10 minutes ago, rambo said:

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.

Shake has been struggling for a long time. His shot is all jacked now with that weird hitch.

16 minutes ago, nipples said:

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

He has been awful, I just don’t think Joe will be much better. They need someone like Curry to be able to come off the bench. Maybe Kork heats up in the back end of the season, but they need to find a couple of catch and shoot guys that can hit at a decent clip 

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

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. 

It might be them trying to build chemistry with only X amount of games left. The best way to do that is live games. I would like to see that number come down but it doesn't help the bench is trash

2 minutes ago, Mat said:

It might be them trying to build chemistry with only X amount of games left. The best way to do that is live games. I would like to see that number come down but it doesn't help the bench is trash

I think the first part is some part of it. But really think the second part about the bench is the bigger reason. If we had another scorer off the bench i think it would make it easier to rest those guys more. However niang, millsap, kork, green and shake are all super inconsistent night to night scoring 

Just realized Maxey’s 3pt % has crept back up to .400 after these past two games. Such a huge improvement from year one to two. 

ESPN published a pretty striking stat: in just two road games, Embiid and Harden have combined for 127 points and 59 free throw attempts.  It goes without saying, that latter stat is critical when you have guys going to the line who can actually hit their FTs.  

Ben got to the line a lot, but not for good reasons and certainly not with great effect.

 

Meanwhile that little **** Simmons is still "ramping up"  

The Nets might be screwed for home games. They didn’t make an exception for Kyrie to be able to play home games. I doubt he will get the vaccine. 

They are not making the exception for Kyrie. He won’t be able to play home games. 
 

Can we merge the threads?

1 minute ago, Khani1 said:

They are not making the exception for Kyrie. He won’t be able to play home games. 
 

Can we merge the threads?

I just find it comical they won’t let him play as a net at home cause he’s unvaccinated. But if he were traded to the 76ers and we played in Brooklyn he’d be allowed too lol. 

8 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

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.

absolutely worth the price if this is going to be a Championship season. This team is going to the ECF at least. Stars win in the playoffs and we have the best 2 man game in the league right now. Also have willing role players around them, without achilles heels that will single handily cost you games. 

5 minutes ago, JBENT87 said:

absolutely worth the price if this is going to be a Championship season. This team is going to the ECF at least. Stars win in the playoffs and we have the best 2 man game in the league right now. Also have willing role players around them, without achilles heels that will single handily cost you games. 

Yeah I think so though I'll probably only watch the evening games live if it gets to a game 6 or 7.  I can wake up and watch the reruns though and every early game will be gold for me.

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

I just find it comical they won’t let him play as a net at home cause he’s unvaccinated. But if he were traded to the 76ers and we played in Brooklyn he’d be allowed too lol. 

They shot themselves in the foot with that one lol. They see what Irving can do for them too while Durant is out. They have to be losing their effing minds over this situation. Lmao. As I say it again the nets are incredibly stupid. 

18 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

They shot themselves in the foot with that one lol. They see what Irving can do for them too while Durant is out. They have to be losing their effing minds over this situation. Lmao. As I say it again the nets are incredibly stupid. 

Frankly i thought after acquiring harden they should’ve looked to deal kyrie for guys to put around those two. Kyrie is always hurt and a pain in the ass when he’s not. Plus he’s created controversy on 3 different teams now. Harden and Durant with pieces they’d have gotten back for kyrie would’ve been able to win a title. 

2 hours ago, Khani1 said:

They are not making the exception for Kyrie. He won’t be able to play home games. 
 

Can we merge the threads?

Sucks for them. Durant is supposed to be back Thursday for the Heat game.

I know that I'm a Philly homer but some of the national sports media talking heads are just flat out making clowns of themselves about the Sixers/Philadelphia.   Rick Bucher, who I always thought was a solid NBA guy during his ESPN days, is laying on the hate pretty thick.  However, the best take is the guy at 5:15 saying that when the honeymoon period is over, Sixers fans will see that Embiid and Harden aren't even a top 5 duo IN THE EAST!

 

 

10 hours ago, DrPhilly said:

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.

Would you get all the playoff games, too?

3 minutes ago, SB52 said:

Would you get all the playoff games, too?

I assumed so but guess I should double check that

So yeah, all playoffs and draft included

1 minute ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Well Kyrie and Durant were the ones that wanted to team up so they can suffer just like the Lakers and LeBron with Westbrook. 

I don't trust Harden just yet either. He hasn't been a stellar teammate either. Winning heals all. Let's face some controversy first. 

I mean Kyrie and bums did beat a fully healthy Bucks team last night. When Kyrie is engaged he is really good but you never know what Kyrie you will get. 

1 minute ago, DrPhilly said:

So yeah, all playoffs and draft included

Sent you a message 

7 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Sent you a message 

Yes, thank you very much

Do you think they give Harden Friday off, on the front of back to backs so he can play against Miami the next day?

7 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Do you think they give Harden Friday off, on the front of back to backs so he can play against Miami the next day?

I don't think with 22 games to go is the time to rest players. They are only 2.5 games from the 6th seed, want to avoid Bucks in round one who are 5th currently, and still need to figure out how to play together especially Tobias. That only comes with playing at game speed.