Maxey-Mania starts tonight.  Allllllllll aboard!

1 hour ago, Shepard Wong said:

I appreciate the optimism in here but without a point guard or two on the roster, I've tempered my expectations this season pending the outcome of the Ben situation.  They'll still win games as constructed but it will be fewer than 50 and probably lead to a 4-6 seed in the playoffs.  Had they gotten someone like Schroder cheap after his market fell apart, I'd be more optimistic but as excited as I am about Maxey, playing PG at a high level in the NBA is not easy and it's going to be worse when he's not on the floor.

Teams would be smart to pressure them the whole length of the floor as much as possible.  I'm truly dumbfounded by this teams inability or unwillingness to add any point guards during this entire rebuild. During the tank, I thought it was intentional to drive the win total down but now, there is no excuse not to have added someone useful.

Maxey will show you the way.

And, this is only temporary till we do get a PG via trade. Would have to assume they never addressed it because the plan has been to get one in a Simmons trade all along. The miscalculation is not having a trade done yet. They assumed theyd get more and havent settled for anything less than their unrealistic valuation.

But I do think itll be resolved eventually. And I think Maxey will do his part to keep us in contention.

I f-ing hate Glen Rivers.  It’s too bad no one has called him out in the press conferences for his BS preaching last year about Ben.  He’s a fool.  

I don’t get the game tonight.  Enjoy.  I’ll be reading updates.  

Ugh..... It sucks because Niang and Drummond are tremendous upgrades over Scott and Howard.  With Maxey and Joe taking a step forward, this team would have been even better than last year's squad. 

This has 2005 Eagles written all over it.... 

Let's hope Embiid doesn't pull a McNabb and come down with a season ending injury 

 

this lady announcer is good in the studio with Fadool. Cant stand her in the booth though. 

Here we go!

Embiid banked in a 3. NO hit a shot on the other end, and Maxey pushed the pace off the made bucket right down for a runner of his own. 

Embiid hit another 3.

Embiid looks like he's in the best shape of his career 

Embiid near the top of the key dribbling saw Harris with the mismatch over Hart in the post and got it to him for the and 1. 

 

With Ben gone, Harris has to become 22-25 PPG player 

2 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

With Ben gone, Harris has to become 22-25 PPG player 

Well, Maxey can potentially replace Bens ~16. And youre going to get more production from the bench with Drummond and Niang significantly upgrading the bench front court. Im not sure Harris has to really pick up too much more slack on offense. I think his defense will be more important

 

 

 

NO is making tough shots...

Maxey looking good

Embiid just went 0-2 at the line. 

already with another trip to the line. Now he made them. Valanciunas to the bench

Isaiah Joe 1st quarter minutes!

4 subs in with Embiid remaining on the court.

Maxey is so quick going to the rim.  It feels weird to see a Sixers guard that can drive and finish in the half court.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Isaiah Joe 1st quarter minutes!

4 subs in with Embiid remaining on the court.

I love seeing Joe getting time this early in the game.  

Its actually a whole new 5 subbed in now. Joel is on the bench.

Furk bringing the ball up. Embiid getting his right knee checked out.

Joe drew the charge! Making a play on D!

Guys on this bench unit trying to do too much and its sloppy with the ball. They need to just start launching 3s.

 

Kork high off the glass on the layup. Hes fancy. 

Nice dish from Kork to Niang in the corner but the shot was missed.

The bench unit shows some flashes but they need to settle in. Mostly sloppy so far. 

Now Niang to Furk. Furk worked for that one with a lot of off ball running. 

what a dish from Drummond to Thybulle! wow!

Niang for 3. This bench is gonna be nice. They are now expanding the lead after a slow start initially.

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

Niang for 3. This bench is gonna be nice. They are now expanding the lead after a slow start initially.

His shot is so smooth.  It looks effortless. I'm pretty excited for the improved bench.

11 bench points in about 6 minutes of play. Thats pretty much the total we could get from them after a whole game a lot of times last year 

Niang another 3. Another good drive and dish by Furk

Fing Furkan Korkmaz all along has been a better PG than Simmons ever was, and we didnt know it because we dont watch him play in Turkey