What would you do ?

Fire Eddie Jordan

My first action would be to fire Eddie Jordan, which has dual-purpose. First, I don't think Eddie Jordan's the right coach for this team, for a multitude of reasons. On its most basic, I don't think Eddie Jordan's a good coach, and I don't think I need to go much further into it than his career coaching record (245-319) and the decisions he's made this year. I don't think his system fits the personnel. I don't like his focus on playing vets, I don't like his small lineups, I don't like his inability to give more than a passing thought to defense, and I don't like his propensity to throw his players under the bus.

Second, I think we need a coach who's willing to do what's best for this franchise long term. Watching Eddie Jordan, it's clear he's coaching for his job, and as such makes decisions to sacrifice the future for short-term gains. Starting Jrue Holiday is nice. 4th quarter minutes would be nice as well. How much would increase Jrue Holiday's development to be playing 30 minutes per game and to be playing down the stretch in close games?

Release Iverson

Not for anything Iverson's done, mind you. He's come in, played better than I thought he would and has been a perfect teammate. He just provides nothing long-term for the team, and he's taking up valuable minutes. The Sixers aren't going to make the playoffs and have no basketball relevance. His saving grace was supposed to be that he would make the Sixers relevant in Philadelphia again, but even that isn't the case anymore as the Sixers attendance problems continue to persist.

In the end, he's just taking developmental time away from Jrue Holiday and forcing the Sixers into small lineups, forcing key personnel into playing positions they don't project to be in long term. Thanks, Allen. Hopefully your good behavior here can help you find a taker elsewhere.

Change the starting lineup

I want to see Holiday, Iguodala and Young on the wings, and I'm going to do this for the rest of the year regardless of performance. I need to be able to make an evaluation on whether this trio has a future together. I don't want to see Thaddeus Young at the power forward position with any regularity in the future, and need to make a decision on whether one of Young/Iguodala needs to be traded. They've never started together on the wings for an extended period of time, being abandoned about 20 games into each of the last two seasons in an effort to win now. I want to give the lineup time to develop together, while keeping in mind that Holiday is 19 years old and Young 21.

This also has the fringe benefit of seeing more time for Speights, another key piece of the Sixers future, by limiting Young's time at the power forward position.

Look to trade Louis Williams

Generally, I'm not looking to blow this team up yet. I want to see the team play for a coach that's not putting them at a matchup disadvantage every day, and I want to see them play at their natural positions (and the positions they're likely to play in the future).

That being said, one of the players I am willing to move is Louis Williams. The Sixers are going to be up close to the luxury tax next season, and making a smaller move like moving Williams could be enough to prevent the Sixers from making a drastic move (mistake).

I also don't view Williams as a key piece to the Sixers future, firmly believing that Jrue Holiday is the future at the point. As a sixth man, Louis Williams becomes fungible. Not completely worthless, but replaceable, especially when you consider his defensive ineptitude.

Trade Iguodala ?

Not now, no. Unless you can get someone to take Brand with him, that is.

I don't make it a priority to move Dalembert, as he's still relatively young, playing the best basketball of his career, and only has one more year left on his contract.

Sure, if you get rid of both Iguodala and Dalembert, can you be a player this year in free agency? Possibly, and perhaps I would be more embracing of this philosophy if somebody could convince me why LeBron James would want to go play for a 25 win team that just traded away their best player when he has many other suitors. The crux of the "trade Iguodala to get cap space in the future" argument is that you can get a better player than Iguodala with the cap space you generate. I'm not sure I see that, and generally I'm not a believer in building a team through free agency. You'll have a hard time convincing me that giving away the teams two best defenders, on a team that can't defend, is the correct way to develop a nucleus to build around.

Iguodala's not a top option offensively, but he's still a damned valuable piece to a championship puzzle.

The way you get a true superstar is through ...

The Draft

The Sixers, particularly if they make the coaching change, get rid of Iverson and Williams and play more of Holiday and Speights, are going to be in solid shape for the NBA Draft, as it would be a virtual miracle to win more than 30 games. This team has talent, and many players who can eventually grow into filling roles around a superstar, offensively (Young, Speights), defensively (Holiday, Dalembert) and good all-around players (Iguodala, Brand). Get a guy to build around (and a coach with a clue) and the pieces start falling into place.

Now, keep in mind I'm not starting Jrue, playing Iguodala and Young on the wings and playing more of Speights to intentionally lose games. I'm simply no longer sacrificing long term player development for meaningless wins this season. The Sixers will likely lose for the rest of the season, and the draft pick is a fringe benefit of that, but player development is my reason for the previous decisions.

Once draft day comes around, you target the guys who you believe have superstar talent, and you do what you can to get one of those. In my opinion, you take the best player, regardless of fit and need. If Evan Turner is the best player on the board, you take him. If Favors or Cousins is the best player, you take them. This team isn't close enough to contending from a talent perspective that you can worry about immediate fit and take a lesser talented prospect. Get the talent, fit your remaining talent around him, and move what doesn't fit.

If you have to, and you're confident on a prospect being a franchise player, you have pieces to move (Young, Speights, possibly Holiday if that one prospect is a point guard *cough*) to try to trade up and get him.

Develop Harmony and Effort

And that includes a coach that isn't going to take shots at his players every time he makes a mistake.

What would you do to rebuild the Sixers?