33 minutes ago, Gannan said:

This playoff run and the entire future hinges on Maxey. They need him to be that other star. When he plays like ish, which he did last night, it's difficult for them to beat good teams. 

There lies the issue. He’s a 21 year old kid. thats a ton of pressure on him to do that at his stage of his career. There’s a reason why not many 21 year old kids are the top or top 2 players on a finals or championship caliber team. In 2 years Maxey is going to be dynamite and better off for this experience. The issue is what the hell embiid is going to be by that time in 2 years. Unfortunately his timeline to being a legit superstar is likely on course with the end of embiid’s prime years. At that point you’d likely need another star again. 

maxey is young and looked like he was in way over his head last night. 

15 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

maxey is young and looked like he was in way over his head last night. 

Yup. Playoff growing pains. we forget how young he is because of how good he’s been since arriving in Philly especially this year.

I’d have done the haliburton and hield trade cause i love haliburton. i said at the time the kings traded him it was a mistake and with Rick Carlisle he’d become an all star player. However i also understood that haliburton like maxey is young. Both are 22 and 21 respectively. By the time they take their lumps in the playoffs, growing pains and get them where we want them to be, you are likely 2-3 years down the road. Embiid is very likely declined. You’d have to hope haliburton and maxey could be like Tatum and brown at 24 and 25 and carry embiid and the sixers at that point. Unrealistic? I don’t think so cause i see both as potential all stars.

That said the sixers were never going to waste this season once harden rumors surfaced and really potentially embiid’s prime without making a big splash on a "star” like harden. That is morey and Michael Rubin and really the sixers organization for years now. I think once they knew harden wanted out they just went all in on that and for better or worse it was the decision they made. Long term that’s likely a huge mistake. 

Starting lineups from last night 

Curious to see what exactly the lakers do  i don’t see them trading Lebron 

 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Curious to see what exactly the lakers do  i don’t see them trading Lebron 

 

Jeannie buss has said countless times she isn't trading LeBron and will do whatever it takes to make him happy. Phil Jackson is there with magic to help with a coach search they have nothing to do with the roster. 

That helps my mood a lil' bit.  A fantastic blown game by the Cs.  Up 14 in the 4th and lose by 3. Thanks Jrue! 

If we can't make the Finals then I sure as heck don't want those cretins in it. 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Curious to see what exactly the lakers do  i don’t see them trading Lebron 

 

I kinda think he might force his way out. 

Obviously he destroyed the roster and they will want to keep what talent they have left- hes their best talent. But I dont think the feeling will be mutual from him. He will want to go to the next place he thinks he can ring chase. 

43 minutes ago, therealdawk said:

That helps my mood a lil' bit.  A fantastic blown game by the Cs.  Up 14 in the 4th and lose by 3. Thanks Jrue! 

If we can't make the Finals then I sure as heck don't want those cretins in it. 

Bucks pulled what the Celtics had been doing to them the past 2 games. Where they basically owned the 4th quarter after being outplayed for 3 quarters. Hats off to the bucks down middleton they’ve still been able to win 3 games in that series without middleton and potentially win that series. 

36 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

I kinda think he might force his way out. 

Obviously he destroyed the roster and they will want to keep what talent they have left- hes their best talent. But I dont think the feeling will be mutual from him. He will want to go to the next place he thinks he can ring chase. 

I could see him wanting out if they don’t do what he wants. The issue is the lakers don’t have to oblige and it seems Jeanie buss doesn’t want to deal him. Frankly i don’t think the lakers are winning anything with Lebron and AD going forward. But they also gave up all those picks and pick swaps for AD until 2025 so I’m guessing part of this is they don’t want to be horrible going forward. As well as multiple other factors involved as well  

personally if i were the lakers I’d deal Lebron depending on what i get back. Westbrook’s contract is up after 2022-23. Just hypothetically (trade scenario you posted prior) if the lakers got harden, thybulle and a 1st I’d consider it. The cap space that would come off the books after the 22-23 season is super intriguing to me. I ptetty sure the lakers pursue another max level player with the amount of cap space available to team up with AD. 

that said i don’t see the lakers moving off of Lebron and staying with him until his contract runs out. 

 

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

 

Yeah I'm indifferent. I never felt they should have traded for James harden. I felt they should have traded with the knicks or Sacramento kings.

3 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

No surprise there. Not to many current and former players that like Harden. Probably why the only friend he has is a GM lol. 

6 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

 

I’m guessing Charles isn’t aware the 76ers are contractually obligated to Harden for at most 1 more season. And Harden could very well likely walk after this season. 

1 hour ago, Blazehound said:

I’m guessing Charles isn’t aware the 76ers are contractually obligated to Harden for at most 1 more season. And Harden could very well likely walk after this season. 

You’re forgetting that Daryl Morey is our GM. He has blinders on when it comes to Harden. If Harden wants to stay long term, Morey will sign him. 

25 minutes ago, nipples said:

You’re forgetting that Daryl Morey is our GM. He has blinders on when it comes to Harden. If Harden wants to stay long term, Morey will sign him. 

There are/were rumors that Harden might be open to signing a long term deal but not at the max......would you do 3 years maybe 60 million?  No way I'm giving him a max deal.....

2 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

There are/were rumors that Harden might be open to signing a long term deal but not at the max......would you do 3 years maybe 60 million?  No way I'm giving him a max deal.....

I don't know that I'd want to keep him beyond one more season a the most, and even that depends on the rest of the market... can they get Beal? Who else may come available?

13 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

There are/were rumors that Harden might be open to signing a long term deal but not at the max......would you do 3 years maybe 60 million?  No way I'm giving him a max deal.....

I'd do that. It's not like Harden stinks. He's been a great point guard. He isn't the reason the Sixers are losing. The Sixers are losing because they have 4 legit NBA players on their roster and the rest are garbage. Maybe 4 and a half (Danny Green plays well sometimes). The biggest reason for this is the younger guys who we thought would improve all got worse (Thybulle, Kork, Shake). Probably on Doc. We used to speak about Thybulle in the same breath as Maxey, now I don't even know if he will be in the NBA 3 years from now. 

12 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I kinda think he might force his way out. 

Obviously he destroyed the roster and they will want to keep what talent they have left- hes their best talent. But I dont think the feeling will be mutual from him. He will want to go to the next place he thinks he can ring chase. 

He does it every few years, leaves place in a mess

30 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

There are/were rumors that Harden might be open to signing a long term deal but not at the max......would you do 3 years maybe 60 million?  No way I'm giving him a max deal.....

Max deal but on a year to year basis. I wouldn't give him or Kyrie more than that. 

19 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

He does it every few years, leaves place in a mess

He does. Frankly don’t see how he’d get along with morey as Lebron likes to play GM. So i don’t see it happening. Made more sense Eagan he could’ve done what he wanted a few years back since it was brand and brown. However once embiid begins to decline not sure the sixers future at the moment is all that bright outside of maxey. 

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

He does. Frankly don’t see how he’d get along with morey as Lebron likes to play GM. So i don’t see it happening. Made more sense Eagan he could’ve done what he wanted a few years back since it was brand and brown. However once embiid begins to decline not sure the sixers future at the moment is all that bright outside of maxey. 

At least they have Maxey and all signs point to him turning into a star. So at least when Embiid does start to decline, you’ve got at least one player to really rebuild around. Helps that Maxey is so young too, so he can really be the cornerstone for a long time. 

15 minutes ago, nipples said:

At least they have Maxey and all signs point to him turning into a star. So at least when Embiid does start to decline, you’ve got at least one player to really rebuild around. Helps that Maxey is so young too, so he can really be the cornerstone for a long time. 

I’m not so sure that once embiid declines they’ll have the capital (believe they use more of it trying to build up this current team) nor right people in place to make the right decisions when building around maxey.  Track record of team building with what happened over the course of the last 6 years with embiid doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. For every great move like maxey and embiid you also have about 4-5 decisions that are completely opposite and an ownership group that imo isn’t that good. also wouldn’t be surprised if klutch tries to convince him to get out of Philly at that point