Sixers Still Lack Superstar Talent Needed for Title

As another off-season begins to take shape in Philly once again, the 76ers are out looking for promising draft prospects and making trades to get solid role players. That's well and good if you have a team that is on the verge of an NBA Championship, needing a certain shooter or bench support to push your team over the edge. The Sixers are not such a team. They are a team that crawls to the playoffs every year, and then are mercifully defeated. The Sixers need a superstar.

Yes, Philadelphia 76ers' fans will argue that Andre Iguodala is the Sixers' superstar, and Elton Brand is a superstar too. Sadly, they are not. The Sixers are TRYING to make Iguodala their superstar. Iguodala is a great talent and perennial NBA All-Star, but he's more of a Scottie Pippen than a Michael Jordan. Same thing with Elton Brand: he's Pau Gasol-esque, not your team's Kobe Bryant. If the Sixers hope to make a run to the NBA Finals, they need an NBA superstar. Look at the top teams in the NBA. Lakers: they have Kobe. Orlando: 3 headed attack in Howard, Turkoglu, and Lewis. Cavaliers: Lebron James. Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand just do not fall in the same category. Here's to hoping the Sixers actually think outside the box this year, and draft/bring in another talent like Allen Iverson (without the drama).

Sixers Swap Evans for Kapono

The 76ers finally made one of hopefully many offseason roster moves today, trading Reggie Evans to the Toronto Raptors for Jason Kapono. Kapono, a career 45.4% three-point shooter, helps address the Sixers' urgent need for outside shooting. Hopefully Jason Kapono delivers more than Donyell Marshall, Royal Ivey, and Kareem Rush delivered this past season.

Although Reggie Evans has been a fan favorite in Philly for the past couple seasons, it was the right move to let him go. Yes, he hustled and represented a blue-collar Philadelphia mentality, but how much did he truly bring to the table? Evans averaged 3.3 points and 4.6 rebounds last season. The Sixers need more production than that if they hope to make a run deep into the playoffs. ALso, with the return of Jason Smith and Elton Brand this season, the Sixers have a full rotation of big men. If the Sixers decide to stay with Samuel Dalembert at center (God help us...) and Elton Brand returns to his All-Star form, there is limited minutes left for a backup big man, and the Sixers seem to be going with Jason Smith.

Is Eddie Jordan The Answer? I Think Not

Well it's a new off-season in Philadelphia for the Sixers which means one thing: a new head coach. Over the past six seasons, the 76ers have had a startling six head coaches and three since the beginning of last season. Clearly, none have worked so far. Maurice Cheeks seemed OK until he flubbed the start of last season. Tony DiLeo was a front office guy trying to coach an NBA team. Not good. So after a season of coaching misery and a quick exit from the NBA playoffs at the hand of the Orlando Magic, the Sixers went out to search for a knight in shining armor to guide their team. They needed a coach with a great reputation, one that would restore a team that reached the 2001 NBA Finals to greatness. That coach would be....Eddie Jordan. With a career NBA coaching record of 230-288 (.444 winning percentage), Jordan does not seem to be that knight in shining armor. Rather, he seems like that pageboy wearing the rusty chestplate. The Sixers have been notoriously bad in the playoffs, not winning a playoff series since 2003. With a playoff record of 8-18 and having won only one playoff series in his career (2005), Jordan doesn't seem to have a solution for this directionless Sixers team. A Sixers fan can only hope for a miracle...