NBA. And while […]
View image | gettyimages.com You have a better chance of predicting the weather…. four months from now, than you do predicting what Sam Hinkie will do on draft night. But not to be discouraged, we decided to get together and offer our hopeless, bound to be wrong, predictions of how tonight will shake out […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD When the news of Joel Embiid's "setback" broke, it seemed like every Sixers' fans worst fear came to fruition. Not again. It was supposed to be different this time. Armed with the mad scientist Sam Hinkie, the vagabond Sixers' fortunes seemed destined to change. But somehow, […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD I have been firmly in the D'Angelo Russell fan club since about two months ago. The kid is electric. He's confident. He has moxie. He can shoot. And my God can he pass a basketball. His passing ability is so much more than this […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD The NBA Draft is only two days away, so I thought I would put up my one and only mock draft. This is largely an exercise in futility. There is really no way to know what teams will do, who they covet, and what […]
Report: Sixers 'leaning toward' drafting Kristaps Porzingis http://t.co/RG9t18XG78 pic.twitter.com/StBJZEUvrA — CBS Sports NBA (@CBSSportsNBA) June 20, 2015 Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD I am going to sound like a broken record here, but the two weeks leading up to a draft are a breeding ground for misinformation. Agents and team executives feed information to reporters […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD I like to rank top prospects in tiers: franchise to all-star caliber players, potential all stars to starters; starters to potential role players; and role players. On average, each draft will have 1-2 players in the franchise category, 2-3 in the all star category, approximately […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD I vividly remember the first time I saw Justise Winslow play basketball. I was excited to see Duke play because of their star-studded freshman class, and I especially wanted to see Jahlil Okafor because I figured he could be a player the Sixers targeted this […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com was on 97.5 The Fanatic this morning with Anthony Gargano and Johnny Marks, and had some interesting things to say about the Philadelphia 76ers. Sheridan is very plugged in to the New York scene, having covered the Knicks for years before […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @PhillySportsJD When the Philadelphia Eagles named Chip Kelly as the head of player personnel in December of last year, many fans and media members waited with baited breath to see what the mad scientist would cook up. Because if there is one thing we have […]