1 hour ago, The_Omega said:

Still there. 

9 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Still there. 

Sorry for Ya 

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

4th quarter to be exact. Came up big down the stretch (8 points in the 4th and 3 rebounds). He needs to play like that. We are going to need him in the postseason. 

He’ll be instrumental in a playoff win when needed.  

Maxey might be my favorite athlete in Philly right now.  He and Mailata.  

Still wish they signed a G and better C on the buyout market. It's great when they are up a ton, but in a tight playoff game their bench concerns me. Doc will never do it but I'd like to see Joe get a lot more time leading up to them. He could be that spark off the bench

34 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

He’ll be instrumental in a playoff win when needed.  

If they want to win a title he has to

1 hour ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Maxey might be my favorite athlete in Philly right now.  He and Mailata.  

Yep, he’s quickly climbing my list. He’ll be the star they start to rebuild around in a few years when Embiid and Harden fall off. 

20 minutes ago, nipples said:

Yep, he’s quickly climbing my list. He’ll be the star they start to rebuild around in a few years when Embiid and Harden fall off. 

That’s why I was adamant in keeping him.  

I was hoping the game would be on my cable given the early start but alas it was not.  Saw the highlights though.  An excellent start for sure.

I just may have to buy the NBA package for the the rest of the year.  The problem is the 7:30pm games are 1:30am starts for me.  Looks pretty cheap though.  All Sixer games for the rest of year for $55.

11 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

Still wish they signed a G and better C on the buyout market. It's great when they are up a ton, but in a tight playoff game their bench concerns me. Doc will never do it but I'd like to see Joe get a lot more time leading up to them. He could be that spark off the bench

They have to want to come to Philly. And Doc doesn't play young guys, he stunted Maxey growth last year 

8 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

They have to want to come to Philly. And Doc doesn't play young guys, he stunted Maxey growth last year 

You would think the way Kork has been shooting you could get Joe minutes but yes...Doc.

the bums off the bench still worry me a bit...when harden was out there with 4 of the least athletic players in the nba (kork, green, niang, & milsap), it was ugly.  if glenn would just give reed some minutes, at least there would be some energy coming off the bench. but he's glenn...so he won't. 

1 minute ago, mr_hunt said:

the bums off the bench still worry me a bit...when harden was out there with 4 of the least athletic players in the nba (kork, green, niang, & milsap), it was ugly.  if glenn would just give reed some minutes, at least there would be some energy coming off the bench. but he's glenn...so he won't. 

Needs to get Reed minutes over Milsap and Joe minutes over Kork. Harden-Joe-Green-Niang-Reed would be a much more effective lineup. 

30 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

the bums off the bench still worry me a bit...when harden was out there with 4 of the least athletic players in the nba (kork, green, niang, & milsap), it was ugly.  if glenn would just give reed some minutes, at least there would be some energy coming off the bench. but he's glenn...so he won't. 

Agree. The bench has no scoring power right now. Niang is okay as a spot up shooter, Green an okay defender and the other three guys getting minutes provide nothing. Reed can at least provide some energy on both ends and maybe some putback points. 

 

32 minutes ago, nipples said:

Needs to get Reed minutes over Milsap and Joe minutes over Kork. Harden-Joe-Green-Niang-Reed would be a much more effective lineup. 

I don't think Joe is the answer. Coming off a great summer league he was horrendous early in the season and benched. I feel he is one of those guys that doesn't know how to cope with pressure and loses his mind. When he has played well recently it was in random spot up duty with no expectations. As soon as he becomes a legit piece of the rotation he struggles. 

They need to go with an 8 man rotation in the playoffs, and please no more Kork. I don't know what happened to him, but his shooting touch is way off. Shake, Green, and Niang should be enough. I can live with some Millsap too. He still has an occasional move or 2. 

1 hour ago, Mat said:

Agree. The bench has no scoring power right now. Niang is okay as a spot up shooter, Green an okay defender and the other three guys getting minutes provide nothing. Reed can at least provide some energy on both ends and maybe some putback points. 

 

I don't think Joe is the answer. Coming off a great summer league he was horrendous early in the season and benched. I feel he is one of those guys that doesn't know how to cope with pressure and loses his mind. When he has played well recently it was in random spot up duty with no expectations. As soon as he becomes a legit piece of the rotation he struggles. 

Ok, but he’s still shooting better right now than Kork. He’s just Furking useless right now. 

17 minutes ago, Gannan said:

They need to go with an 8 man rotation in the playoffs, and please no more Kork. I don't know what happened to him, but his shooting touch is way off. Shake, Green, and Niang should be enough. I can live with some Millsap too. He still has an occasional move or 2. 

No.  Just no.  He's completely washed.  He can barely move on the court anymore.  He should be retired.  Reed is a better option.  Doc is vet coach so Millsap will get time despite being completely useless on both ends of the floor.

1 minute ago, rambo said:

No.  Just no.  He's completely washed.  He can barely move on the court anymore.  He should be retired.  Reed is a better option.  Doc is vet coach so Millsap will get time despite being completely useless on both ends of the floor.

Meh, he was 6 and 3 in 12 minutes. I'd like to see that go down to 8, but he's not that bad. Still better than what Howard gave us last year. 

3 minutes ago, nipples said:

Ok, but he’s still shooting better right now than Kork. He’s just Furking useless right now. 

Kork came up about 5 feet short on a pull up 30 footer last night.  Seriously he's worthless right now.  Shake has been struggling, too, since he has came back from his back injury.

Besides some of the rotation stuff by doc and korkmaz, another concern is that the sixers playing embiid 36 mins, harden 39, maxey 36 and Harris 34. You’d like for the regular season those guys not to have to play 36-39 mins a night. Would like it to be closer to 28-31 mins. Meaning for the regular season we could really use the bench to step up to help preserve those guys for the playoffs and then ramp it up in the postseason. 

2 minutes ago, Gannan said:

Meh, he was 6 and 3 in 12 minutes. I'd like to see that go down to 8, but he's not that bad. Still better than what Howard gave us last year. 

Not going by stats.  I just know what I've seen on the court the last 2 games.  He's not even a shadow of what he once was.  Vet savvy can get you so far but he just looks like he's moving with cinderblocks strapped to his feet.  If you're going to run Harden with Harris as a stagger, get an athletic 5 out there for some lobs and run outs.  That's Reed not Millsap.