Anthony’s Opening Diatribe- Sixers Get The Sweep
Anthony Gargano talked about the Sixers getting the sweep in his Opening Diatirbe this morning…
“Sweep sweep! What a week it is going to be. The week of all weeks in Philly. NFL draft, and then the Sixers-Celtics. Perhaps the two-best teams in the league right now. Wow. On Saturday the Sixers take care of business with the sweep, No Joel. Let’s tackle that one first.
Game 3 was out of control. It was let’s muck this up, and turn it into a hockey fight… There were a lot of cheap shots going on. The series was turning chippy. And we remember nearly a year ago, it was the same kind of thing with Toronto. We all know what transpired at the end of that series. The way game 3 was played, I think they went he is banged up, let’s beat these guys without the big fella. There is no need to risk anything in that series. Against that team, that has nothing to offer you except injury, I thought it was a perfect strategy to let it go like that.
Let’s get everybody else going. We said from the beginning of the series, that Tyrese and Tobnias had to go off. They had to start feeling good about their game… Tobias played great ball this whole series. He was not sitting and standing like a bronze statue, waiting for a pass to shoot a spot up 3. So I love the fact he is more active, rebounding, and playing good defense…
You have to give him loads of credit. We know he is not a super-max player. I love the guy. He is a tremendous person and a really good ball player. There is no need to revisit it. It isn’t his fault he got the contract.
That series was perfect. Because Tyrese had to be the man, and he stepped up. And it got Tobias active.”
And you can listen to his full Opening Diatribe below…
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We Simulated the Eagles Draft 1000 Times, Here are the Results
Last year, out of both boredom and the lack of a thriving social life, I simulated the Eagles draft 1000 times. Turns out that in the past calendar year, not much has changed. I am still a huge draft geek, and I still have way too much time on my hands. So I did it again. Using mock draft simulators, I ran the draft 1000 times, to see who the computer had the Eagles draft.
Last year the results were surprisingly accurate. It could not have predicted they would trade their second first-round pick for AJ Brown. But between the two picks, Jordan Davis was the most common player selected. Davis led all players, getting selected 329 total times. 252 at pick 15, and 76 at pick 18. The Eagles ended up trading up to 13 to take him. Nakobe Dean was selected 195 total times, the 4th most of any player. He ended up falling to the Eagles in the 3rd round.
This year, I changed it up a little and used 3 different draft simulators. Last year I ran all 1000 simulations through Pro Football Focus’s mock draft tool. This year I used that again, but also Pro Football Network, and ESPN’s new draft tool. Doing 333 on each, and then one extra on Pro Football Network to get an even 1000.
It is important to note these are not my picks. I simulated the first round, letting the computer make each pick. My only part in it was keeping track of the results. Two of the three sites did not simulate trades. Will the simulations be as accurate as they were last year? Let’s see what the results were.