3 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Wonder if Jokic locked up the MVP tonight as well 

Embiid destroyed Jokic head to head when on the court together

jokic was -9 for the game.

7 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

Embiid destroyed Jokic head to head when on the court together

It's Most Valuable Player, not who scores more. Coming from 19 down vs Harden and Embiid. Same record, with a worst team. 

14 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

It's Most Valuable Player, not who scores more. Coming from 19 down vs Harden and Embiid. Same record, with a worst team. 

Meh. Thought Embiid clearly out played him. Doubt it has much bearing on the MVP race either way. 

 

 

I got to see Kelce sing live. That is awesome. 

4 hours ago, GoEagles5921 said:

This team isn’t going anywhere.  The bench is horrific.

This is an understatement. Niang is the only one that is somewhat consistent nightly. Frankly he should be your 7th man or 8th. Green at this stage really should just be your 8th-9th man. Everyone else is just bad or super inconsistent. They need a better 6th man. I’d argue they also could use a better starting wing. 

I believe in the offseason morey has another shoe to drop to put the guys he wants around harden, maxey and embiid. I’m of the belief harris and possibly thybulle are gonna be moved. after the trade i didn’t think this team as constructed was able to beat teams like the bucks, nets (when healthy), suns or warriors. They were better off then they were prior. I dont think more time is going to make Harris a better catch and shoot option. In theory he’s great as your 3rd or 4th option but i don’t think he’s the ideal fit with harden, embiid and maxey  

it doesn’t help that doc is not a good coach. I really hope he isn’t back next year cause it is not going to get better. 

4 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

What was that possible Kings deal, BTW?

Yep. Few of us said it. Take that deal and sign Harden this summer. 

A couple of things about last night.....1) the refs absolutely were horrible and took so many momentum shifting plays away from the Sixers it was pathetic 2) of course Hyland gets possessed by Seth Curry! 3) our bench sucks 4) I'd be happy if we can hold on to/end up in the 3rd slot in the conference (like if everything ended the way it stands today) and we get to play Cleveland in the first round not only avoiding the Nets but the Celtics 5) the team needs some athletes....every team we play has like 4 or 5 6'6" guys that seem to be able to run, dunk and shoot....we have like none!

the bench shot 4-24 and got outscored 48-14    

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

the bench shot 4-24 and got outscored 48-14    

Sad!

Reed really need to get some minutes in favor of Niang. And as much as everyone hates Shake, they need him to get out of his funk. He could be a passable bench piece.

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

the bench shot 4-24 and got outscored 48-14    

And many of those shots were wide open.  It was so frustrating.

10 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

Sad!

Reed really need to get some minutes in favor of Niang. And as much as everyone hates Shake, they need him to get out of his funk. He could be a passable bench piece.

Need to play Joe and Reed to see what they have but he never played Maxey consistent minutes last year either. 

13 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Need to play Joe and Reed to see what they have but he never played Maxey consistent minutes last year either. 

yeah...glenn just won't give minutes to young guys unless he's forced to (maxey).  and then they have no depth as a result of those young guys not being able to develop & find their roles.

 

11 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

You shouldn't been a defender. It's who he is

15 games to integrate Reed, Joe, and even a bit of Bassey or might not make it out of round one. 

Embiid has flourished under Rivers. Harris has had his best seasons under Rivers. Maxey has developed under Rivers. I think he gets the best out of his players. He's been brutal as far as Xs and Os though.

4 minutes ago, Gannan said:

Embiid has flourished under Rivers. Harris has had his best seasons under Rivers. Maxey has developed under Rivers. I think he gets the best out of his players. He's been brutal as far as Xs and Os though.

Andy Reid-ish?

Just now, TV Guy said:

Andy Reid-ish?

I was actually thinking about that comparison. 

2 hours ago, Gannan said:

Embiid has flourished under Rivers. Harris has had his best seasons under Rivers. Maxey has developed under Rivers. I think he gets the best out of his players. He's been brutal as far as Xs and Os though.

Joel was always going to be great as long as he got into better shape and stayed healthy. He has flourished because he wants to be great and busts his ass in the off season with Drew Hanlan; as has Maxey who ironically has the same trainer as Simmons.

Heck, I think Barkley and Shaq busting on Embiid has motivated him more than Doc ever has

Harris is nothing more than a 4th option. Has been the same consistent player his entire career. A guy that puts up good stats on bad teams or teams that lack options to shoot, but when time to preform under the lights he sucks. Simmons gets crap for Game 7 last year, but Harris missed multiple layups and was 8/24 from the field and 2/7 from 3. 

1 hour ago, Gannan said:

Embiid has flourished under Rivers. Harris has had his best seasons under Rivers. Maxey has developed under Rivers. I think he gets the best out of his players. He's been brutal as far as Xs and Os though.

This has been his MO throughout his entire coaching career.

8 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

Yep. Few of us said it. Take that deal and sign Harden this summer. 

Was the deal Ben for Haliburton + Buddy or was Barnes and Tobi supposed to included? 

That's going to be a great debate depending on how this unfolds.  This season Harden is shooting 41.6% from the field and 34.1% from three.  Just based on those numbers, Hali is a way more efficient shooter.  There's probably little debate that from a regular season standpoint today's roster would be better off with Hali + Buddy + Seth + Drummond instead of Harden.  We'd have legit scorers coming off the bench and the 1 seed would've been very doable as long as Joel was healthy.  The question is how would that roster fare in the playoffs with so little playoff experience? 

 

 

43 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Joel was always going to be great as long as he got into better shape and stayed healthy. He has flourished because he wants to be great and busts his ass in the off season with Drew Hanlan; as has Maxey who ironically has the same trainer as Simmons.

Heck, I think Barkley and Shaq busting on Embiid has motivated him more than Doc ever has

Harris is nothing more than a 4th option.  Did has been the same consistent player his entire career. A guy that puts up good stats on bad teams or teams that lack options to shoot, but when time to preform under the lights he sucks. Simmons gets crap for Game 7 last year, but Harris missed multiple layups and was 8/24 from the field and 2/7 from 3. 

It could be that I'm just comparing Doc to Brett Brown who is one of the worst NBA coaches I've ever seen (next to Eddie Jordan of course). Brett didn't have a role for Harris at all. The last year of Brett was the worst I've seen Harris look. 

7 minutes ago, therealdawk said:

Was the deal Ben for Haliburton + Buddy or was Barnes and Tobi supposed to included? 

 

i don't think any of of know what the actual offer was...if there was one. but there were lots of made up offers on twitter! 

5 minutes ago, Gannan said:

It could be that I'm just comparing Doc to Brett Brown who is one of the worst NBA coaches I've ever seen (next to Eddie Jordan of course). Brett didn't have a role for Harris at all. The last year of Brett was the worst I've seen Harris look. 

brett was in way over his head. dude had zero respect from his players and lacked the balls to hold them accountable for anything. when he used the media to send a message to ben that he needed to take threes....that was the final straw, imo.  

44 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

i don't think any of of know what the actual offer was...if there was one. but there were lots of made up offers on twitter! 

Morey talked about another team wanting that 2nd 1st for a player so might have been the Kings. 

i'm sure things will turn around any game now.....

 

[Austin Krell] DeAndre Jordan in his 4 games as a Sixer: -13 in 51 minutes The Sixers are getting outscored by 13.6 points per 100 possessions with him on the court. The Sixers are getting outscored by 22.71 points per 100 possessions in Jordan’s 39 minutes next to Harden.