1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Im not sure we will make it there, but this game so far looks like a 6ers/Suns finals would be a good series.

If they meet, Bridges will beat them. It has already been written. He is probably the best 3rd guy on a team in the league right now. 

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Im not sure we will make it there, but this game so far looks like a 6ers/Suns finals would be a good series.

Would be a fun matchup with the suns. I think the suns depth over a 7 game series probably would be the difference. I wish we had our starting unit but with the depth the suns have off the bench. Shamet, Payne, Craig, mcgee and cam Johnson (when healthy) is a solid bench. 

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

Would be a fun matchup with the suns. I think the suns depth over a 7 game series probably would be the difference. I wish we had our starting unit but with the depth the suns have off the bench. Shamet, Payne, Craig, mcgee and cam Johnson (when healthy) is a solid bench. 

Cam was on the verge of a mini breakout before hurting his quad. 

Biyombo has shown he can play if needed in bigger minutes 

 

Give Reed or Bassey some freaking minutes!

5 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Cam was on the verge of a mini breakout before hurting his quad. 

Biyombo has shown he can play if needed in bigger minutes 

 

Yup. Cam is a really good bench piece and 6th man. Gives you 10-15 pretty consistently and can start if someone like crowder or bridges can’t. When his contract is up I’m wondering if someone tried to overpay to the point where Phoenix won’t match. He’s a RFA after 22-23 season. I’m guessing he doesn’t sign an extension prior to that cause there’s a chance he could make more on someone offering him an offer sheet then what the suns will offer him. 

wow. wow. wow. How no foul there? wtf???

I kind of understand why Maxey doesn’t get the foul calls yet but this is starting to get weird with Harden?

Should be some calls harden is not getting but really this game we lost momentum with rotations at the end of the 3rd and start of the 4th. 

3 things hurting the sixers in this game as it’s gone on:

harden being 2-10

our benched outscored 26-15 (yet everyone is a plus in the plus/minus)

harris has disappeared in the second half. 
 

also doesn’t help that doc is dumb and has left Thybulle on the bench the entire 4th quarter with Booker and Paul out there now. 

Harden again goes invisible in the 4th quarter. 2 points in the 4th

19 minutes ago, GroundAttack said:

Harden again goes invisible in the 4th quarter. 2 points in the 4th

At least he has 2 points this quarter. Harris 2 for the half. Nothing like getting a combined 4 points out of Harris and harden who are making over 80 mil 

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

At least he has 2 points this half. Harris is 0 for the half. Nothing like getting a combined two points out of Harris and harden who are making over 80 mil 

and they were 2 free throws. this guy stands in the corner and doesn't want to shoot anymore. every possession its to isolate Embiid

Rivers is a clown. Must be fired

Remember, trading for Harden solved all their problems. They didnt give up too much in the trade because they didn't need anything else because Harden would be enough. No other trades like the Sacramento one where they could have added depth and signed Harden for nothing this summer would have made sense because he alone would win them a championship this year.

Just now, GroundAttack said:

and they were 2 free throws. this guy stands in the corner and doesn't want to shoot anymore. every possession its to isolate Embiid

Doesn’t help doc is a dope and doesn’t use thybulle when green is -9 on the quarter. 

Harden has looked like crap for a while now. He is tired and playing through injury. If we want any chance for a decent run in the playoffs, they need to rest him the last 4-5 games. 

That defense with that length on the wings for the Suns is elite. 

Not sure who is beating that over seven games. 

fed up with Harden's crap

3 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

That defense with that length on the wings for the Suns is elite. 

Not sure who is beating that over seven games. 

Bridges bridges bridges…

2 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

That defense with that length on the wings for the Suns is elite. 

Not sure who is beating that over seven games. 

I think Milwaukee might be the only team that can but they aren’t playing anywhere close to last year to make me think they would. Milwaukee also has the bench to match if they ever can get back to where they were playing last year in the finals. Boston with how they’ve been playing defensively but i think they have the same issue the sixers do where their depth behind the starters just isn’t there and they’d get worn down in a 7 game series with Phoenix.  

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

I think Milwaukee might be the only team that can but they aren’t playing anywhere close to last year to make me think they would. Milwaukee also has the bench to match if they ever can get back to where they were playing last year in the finals. Boston with how they’ve been playing defensively but i think they have the same issue the sixers do where their depth behind the starters just isn’t there and they’d get worn down in a 7 game series with Phoenix.  

Bucks because of Giannis. 

Grizzlies have the depth but JJJ hasn't played well as of late. Just beat the Bucks by 25 without Ja. 

Warriors as well but are they healthy and can Kuminga continue to play this well in more minutes. 

Simmons actually went on the road trip so he might be continuing to ramp up and try to play. 

20 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Bucks because of Giannis. 

Grizzlies have the depth but JJJ hasn't played well as of late. Just beat the Bucks by 25 without Ja. 

Warriors as well but are they healthy and can Kuminga continue to play this well in more minutes. 

Simmons actually went on the road trip so he might be continuing to ramp up and try to play. 

I think Giannis if he gets on that level he was in the finals. Also needs middleton to be his sidekick and up to the level more consistently cause i do think this Phoenix team is better than last year’s version.

i worry more about the grizzlies in terms of playoff experience the deeper they get into the playoffs. Had the series last year with the jazz but i think the suns with Paul and that run last year are more equipped against that inexperience. Phoenix overcame it last year. but I’d also say Phoenix got fortunate on their path AD getting hurt, Denver had murray out, clips lost kawhi before that series. 

warriors are interesting cause when healthy they have depth and talent to do it. I feel like ayton is likely the key to that series cause i don’t think the warriors have an answer to him with wiseman out (that pick is looking worse and worse). I’m curious to see what Steph looks like when he returns and when he returns. I know you are a grizzlies fan but I’m guessing the nba if suns and warriors are fully healthy is he matchup they’d want. 

I think Simmons tries. However he had the back issue during the bubble year and he had months off and yet couldn’t play through it. I think it’s something he eventually is going to have to surgery on. Cause this isn’t the first back issue he’s had. If he can play at a high level i think they have a good shot. 

Wtf…

 

1 minute ago, Dave Moss said:

Wtf…

 

Honestly better off being 4th. Play the bulls. Whoever is the 1 or 2 seed is likely gonna draw the nets. I’m hoping Boston gets the 1 seed and faces the nets round one. That said Boston also has at Toronto, Miami, pacers, Washington, at bulls, at bucks and  at grizzlies coming up. 

I don’t get the trade.  They’ve made Harden (supposedly one of the NBA’s great scorers) a distributor, have Maxey running off the ball like he’s Iverson, and traded away Seth Curry who is a better high-volume shooter than Maxey (not necessarily a better scorer though).  Harden generally dribbles to the three point line and looks for Embiid in the post.  Not that it’s a bad formula most times - it just seems too boring and predictable.  Maybe I’m just bummed about the loss.  Lol