The undersigned is wrong about so many things and so often that it is repetitive to say it again. One thing I have been wrong about, and that I have confessed error to recently is the Phila. "76ers". I, and to be fair to myself, some of my betters, believed that with so many talents and so many egos on the Philly Phab Phive roster that it would take some time, perhaps with some bloodletting before the players and coach were on the same page.
The "Sixers", now 8-1, proved me and the others wrong again tonight beating a good group of Zollner Pistons (6-2) in the Palace in Malice Hills.
One thing I have not been wrong about has been the trade by the Miami "Heat" to the Milwaukee "Brewers". We got Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis, the first the superstar that we hunted for a decade, who has played every bit his billing, and the second who has been more additive than than expected. This improved roster is not evident in wins and losses yet. We are 2-5.
We gave up Tyler Herro, 3J, Kel'el Ware and a passel of draft picks, pick swaps and, I don't remember it all, some wife-sharing, I think. Though our record is nothing to write to our mothers about, the "Brewers" BLOW. They fell to Beans tonight in Beantown, hardly a demerit given degree of difficulty, but they haven't played Beans all eight games and are 1-7.
As to the "Brewers" roster additions that we gave them, I was extremely high on 3J for his first season, I saw him play in the summer league and he caught my eye, but then he was exposed as a one-trick pony with his back-to-the-basket move, teams caught on, and Jaime spent extended time on Eric Spoelstra's bench until the trade.
Tyler Herro, I liked, some of the time, most of the time, he made an All-Star appearance with us, but his game had reached a clear ceiling. "How did you lay waste to the 'Heat'? in the Cleveland playoff series in 2024, a pencil asked Darius Garland. "Picked on Tyler Herro." It was time. Both sides had grown stale with the other.
As for Kel'el Ware, I took an initial look at him, read his comments while in college and concluded he couldn't play.
3J and Tyler start for the "Brewers" and Kel'el is a rotation player off the bench. 3J had 18 pts on 6/17 (0-2) in 31', -3 tonight; Tyler, 33', 25 points, 8/17 (4/10), -8; and Kel'el in 16' had tyoo points, 1/6 (0/2), 5 rebs and -6.
Milwaukee is Miami last season, actually worse so far, and Miami is Milwaukee last season with Giannis. The records are not wholly dissimilar but as a "Heat" fan with a quick hook for experiments that I believe have gone awry, I am satisfied (with the exception of the first four games which were ruined by boy genius Spoelstra). I cannot imagine that "Brewers" are entirely quiescent about their team's start and I don't know where they might think their team is going as I and other "Heat" fans wondered where that franchise was going after 12 years of 43-39.
