Pro Shawn Long

[angeleast]

Well, he didn't get drafted. Here's to hoping he signs with a team that can use his set of skills/ talent

[alum81]

What are your thoughts? Do you thing Shawn Long gets drafted? Excuse me if this has been discussed already as I am new to the board.

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[ManAboutTown]

What are your thoughts? Do you thing Shawn Long gets drafted? Excuse me if this has been discussed already as I am new to the board.

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[CajunJack55]

Looks like Shawn signed with the 76ers!

[Geaux]

Congrats to Shawn! He's a beast!

I just don't understand that move.

Wasn't the #1 overall pick for that team a forward. Also 3 of their last 5 Top 10 picks have been centers. How will he get on the court?

[Boomer]

Looks like Shawn signed with the 76ers!

---Refresh me please---the 76ers took EP cause they knew they could trade him to get a certain other player---who was that and who got the best deal???

[Turbine]

3rd round pick

[CrazyCajun]

Congrats to Shawn! He's a beast!

I just don't understand that move.

Wasn't the #1 overall pick for that team a forward. Also 3 of their last 5 Top 10 picks have been centers. How will he get on the court?

they had the #1 pick so id say he has a decent shot of making the roster... Going to the worst team in basketball gives him as good a shot as any other team. Those picks didn't turn out great... Even though they were tanking on purpose.

[CajunJack55]

they had the #1 pick so id say he has a decent shot of making the roster... Going to the worst team in basketball gives him as good a shot as any other team. Those picks didn't turn out great... Even though they were tanking on purpose.

#MAKETHE76ERSGREATAGAIN

[ManAboutTown]

That is such a poorly run organization. Glad he made the league though!

[Big Buds]

It worked well for Andrew Tony.

[BrockMeaux]

I'm glad he signed on with somebody, and I'm hoping he makes it. But - and this is totally separate from my happiness for him as a person - I don't like that fit for Shawn. The Sixers are a terribly run organization and they've been taking forwards and centers in the lottery for years now while setting records for losing and telling fans to buy into "the plan." The plan has them with a glut of big men already, to the point that they spent much of last night trying to unload either/both of Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor. Both of them top 10 picks. They also have chronically-injured Joel Embiid, the #3 pick from 2 years ago. And they added Ben Simmons to that. And now Shawn has to compete for a roster spot with all those lottery guaranteed contracts. I have a lot of faith in him as a player and a person, but at least going by my very amateur outlook, my early impression is that it's unlikely he can earn a spot on the team purely from a numbers perspective. But nothing would make me happier than for him to make me look like an idiot.