We got a Rush brother!

And it's not JaRon! Kareem Rush signed with the Sixers yesterday. This is exciting stuff. While the Brand signing was obviously bigger than Jupiter and Saturn smashed together, these smaller, Kuiper Belt-sized object Rush and Royal Ivey signings are extremely important to the team too. Rush brings the outside shooting they need in a package that is much like Kyle Korver without his invisible leg irons attached. He's not a very good defender, but as long as he makes them 3's, it's a-okay.

The eventual rotation is looking like Andre Miller, Iggy, TYoung, Brand, and Dalembert starting, with Lou Williams, Royal Ivey, Rush, Jason Smith, and Marresssseeeee Speights backing up. That is a solid group of basketball gentlemen. And it obviously leaves 2 names out.

Willie Green and Reggie Evans are the square pegs (yes, like the old Sarah Jessica Parker show) here. With Rush and Ivey being signed to play on the perimeter, and with Lou Williams being groomed to move into a starting role eventually, it's hard to see Willie getting the 25 minutes a night he's accustomed to. And as hard as it is to admit, Willie was actually okay last year. He won't be kept around though if it means keeping him on the end of the bench. Perhaps they'll get him enough minutes at the 2, but it looks doubtful. A lot of it will depend on how much they believe Ivey can contribute. And of course if Iguodala is completely ineffective as a SG or they decide that it's worth keeping him as their SF, thus unwisely taking minutes away from Thaddeus Young, most of this analysis is worthless. Worthless analysis- always available from your Broad Street Bastards.

Reggie Evans got 23 minutes per game last year, which is about 10 minutes per game too much. He's great as a rebounder and a guy with a beard, but that is all. Perhaps they'll keep him in the rotation until Speights is ready, but his longer-term prospects with the Sixers are pretty dim.