44 minutes ago, The_Omega said:

I could have sworn that he said he’d never play for Philly because the fans treated his wife poorly, but I could be wrong.

I remember it too. The wife thing was Russell Wilson/Ciara. But I also remember Beal not liking Philly for some reason.

However, more recently like maybe February of this year, Andrew Bogut on a podcast said Beal is trying to get to Philly this summer. And, prior to that there was a report that Embiid was pushing Morey to trade for Beal, and preferred him over Harden (ultimately only Harden was available, Beal had season ending surgery). 

Beal and Embiid are acquainted well through working out with Hanlen in the offseason. There is a relationship there. Its possible Beal has had a change of heart. It was very interesting to hear Bogut specifically say Philly. Not just that Beal was trying to get out of Washington, and had a list of teams that includes Philly. He literally said Beal is trying to get to Philly. Specifically.

We gonna lose to the Cavs…

1 hour ago, ToastJenkins said:

We gonna lose to the Cavs…

Say what???

Why is it teams seem to shoot the lights out from 3 against us?

19 minutes ago, goeagles5039 said:

Say what???

We needed all of Thybulle's 4 points to pull it off. 

Embeast

With that win, playoffs are clinched. 

On 4/2/2022 at 8:22 PM, HazletonEagle said:

Simmons is gone. Mitchell may be an option.

Beal or Mitchell over Harden. 

Trade Tobias, Thybulle, picks for Julius Randle.

A perfect big fit next to Embiid, with an actual dynamic back court player still in his prime. THEN we will be a championship contender. 

I don't think Make A Wish could make this happen

They’re all but guaranteed either the 2/3/4 seed with Miami winning and the Raptors losing tonight. At this point, I rest Harden and Embiid on Tuesday against the Pacers, play them against Toronto, rest them against the Pacers, and play them to end the season against Detroit. 

3 hours ago, Blazehound said:

They’re all but guaranteed either the 2/3/4 seed with Miami winning and the Raptors losing tonight. At this point, I rest Harden and Embiid on Tuesday against the Pacers, play them against Toronto, rest them against the Pacers, and play them to end the season against Detroit. 

Would like to be the 2 seed and face the cavs/atlanta winner (assuming they face each other in the play in game for the 7 seed). Or be the 3 and get Chicago as the 6 (assuming seeding holds up). Would like to avoid the raptors in round one. 

8 hours ago, Blazehound said:

They’re all but guaranteed either the 2/3/4 seed with Miami winning and the Raptors losing tonight. At this point, I rest Harden and Embiid on Tuesday against the Pacers, play them against Toronto, rest them against the Pacers, and play them to end the season against Detroit. 

You forgot the most important thing.....shoot Jordan by the shed so Doc has no other option and has to play Bassey.  

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

Would like to be the 2 seed and face the cavs/atlanta winner (assuming they face each other in the play in game for the 7 seed). Or be the 3 and get Chicago as the 6 (assuming seeding holds up). Would like to avoid the raptors in round one. 

I would actually like to face a tough schedule in playoffs to test doc, and Harden.

It needs to be clear this team is working,  or not,  heading in to summer. 

An embarrassing 1st round exit could be what's needed.  But if they are as good as we hoped they'll succeed.

I don’t get the whole trying to avoid teams in the playoffs either. They need to at least come out of the East or the season is a failure either way. So they’ll have to beat good teams to do that. What does it matter if they get knocked out in round 1 or in the ECF? Either way it’s falling short. 
 

As HE said, if they’re going to lose it would be better earlier than later in terms of shaking things up. A first round exit is likely going to get Doc fired. But if they luck into an easier draw, and make the conference finals before being knocked out? Then maybe they keep him, which would be bad. 

4 minutes ago, nipples said:

I don’t get the whole trying to avoid teams in the playoffs either. They need to at least come out of the East or the season is a failure either way. So they’ll have to beat good teams to do that. What does it matter if they get knocked out in round 1 or in the ECF? Either way it’s falling short. 
 

As HE said, if they’re going to lose it would be better earlier than later in terms of shaking things up. A first round exit is likely going to get Doc fired. But if they luck into an easier draw, and make the conference finals before being knocked out? Then maybe they keep him, which would be bad. 

If I thought they were really, really good Id like the easiest road possible. Sort of stay rested having some easier wins. Watch tougher teams battle it out in tougher series and hopefully be a little tired, a little more beat up when they see us. 

But this team needs to be tested before the summer. It appears as if more massive changes need to be made. And if thats the case, we need it to be abundantly clear to stubborn front office people who will definitely be hesitant to change. Even a 7 game 2nd round might be enough to convince them they can keep Harden and Doc and just work on the bench some more.  Harden with a whole offseason and an entire season with the team will give everyone time to settle in to roles, another year improved for Maxey, improve the bench.... We dont necessarily want them thinking that. Its got to be tested. 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33666594/joel-embiid-scoring-44-philadelphia-76ers-win-know-to-do-win-mvp

"If it happens, great," Embiid said of winning his first MVP. "If it doesn't, I don't know what I have to do. I'll feel like they hate me. I feel like the standard for guys in Philly or for me is different than everyone else."

 

 

"I know he's my guy, obviously," Rivers said before Sunday's game. "He just has done so many things."

Rivers credits Embiid for pulling the Sixers through "the Ben Simmons saga."

"He was our second-best player at the time and was out, and at the All-Star break when we made the trade, we were a game out of first place in the East," Rivers said. "There's a lot to be said about that."

 

"I get to witness his greatness every night," Harden said. "Obviously, his offensive numbers tonight are self-explanatory. Defensively, he was very active blocking shots, changing shots and clogging the paint up was key."

Embiid probably won't even finish 2nd in the MVP voting - the analytics nerds all love Jokic, and Giannis has had a couple of huge performances over the past couple weeks.

I love Embiid, but his turnovers are a problem and will keep him from getting MVP.  

1 hour ago, Gannan said:

I love Embiid, but his turnovers are a problem and will keep him from getting MVP.  

he panics and makes himself small when he's doubled. hell, half the time he winds up on the floor. 

18 hours ago, ToastJenkins said:

We gonna lose to the Cavs…

Some BS. Embiid and Harden combined had more free throws than us.

Hope we get Frobley back for the playoffs and get y’all in a 7 game series. All our games this year have been close, but Cavs have never been healthy in any of them I don’t think.

 

He's not coming back 

5 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

 

He's not coming back 

He will never play a game for the Nets.

33 minutes ago, Jenkins27 said:

Some BS. Embiid and Harden combined had more free throws than us.

Hope we get Frobley back for the playoffs and get y’all in a 7 game series. All our games this year have been close, but Cavs have never been healthy in any of them I don’t think.

How is it BS? Embiid gets fouled a lot because nobody can handle him one-on-one without fouling him. If he was fouled less often, he’d just make more of those shots to score more from the field. 

19 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

 

He's not coming back 

What is a "play-in"?

3 hours ago, mikemack8 said:

Embiid probably won't even finish 2nd in the MVP voting - the analytics nerds all love Jokic, and Giannis has had a couple of huge performances over the past couple weeks.

Numbers are similar for Jokic/Embiid. Jokic averages about 4 more assists a game. It's not just nerds. He makes everyone around him better where not sure you can say that for Embiid per day.

Maxey and Tobias Harris both probably would be the 2nd best players on the Nuggets right now. 

indy is 6-17 since trading for haliburton...a .260 winning %.  that's compared to .339% before trading for him.