I’ve Barely Seen Nemanja Bjelica Play But The Sixers Signed Him And I Am Already All In
Free Agency Day 5. In place of unathletic Ersan Ilysova, Woj dropped an absolute BOMB today that the Sixers are signing another unathletic white guy, Nemanja Bjelica, who the Timberwolves withdrew a qualifying offer to last week. Okay, maybe not a bomb, more like an illegal firecracker Terry couldn’t get out of the way of.
Don’t let your friends fool you into thinking they know anything about this guys game because nobody is keeping an eye on back up power forwards from the Minnesota Timberwolves. The only reason we know this is a stellar deal (aside from Zach Lowe saying it is) is because of Bjelica’s nicknames:
Sixers are signing Nemanja Bjelica, per @JakeLFischer report.
His nicknames on @bball_ref are Professor Big Shots and Belly. pic.twitter.com/3GV4fneO6f
— Mitch Goldich 🐙 (@mitchgoldich) July 5, 2018
HOW. HOT. IS. THAT. I don’t even need to see tape of this guy to know that I’m all in. He looks like a guy who would’ve dated Jess in New Girl. Now he’s our savior when Embiid inevitably has an ailment and misses three straight games. On top of that, we needed some enforcers. Somebody to step up and get reckless when Terry Rozier starts swinging at a 7 footer. What I learned today is that Bjelica is THAT guy.
Putting Aaron Affalo in a headlock like Clarence Withers did in the fight in Semi-Pro was such a savage move! I had no idea is Bjelica because no one has any fucking clue who Nemanja Bjelica is, but I love it.
In the past 48 hours, the 76ers have made a bevy of moves to build the roster to a point I think we have TOO many good players. Wilson Chandler and his portrait neck tattoo were basically given to us. Then we brought back Good Hustle, Good Effort Guy of the Year, Amir Johnson. Now with Professor Big Shot, our GM/Coach/Head of PR, Brett Brown has told the East the Sixers are ready to run this shit back.