Paul is getting surgery on his hand and out 8 weeks or so. Might be a spot for Dragic 

AI with the Boston hat on. 

Greatest shooter of all time. 

7 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Greatest shooter of all time. 

Being able to calibrate each different shot and be perfect at it is beyond worldy.

 

 

31 minutes seems a bit much for Embiid to be playing in an All-Star game.

7 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

31 minutes seems a bit much for Embiid to be playing in an All-Star game.

He wanted the MVP, Steph went nuclear 

27 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

31 minutes seems a bit much for Embiid to be playing in an All-Star game.

Yeah, he is off until Friday though.

2 hours ago, Khani1 said:

Greatest shooter of all time. 

Except when he needs to make them in the clutch 

7 hours ago, The_Omega said:

31 minutes seems a bit much for Embiid to be playing in an All-Star game.

Did you watch it? A bunch of dudes jogging up and down the court playing "defense” 10 feet off. 31 minutes of that game was like 5 minutes of a real game. 

Since some people still haven't been able to connected the obvious dots about which trade with a western conference team almost happened, abs which player SAC want giving up (Fox), here's an article saying Haliburton thought he was coming to Philly.  He was FaceTimeing Niang.

https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-thought-hed-be-traded-to-sixers-in-ben-simmons-package/

3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Since some people still haven't been able to connected the obvious dots about which trade with a western conference team almost happened, abs which player SAC want giving up (Fox), here's an article saying Haliburton thought he was coming to Philly.  He was FaceTimeing Niang.

https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-thought-hed-be-traded-to-sixers-in-ben-simmons-package/

Would you have preferred that deal? I think I would have. Haliburton is just getting started and is playing lights out at 21 yrs old

3 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Would you have preferred that deal? I think I would have. Haliburton is just getting started and is playing lights out at 21 yrs old

It’s a tough one because I think undoubtedly Harden gives them a better chance this year and next at a title. If they don’t get it done in the next couple seasons, then I think we will be wishing we got the Kings deal done. Haliburton is the better option 3+ years from now. 

5 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Would you have preferred that deal? I think I would have. Haliburton is just getting started and is playing lights out at 21 yrs old

yes and it would have still allowed the potential to free up space to go get Harden in the summer, or someone else like potentially LaVine, or a trade for someone else.

4 minutes ago, nipples said:

It’s a tough one because I think undoubtedly Harden gives them a better chance this year and next at a title. If they don’t get it done in the next couple seasons, then I think we will be wishing we got the Kings deal done. Haliburton is the better option 3+ years from now. 

It was Haliburton, Hield, and Barnes. Harris and Ben out. With Harris and Ben out, and then tradeing Barnes expiring contract theyd have cap space for a big time player, while also having Haliburton and Hield. Its better in every way.

Now, Morey has 2 ways to still come out of this one like roses. 1. They win the finals this year with Harden. or 2. They still find a way to get another max player or enough other significant contributors to join next year and win the finals next year.

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

It was Haliburton, Hield, and Barnes. Harris and Ben out. With Harris and Ben out, and then tradeing Barnes expiring contract theyd have cap space for a big time player, while also having Haliburton and Hield. Its better in every way.

Now, Morey has 2 ways to still come out of this one like roses. 1. They win the finals this year with Harden. or 2. They still find a way to get another max player or enough other significant contributors to join next year and win the finals next year.

He definitely was short sighted on this whole ordeal and in a way I guess he had to be because we don't know how long Embiids window is open for. Then again we don't know how long Hardens is either. This could be 1 and done with nothing left to build around.  

10 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

He definitely was short sighted on this whole ordeal and in a way I guess he had to be because we don't know how long Embiids window is open for. Then again we don't know how long Hardens is either. This could be 1 and done with nothing left to build around.  

The fear is maxing him out at the full 270M.

At that point, even trading Harris doesnt really give you max space.

Hope speculation is true that he is willing to take a little less to bring in more talent. But those reports were pre-mature assumptions based on him not opting in. Later it came out that he submitted the opt-in paperwork but it didnt get processed by the deadline. 

The good news is that either way, you know hes committed to staying. The question is, at what cost?

 

Here is what he could need to leave on the table to help us, numbers are from this article https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/02/17/rumor-james-harden-could-decline-player-option-to-allow-76ers-to-open-max-cap-space/

Max salaries generally fit into three tiers by years of experience (with 2022 free agent examples):

0-6 years (Miles Bridges)

7-9 years (Zach LaVine)

10+ (Bradley Beal)

If Philadelphia unloads Tobias Harris, here’s approximately how much Harden would have to sacrifice in 2022-23 salary to accommodate a max player with:

0-6 years experience: $25 million

7-9 years experience: $31 million

10+ years experience: $37 million

If Philadelphia trims its roster to just Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Matisse Thybulle, here’s approximately how much Harden would have to sacrifice in 2022-23 salary to accommodate a max player with:

0-6 years experience: $5 million

7-9 years experience: $11 million

10+ years experience: $17 million

 

 

IMO him leaving out the amount of salary to just offload Harris is never going to happen. Youre asking him at a minimum to leave 25M off the table. I could maybe see him opting to leave those smaller amounts, but that requires a major teardown of the rest of the roster, like when we had to renounce rights to everyone for the Butler/Harris offseason and ended up losing Redick.

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

The fear is maxing him out at the full 270M.

At that point, even trading Harris doesnt really give you max space.

Hope speculation is true that he is willing to take a little less to bring in more talent. But those reports were pre-mature assumptions based on him not opting in. Later it came out that he submitted the opt-in paperwork but it didnt get processed by the deadline. 

The good news is that either way, you know hes committed to staying. The question is, at what cost?

 

Here is what he could need to leave on the table to help us, numbers are from this article https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/02/17/rumor-james-harden-could-decline-player-option-to-allow-76ers-to-open-max-cap-space/

Max salaries generally fit into three tiers by years of experience (with 2022 free agent examples):

0-6 years (Miles Bridges)

7-9 years (Zach LaVine)

10+ (Bradley Beal)

If Philadelphia unloads Tobias Harris, here’s approximately how much Harden would have to sacrifice in 2022-23 salary to accommodate a max player with:

0-6 years experience: $25 million

7-9 years experience: $31 million

10+ years experience: $37 million

If Philadelphia trims its roster to just Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Matisse Thybulle, here’s approximately how much Harden would have to sacrifice in 2022-23 salary to accommodate a max player with:

0-6 years experience: $5 million

7-9 years experience: $11 million

10+ years experience: $17 million

 

 

IMO him leaving out the amount of salary to just offload Harris is never going to happen. Youre asking him at a minimum to leave 25M off the table. I could maybe see him opting to leave those smaller amounts, but that requires a major teardown of the rest of the roster, like when we had to renounce rights to everyone for the Butler/Harris offseason and ended up losing Redick.

 

 

 

I guess we will find just how much Harden and Morey are boys. That's a lot to ask a player to give up, if all that is accurate and plays out that way. 

How about the Sixers pay a shooting coach the premium to live with Thybulle for the summer and help him shoot a corner 3. That in itself probably wins them a title. 

3 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

How about the Sixers pay a shooting coach the premium to live with Thybulle for the summer and help him shoot a corner 3. That in itself probably wins them a title. 

Yeah… don’t see him ever developing that shot. I was hopeful his rookie year that with another offseason or two he could master that shot. He’d be such a big difference maker if he could ever pair his defense with even an average three point percentage. 

6 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

How about the Sixers pay a shooting coach the premium to live with Thybulle for the summer and help him shoot a corner 3. That in itself probably wins them a title. 

It’s so weird. The form is good and you know he puts the effort in. 

Dragic signed with the Nets. Don’t understand it from his perspective if he was looking for PT but whatever. 

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/265915/Teams-Preparing-For-Damian-Lillard-Donovan-Mitchell-Zion-Williamson-Trade-Demands

 

 

ESPN reports that James was upset the Lakers didn't make a deal leading up to the trade deadline. In addition, James was even more upset when Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said he was on board with keeping the roster whole. ESPN sources indicate James never agreed to that plan.

The belief is that James will push Los Angeles to make moves to surround him with veteran talent for another title run. And that he may make those roster-change demands before considering signing an extension this summer, when the Lakers can first offer him one.

 

 

May be looking to offload Harris in the summer to go after Mitchell or James.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

The fear is maxing him out at the full 270M.

At that point, even trading Harris doesnt really give you max space.

Hope speculation is true that he is willing to take a little less to bring in more talent. But those reports were pre-mature assumptions based on him not opting in. Later it came out that he submitted the opt-in paperwork but it didnt get processed by the deadline. 

The good news is that either way, you know hes committed to staying. The question is, at what cost?

 

Here is what he could need to leave on the table to help us, numbers are from this article https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/02/17/rumor-james-harden-could-decline-player-option-to-allow-76ers-to-open-max-cap-space/

Max salaries generally fit into three tiers by years of experience (with 2022 free agent examples):

0-6 years (Miles Bridges)

7-9 years (Zach LaVine)

10+ (Bradley Beal)

If Philadelphia unloads Tobias Harris, here’s approximately how much Harden would have to sacrifice in 2022-23 salary to accommodate a max player with:

0-6 years experience: $25 million

7-9 years experience: $31 million

10+ years experience: $37 million

If Philadelphia trims its roster to just Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Matisse Thybulle, here’s approximately how much Harden would have to sacrifice in 2022-23 salary to accommodate a max player with:

0-6 years experience: $5 million

7-9 years experience: $11 million

10+ years experience: $17 million

 

 

IMO him leaving out the amount of salary to just offload Harris is never going to happen. Youre asking him at a minimum to leave 25M off the table. I could maybe see him opting to leave those smaller amounts, but that requires a major teardown of the rest of the roster, like when we had to renounce rights to everyone for the Butler/Harris offseason and ended up losing Redick.

 

 

 

If they just unload Harris and green (expiring contract) i believe it goes to $15 mil for 0-6.