Shawn Bradley Retires...let the HoF talk begin!

Axtell

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j/k about the HoF speak beginning.

stevek

This guy almost single handedly killed the Sixers for years. Wasted high draft pick, and they tried to build a team around him being their stud center. What a stiff this guy was - no work ethic and no heart whatsoever - hardly any talent either.

Kid4hof03

I'll never understand why 76ers fans kill Bradley instead of Jim Lynam. Bradley is what he always was, very tall, very thin and not very strong. The 76ers were foolish for drafting him so high and paying him so much, that's not his fault. If they drafted me to play center I'd take the money to. Bradley was a very servicable 2nd string center in the NBA for 12 years, the only problem was the he was being paid like an all star. The very reason the 76ers were horrible for the better part of a decade. How many 1990's 76ers first round picks before Iverson were any good at all?

Abe

CardsFan

It's a sad day for Shaq. He loved to play against Bradley.

stevek

We don't "kill" Bradley although it appears that way - just explaining the situation for what it was. Bradley was a stiff from the start, and almost every Sixers fan in Philly knew it the minute he was in training camp. He hadn't even been playing basketball for two years! He had been on a Morman mission. He was out of shape in training camp and even during the season.

By the way, it wasn't Lynam's fault although of course Lynam took the heat for it - it was the Sixers owner Harold Katz who became mesmerized with drafting Bradley, and saw Bradley as a potential big draw to bring fans into the always half-empty Spectrum arena. Well, the plan badly backfired.

Kid4hof03

I live in Philly and was here when Bradley was drafted. Lynam's quote the night of the draft is one that I use quite often, "He's tall and you can't teach tall."

Abe