Jason’s Point of View
The Philadelphia 76ers have begun their 2014-2015 campaign and as expected the 76ers are for lack of a better word, awful. The young 76ers have started out the season with an 0-7 record and will face the Dallas Mavericks on Nov.13. The sixers will likely start out 0-8 after facing a tough Dallas Mavericks team.
Tony Wroten who on the season is averaging 22 points per game, 6.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds. While these numbers seem great the one area Wroten struggles drastically with is taking care of the peal. Wroten leads the league in turnovers with 32 turnovers on the season, while averaging 4.6 turnovers per game.
For the 76ers to be a good team they need efficiency at the point guard position and Wroten at the moment is not giving them the efficiency they need.
The young 76ers team have tried to fill many glaring holes on their roster with young players with potential, but so far the young players have not played to their so called potentials. Sixers rookie forward K.J Mcdaniels has been praised on ESPN for his top-10 highlight dunks and blocks, but these plays only go so far.
The 76ers are looking for McDaniels to be a key contributor to the team and at the moment McDaniels is only averaging 9.3 points per game, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assist according to NBA.com. McDaniels numbers are not what the team needs out of him, for the team to succeed this season. For the sixers to succeed this season McDaniels will have to get his points per game average up to about 15 points per game and his rebounding average up to about 6 rebounds per game, if not the team will continue to be at the bottom of the NBA.
The young 76ers will need McDaniels and Wroten to step up their games if the team wants to succeed this season, but maybe this was the plan for the sixers team. After all their slogan for the organization is “Together We Build” let’s hope the 76ers can get a couple wins this year..
Howard’s Point of View
The Philadelphia 76ers are, to no one’s surprise, struggling this season. After an 0-7 start to the season, it’s hard to find positives about the team. But this years’ Sixers team is different in that regard. Despite not having won a game this season the Sixers have been exciting to watch due to the emergence of their backcourt, Tony Wroten and K.J. McDaniels.
Tony Wroten is off to a hot start this season averaging 21.9 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game along with 6.7 assists per game. Wroten is establishing himself as an aggressive slasher off the dribble who can finish at will. After the first games of the season Wroten was ranked 13th on ESPN’s fantasy basketball rater.
What has flawed Wroten this season is his league leading 32 turnovers. That is extremely unacceptable for any NBA point guard. However I urge Sixers fans not to panic. Once Michael Carter-Williams returns from injury, Wroten will not have the basketball in his hands as often. He will be able to put more emphasis on being a spark off the bench through his scoring rather than having to run the show for 33 minutes a game.
The biggest surprise to Sixers fans would be the play of rookie guard K.J. McDaniels. McDaniels has brought crowds to their feet through posterizing dunks and high-flying blocks, McDaniels has quickly become a fan favorite in Philadelphia. He does not have gaudy numbers but his 9.3 points per game and 1.7 blocks per game come from pure hustle plays and tenacity that he has brought to the floor every night.
With Wroten and McDaniels holding the backcourt together until the return of Carter-Williams, the future of the Sixers looks promising with this foundation of players. Will the Sixers be awful this season? Yes, no doubt about it. But its exciting to see such a young backcourt with so much potential.
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