5 minutes ago, Paul852 said:

He'll be on the team next season and then be gone which will have made the trade worth it to get rid of that Simmons deal.

12 points and -14 tonight

Sixers in 7 seems reasonable at this point...but they need to blow out the Raptors in Toronto and end this in 6 if they are to advance with any momentum or optimism for a run.

Stumbling to an exhausting 7 game series win after a 3-0 lead is no way to start a deep playoff run.

Ok, let’s vote.

what are you watching Thursday night?

 

5 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Thank you for that.  Just put $50 on the Raptors.  I’ll take those odds 

I did the same thing. I’d be happy to lose the money i put down on the raptors but i really see the sixers getting smoked in Toronto on Thursday. And then who knows game 7.  But at +600 for the raptors that’s ridiculous 

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I did the same thing. I’d be happy to lose the money i put down on the raptors but i really see the sixers getting smoked in Toronto on Thursday. And then who knows game 7.  But at +600 for the raptors that’s ridiculous 

I’d say game 7 is a certainty.  This team is too weak to win game 6 in Toronto.  I agree I don’t think it’ll be close either 

If we lose this series i really hope Glenn is fired and  never coaches again. His such an overrated fraud 

Boring PC.  He’s in a hurry to go home and search Zillow for homes in L.A. 

18 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

If we lose this series i really hope Glenn is fired and  never coaches again. His such an overrated fraud 

Show some respect.  You wouldn't say that about Popovich. 

Sounds out there, but if the Sixers go on and lose this series after being up 3-0, there’s the theory thar this core might never recover psychologically from it. You can put other guys around the core of this team but like the Atlanta Falcons when they blew that 28 to 3 lead, they never recovered from it. The just kept getting worse and physiologically i dont believe they ever recovered to this day. I get this isn’t the biggest game like the SB but it’s the type of loss that will be a dark cloud over the franchise. Even if you fire glenn it will remain with this core. I’m not saying they should blow it up but i think there’s a strong chance they never recover from it and just spirals the other way.  

 

18 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Sounds out there, but if the Sixers go on and lose this series after being up 3-0, there’s the theory thar this core might never recover psychologically from it. You can put other guys around the core of this team but like the Atlanta Falcons when they blew that 28 to 3 lead, they never recovered from it. The just kept getting worse and physiologically i dont believe they ever recovered to this day. I get this isn’t the biggest game like the SB but it’s the type of loss that will be a dark cloud over the franchise. Even if you fire glenn it will remain with this core. I’m not saying they should blow it up but i think there’s a strong chance they never recover from it and just spirals the other way.  

Kind of reminds me of the Orlando Magic with shaq and penny. They never recovered from those missed Nick Anderson free throws could shots that led to a sweep. 

1 hour ago, Paul852 said:

He'll be on the team next season and then be gone which will have made the trade worth it to get rid of that Simmons deal.

Shame they didn't include Harris and at least make it a massive salary dump

Harden has been awful. And maxey has completely disappeared. And Glenn has no clue what he is doing. All those things we can go into great depth about and deserve criticizing them to the fullest extent. 

however the sixers need embiid to play better than what he has outside of game 2 and 3. If he plays closer to game 2 and 3 they can win this series. But if it’s closer to games 1, 4 and 5 we are in trouble. To point out here’s his numbers from 2019 vs. Toronto in the playoffs, 2021 playoffs and his numbers from games 1,4,5 and games 2 and 3

2019 playoffs 

17.6 ppg, 37% FG, 34.6% 3pt, 8.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 4 TOs, 2 blocks

2021 playoffs 

24.6 ppg, 48%, 23.5% 3pt, 11.6, 3.8 TOs, 0.4 blocks and 

games 1,4,5

20 ppg, 41% FG, 0% 3pt, 11 boards, 3 TOs, .33 blocks 

games 2 and 3

32 ppg, 58% FG, 40% 3 pt, 12 boards, 5 TOs and .5 blocks. 

If he plays like he has in game 1,4 and 5 the sixers have no shot at winning this series since harden is shot and we don’t know what we will get from maxey as the series has continued. We know harden is shot. Maxey is young and inconsistent. But we need embiid to play like game 2 and 3 otherwise we are in a world of trouble. 

Doc and Harden are gone. 

Harden is going to be part of a sign and trade, 

Hopefully we can get some kind of trade compensation from the Lakers for Doc 

 

 

10 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

Doc and Harden are gone. 

Harden is going to be part of a sign and trade, 

Hopefully we can get some kind of trade compensation from the Lakers for Doc 

 

 

I’m all for bashing harden. He stinks and whether he’s just cooked or it’s his hammy he’s been horrible shooting for 2 months. That said embiid went from 6:19 in the 2nd quarter to 5:21 in the 3rd quarter without scoring. He also took 2 shots in between those points. If the sixers are going to win harden must be better. But embiid can’t go 13 minutes in between scoring and then disappear only taking 2 shots in 13 mins. And this isn’t the first time he’s done this. He did so in game 4 where he had 7 points in the first half on minimal shot attempts. I believe in game 3 or 2 he had 5 points at halftime. Also embiid like everyone else on the sixers was awful on defense tonight 

Game 5 vs Toronto was Atlanta 2.0

Doc Rivers can't make playoff adjustments. Didn't have his team ready for the biggest game of the year- just like last year vs Atlanta. He has to go.

9 minutes ago, Talonblood said:

Game 5 vs Toronto was Atlanta 2.0

Doc Rivers can't make playoff adjustments. Didn't have his team ready for the biggest game of the year- just like last year vs Atlanta. He has to go.

Only thing i disagree with is this was worse than atlanta. At least atlanta we were up 25 and played well for a half of that game. This game the sixers were basically owned from start to finish which was a continuation of game 4.  

It’s my fault guys. I was in Hershey visiting family during the first 3 games… came back home to Maine the day after game 3. 

The Sixers deserved to lose so this isn’t me blaming officiating but… how many blatant push offs did Siakam get away with last night? Dude was fully extending his arm to push defenders back. Hell he did it twice in one possession.

i really think this team has tuned out doc, i dont think it's embiid and harden that sucks, it's doc because there were so  many reports of them wanting a different coach before the playoffs. i mean i believe that look how he is during the press, he assaults the fans, the media, plays favorites with different players that arent good. that really starts wearing on the team.

 

even when they got harden, i didnt think this team was winning anything because of doc, he's a cancer to the locker room.

 

Can we fire doc after they lose game 6?

Huge loser energy from the entire team after the game last night.  There is absolutely no way they win this series.  Absolutely cooked.

just accept that they're gonna lose game 7 in philly on saturday night. it will make the rest of your week much more peaceful. 

At least the Flyers are gearing up for the playoffs. Oh. 

At least the Phillies came out of the gate hot. Oh. 

How bout that draft, huh?

56 minutes ago, toughfighter83 said:

i really think this team has tuned out doc, i dont think it's embiid and harden that sucks, it's doc because there were so  many reports of them wanting a different coach before the playoffs. i mean i believe that look how he is during the press, he assaults the fans, the media, plays favorites with different players that arent good. that really starts wearing on the team.

 

even when they got harden, i didnt think this team was winning anything because of doc, he's a cancer to the locker room.

 

Nah....Harden sucks.  It was a dumb trade.  Thank Morey for being in love with a washed up player.  We could have gotten younger and deeper.

 

 

That's what she said.  

1 minute ago, TV Guy said:

At least the Flyers are gearing up for the playoffs. Oh. 

At least the Phillies came out of the gate hot. Oh. 

How bout that draft, huh?

Howie says "hold my manischewitz".