Saturday, July 6, 2013

Here Comes Craaazy!

Philly.com:
ORLANDO - The 76ers have acquired Royce White and the rights to Furkan Aldemir in a deal with the Houston Rockets, according to an NBA source. According to the source, the Sixers essentially gave up nothing in return. The Sixers are unable to discuss trades until the July moratorium, during which teams aren't permitted to make trades or sign free agents, ends on Wednesday. The source said the Sixers like Aldemir, a Turkish power forward/center who is playing professionally in Istanbul. The 6-foot-10, 240-pounder will stay overseas, at least for now. The move enables the Rockets to get rid of White's $1.7 million contract for next season and give a maximum contract to free agent Dwight Howard, whom they were still pursuing. The Sixers will likely use White's deal as an expiring contract. There is a team option for the 2014-15 season. 

When the Flyers (rightfully) paid Bryz to kick rocks, I gotta admit I was a little upset.  Not from a hockey perspective but from an entertainment perspective.  Bryz brought the crazy every night.  Sure he was an NHL goalie who actually ducked pucks, but he also said things like, "I’m very into the universe, you know like how was created, you know, like, what is it, you know? Solar system is so humongous big, right? But if you see like our solar system and our galaxy on the side, you know, like, we’re so small you can never see it. Our galaxy is like huge, but if you see the big picture our galaxy (is) like a small tiny-like dot in the universe."

How could you not love that guy? And now we have a new kind of crazy in town.  Sure he's a pure salary grab and expiring contract, and yes, he'll probably never get on the floor.  But if we're lucky he'll at least be around the team and the press to make some crazy comments.  At minimum, he's an insta-follow on twitter for every Philly fan.

Real talk though, don't sleep on my man Furkan Aldemir.  You see the hops on this dunk!? Has to have an 18 inch vertical at LEAST!


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