Oh Hell, Don Yell

In one of those breathless e-mails that always make me feel vaguely sad for the PR intern that had to write it, the Sixers announced today that they've signed Donyell Marshall, because he was too soft to get a Euro offer. No, wait, it's because the seventh team in fourteen years (really, seven and fourteen? I'm old and so is he) is going to be the charm for the "perimeter threat with playoff experience." But hey, he was from here originally, so it's a feel-good story, right?Um, no.Let's just call Donny Badball for what he is: a bench guy with questionable heart, who takes a ton of threes when given any opportunity. Since he's big and not especially good at it, he's always open, so his offensive game mostly consists of floating in space, spotting up and missing. He's Robert Horry without the defense and smarts, or Antoine Walker without the low-post moves and court vision. In other words, nothing you really want on your team.If the Sixers use...