21 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

He’ll get applause, right?

I went to the TO game. He didn’t get any 😊

Danny Green in the starting lineup tonight 

If we win tonight, Doc Rivers deserves Coach of the Year 🤣

🤣🤣🤣

 

He's been covering the Celtics for the Boston Herald for the past 33 years.... 

 

This is like a home game for the knicks... disappointing crowd

 

 

What a crazy defensive number so far for Drummond and Niang for offense. 

 

Win or Lose, this was a gutsy performance tonight 

Too shorthanded

We played a summer league game in November 

Great effort.  We only had 8 warm bodies and 6 of them scored double digits; Danny Green was not amongst those 6

25 boards for Drummond.  Good grief. 

5 assists and zero turnovers for Maxey along with his 16 points and 9 rebounds.

Our roster is good.  They like each other and they play hard.  We just need health and a solid trade for Ben and we're good to go. 

 

 

 

 

Just got home.  Fun game.  Looked like it was gonna be ugly for a while,  and they fought back and made it close all 2nd half. 

If they just had a half decent shooting night...

Or, if we had someone to show Randle down a bit... I wonder if we should have started Paul Reed instead of Green in this one. Green on Randle... just wasn't gonna work. 

 

7 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Just got home.  Fun game.  Looked like it was gonna be ugly for a while,  and they fought back and made it close all 2nd half. 

If they just had a half decent shooting night...

Or, if we had someone to show Randle down a bit... I wonder if we should have started Paul Reed instead of Green in this one. Green on Randle... just wasn't gonna work. 

 

At this point, it seems Green trying to cover a Rock won't work unfortunately.....still, valiant effort so short handed.  I fear with Milwaukee, Toronto and the west coast swing...it's going to get bad before it gets better.  They are just too shorthanded without Embid, Tobias, Isiah and Simmons.  I mean out of those seven, at this point, if we could win three, that may be an incredible thing.

46 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

At this point, it seems Green trying to cover a Rock won't work unfortunately.....still, valiant effort so short handed.  I fear with Milwaukee, Toronto and the west coast swing...it's going to get bad before it gets better.  They are just too shorthanded without Embid, Tobias, Isiah and Simmons.  I mean out of those seven, at this point, if we could win three, that may be an incredible thing.

Well I imagine Harris should be back soon at least. 

https://thelibertyline.com/2021/11/08/tyrese-maxey-untouchable/

"Sixers staffers have been encouraged by the early returns of Tyrese Maxey as a starting guard, and the 21-year-old would seem to be untouchable in any Simmons trade conversation that didn’t bring back an All-NBA guard such as Damian Lillard or Bradley Beal.“

21 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

https://thelibertyline.com/2021/11/08/tyrese-maxey-untouchable/

"Sixers staffers have been encouraged by the early returns of Tyrese Maxey as a starting guard, and the 21-year-old would seem to be untouchable in any Simmons trade conversation that didn’t bring back an All-NBA guard such as Damian Lillard or Bradley Beal.“

Hard not to think that with his play, but then go get less for Ben and fill in needs for the team. 

I’ve maintained for awhile now that the more important return in a Simmons trade would be a wing. Maxey may not be a traditional lead guard, but he does give you far better production in that spot than you’re getting from Green.
 

Upgrade that position and push Green to the bench, while Maxey continues to start at the point. You can see his game improving all the time, and his assist numbers are starting to climb. Averaging 4.7 on the season, but those numbers have been going up. He was averaging 3.5 assists for the first 6 games, but he’s averaged 6.2 over the past 5 games. 
 

Another encouraging sign is the improvement on his three point shot thus far. He still isn’t exactly an elite shooter by any means, but he’s up to 36.7% on the 3 this season compared to 30.1% last year. 

what they need in return for simmons is a guy who can create his own shot.  when you need a big bucket at crunch time in the playoffs, you need that guy you can give the ball to & just get the eff out of the way while he beats his man & scores. all these dribble hand-offs and running around screens work well in the regular season...but you need an iso scorer in the playoffs when teams tighten up on D. i don't care if the guy is a pg or a wing...that's the type of player they need in a simmons trade. 

12 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

what they need in return for simmons is a guy who can create his own shot.  when you need a big bucket at crunch time in the playoffs, you need that guy you can give the ball to & just get the eff out of the way while he beats his man & scores. all these dribble hand-offs and running around screens work well in the regular season...but you need an iso scorer in the playoffs when teams tighten up on D. i don't care if the guy is a pg or a wing...that's the type of player they need in a simmons trade. 

That’s true but the issue is even if you add that guy at PG you still have a huge deficiency with Green. He absolutely, 100% should NOT be starting. 

2 minutes ago, nipples said:

That’s true but the issue is even if you add that guy at PG you still have a huge deficiency with Green. He absolutely, 100% should NOT be starting. 

i suppose. he doesn't really bother me that much though...only plays about 1/2 the game & makes some plays defensively. of course he's not the guy you give the ball to at crunch time...and most likely isn't even on the court when you need a big bucket. him starting isn't a big deal, imo. 

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

what they need in return for simmons is a guy who can create his own shot.  when you need a big bucket at crunch time in the playoffs, you need that guy you can give the ball to & just get the eff out of the way while he beats his man & scores. all these dribble hand-offs and running around screens work well in the regular season...but you need an iso scorer in the playoffs when teams tighten up on D. i don't care if the guy is a pg or a wing...that's the type of player they need in a simmons trade. 

Pacers stink and Levert is finally healthy. Could be someone to look at or Pelicans who absolutely suck with Ingram. 

This is why I have said for a long time, want nothing to do with DLo. Lazy and makes dumb decisions in clutch minutes. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Pacers stink and Levert is finally healthy. Could be someone to look at or Pelicans who absolutely suck with Ingram. 

This is why I have said for a long time, want nothing to do with DLo. Lazy and makes dumb decisions in clutch minutes. 

 

 

I don’t think you get Ingram for Simmons, but it would be a perfect fit. It would also be pretty fitting for the Simmons era in Philly to end by trading him for the guy that they should have taken in the first place. 

14 minutes ago, nipples said:

I don’t think you get Ingram for Simmons, but it would be a perfect fit. It would also be pretty fitting for the Simmons era in Philly to end by trading him for the guy that they should have taken in the first place. 

Straight up, of course not, but Sixers are one of the few contenders that have all their picks and Kork, Thybulle are attractive pieces on cheap deals. 

Pelicans GM, Griffin, has also made some mind boggling dumb decisions these last few years as well.