10 minutes ago, Parrot Head said:

Sixers talk 👎

 

Don't dare have the same comment about the Phillies in here or people will have a meltdown.  

Just now, KINGnabb said:

Good Win 76ers.   I definitely think they have a chance to take the #1 Seed this year.   

I think all they need is #2 seed. Home advantage isn’t that important in the NBA. #3 seed would be fine too. 

4 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Rivers is more responsible for Ben Simmons being Ben Simmons than anyone not named Ben Simmons 

I’m not sure about that. No coach was gonna make him care about playing the game. 

28 minutes ago, mattwill said:

How would you like him to change his Sixers rotation from what he has been using?

I hear what you are saying, but isn’t that a player execution and focus issue much more than a coaching issue?

he had the same issue with the clippers. Some of his is Simmons and embiid during that hawks run needed to be better. Some of that is not just taking all of your starters off the floor at one time and going with an entire bench unit in a playoff game which he’s done and it’s hurt them before. stagger your starters with the bench and not just empty your bench. 

Additionally, instead of playing for Korkmaz the last couple years and played Isaiah Joe then you also have a better bench. Instead he’s in Okc playing well as a bench player and korkmaz is what he’s always been. People asked for him to use Reed and joe more and take some regular season lumps so their development would give a deeper bench unit. He was stubborn.

People trashed morey for harden deal and offseason movesbut this imo is the best roster we’ve seen here besides thay butler run. But none of that matters if we get bounced again in the semifinals 

this doesn’t happen by accident in two different organizations. there’s a reason why doc since those kg, Pierce and Allen teams has had issues in Boston, La and Philly with rotation and blowing playoff series leads. It’s not just talent or other teams. Comes to players living up to expectations and coaching adjustments.

This doesn’t include the 3-2 blown series lead vs  hawks where he was up 18 and 26 in games 4 and 5 that they lost. Do not get me wrong, it is not all on doc. But it seems to be a trend with doc that he continuously has issues with his rotation in the playoffs. Hence why the clippers moved on (was a big reason) and blowing series that he is ahead in.  I’d say more talented teams in a lot of those series  

that said, I think this is the most talented team Doc’s head since those Boston Celtics team he coached years ago. This is definitely the most talented team he’s had in Philadelphia. There is no reason why the 76ers unless somebody gets hurt shouldn’t advance at least to the Eastern conference finals. I think they matchup well with the bucks and nets if they are in that 2 vs. 3 seed game. That’s why they brought in melton and tucker for. 

I look at it this way the reason we moved on from Brett Brown as we didn’t think he was a good enough coach to get us to where we wanted to go. (Agreed it was time). He basically got you to the eastern conference semifinals 2 times (a bizarre bounce away by kawhi in game 7 from ECF) and an injury plagued team to a first round playoff exit. If you lose in the semifinals of the Eastern conference 3 consecutive years with doc and you are paying him more than brown and got the basically results with embiid who’s an mvp candidate now, harden and maxey. We can blame some of it on organizationally making some mistakes over the past but coaching should Be questioned too 

1 hour ago, RLC said:

yup. WR at 32 (fingers crossed) is a good idea IMO.

Fortunately we’re in a position where we can simply go BPA but I’m guessing 2 of the 3 first picks will be lineman. Maybe all 3. 

1 minute ago, Khani1 said:

I think all they need is #2 seed. Home advantage isn’t that important in the NBA. #3 seed would be fine too. 

 

Home court advantage is very important in the NBA.  

Just now, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Home court advantage is very important in the NBA.  

No. 

8 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Rivers is more responsible for Ben Simmons being Ben Simmons than anyone not named Ben Simmons 

He has some responsibility but the sixers ownership and Brett brown own a lot of that blame for letting him do whatever he wanted when he was a rookie and it carried now into what he is. Not sure if it ever changes if the Sixers were tougher on him early. He is stubborn and doesn’t care enough to do change he narrative. but I think he would’ve realized it much sooner that he was never coming out of that.

12 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Don't dare have the same comment about the Phillies in here or people will have a meltdown.  

Jackrabbit looks like he's going to be in the Blaine Bishop / Terrence Newman role of having no business on the field as he gets badly exposed in an NFCCG.

18 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

Rivers is more responsible for Ben Simmons being Ben Simmons than anyone not named Ben Simmons 

That is an interesting comment. Care to elaborate?

I find the best thing to do with a 47 17 and 5 center who doubles up the favorite for MVP is to pretend there are no centers in the NBA and start a power forward and a backup power forward for the All-Star game.

In the past the bigger mistake with the Sixers had been the fact that they gave Al Horford the contract they did. That was the last time they were gonna have major cap space.  they spent it on a guy who was a poor fit, and it was poor construction of that team considering the direction the NBA was moving in.

sixers got really fortunate that Mike Muscala hit a big-time shot that allowed the Sixers to be in position to get Tyrese Maxey. Because if he doesn’t then the Sixers never have Tyrese Maxey. The drafting and emergence of maxey has really helped the sixers be a title contender and help ease the mistake of horford. That horford spending could’ve been significantly more hurtful if we didn’t have muscala drain the shot he did and maxey fall to us at 21

39 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

Oops

 

Because Jerry is the GM it probably won’t happen. But a smart GM would tell him to restructure or walk. Or maybe move him to center

1 minute ago, mattwill said:

That is an interesting comment. Care to elaborate?

When Brett Brown was the Sixers coach I think most people understood he was a decent coach for young players, but was never going to lead the team into contention.  What Doc Rivers inherited in Simmons was a flawed, lazy player who was way too soft.  Even Simmons’ teammates could see that much.

What Simmons became under Rivers’ influence was a completely non-functional, full-on draft bust.  Rivers chose to coddle, enable and baby Ben Simmons rather than coach him up.  Simmons never put the work in to develop a simple jump shot.  He couldn’t even make foul shots.  
 

It was Rivers’ job to hold Simmons accountable and he never came close to doing it.  It’s not a huge surprise because Rivers never feels accountable himself when the team falls short.  If Rivers can make Harden a better player then he was when he arrived in Philly, that will help redeem him but I don’t see Rivers as one of the better NBA coaches 

29 minutes ago, TEW said:

I don’t even think we need to go that extreme.

You can usually find good WRs between the mid 2nd and 4th rounds. The WR class has some pretty nice prospects in those mid rounds and decent variety between bigger players like Brown, pure twitch/speed, technicians like Smith, and well rounded athletic types. The position is basically a starter, so might as well have a good one. It also really helps if one of our top 2 guys gets an injury.

If there’s one critique of the offense, it’s the lack of someone to put the defense on their heels with pure speed (Watkins, but he’s fallen off) and the lack of someone with extreme wiggle in space.  
 

Lately, the guys with big college production and those traits go top 15.  If someone who fits that profile drops to 29-32, I’d be fine with it.  Otherwise, it might be best to look at a still developing smaller conference burner in rounds 2-5.

 

24 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

No. 

 

Absolutely ridiculous statement.  The playoff atmosphere in arenas is incredible in the NBA.  

Just now, RememberTheKoy said:

 

Absolutely ridiculous statement.  The playoff atmosphere in arenas is incredible in the NBA.  

Word

32 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

No. 

In a bucks sixers series it is likely important. Bucks are 19-5 at home and sixers 19-7. On the road sixers are 13-9 and bucks 13-12. In the finals it might matter as well. Nuggets are 12-12 on the road and 22-4 at home. Memphis is 20-3 at home but 11-15 on the road. 

really the Celtics are the only one nearly as good on the road as they are at home. Celtics at home 18-6 and on road 17-9. Actually nets shockingly are 13-8 at home and 16-11 on the road. But i don’t think either of those are great. 

@LeanMeanGM

Eagles are healthy.  49ers a little banged up.   Should be a good game but one where home field advantage helps.  49ers discover the sea chickens crowd are not the Eagles fans.

Eagles 34 prospectors 17

Bonus:  Reddick with a sack

Bonuses that don’t count:  Purdy not as poised as last week, intercepted by the better secondary.

Kelce TD.  

Eagles get more yards rushing than SF.

1 hour ago, Swoop said:

Almost no one had this team in the NFCCG with the best record in football.

Before the season started, I bet on the Eagles to win the NFC at 10:1 odds. I’m not saying I knew we would be this good, but I suspected we might be. All the signs were pointing to an upward trajectory. 

12 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

When Brett Brown was the Sixers coach I think most people understood he was a decent coach for young players, but was never going to lead the team into contention.  What Doc Rivers inherited in Simmons was a flawed, lazy player who was way too soft.  Even Simmons’ teammates could see that much.

What Simmons became under Rivers’ influence was a completely non-functional, full-on draft bust.  Rivers chose to coddle, enable and baby Ben Simmons rather than coach him up.  Simmons never put the work in to develop a simple jump shot.  He couldn’t even make foul shots.  
 

It was Rivers’ job to hold Simmons accountable and he never came close to doing it.  It’s not a huge surprise because Rivers never feels accountable himself when the team falls short.  If Rivers can make Harden a better player then he was when he arrived in Philly, that will help redeem him but I don’t see Rivers as one of the better NBA coaches 

Do coaches in the NBA really matter?  If you think they do, help me understand how they do.  I have never understood how they actually matter.  That is probably a failing on my part, but how they matter eludes me.  Players matter … clearly, but coaches … not so much.

3 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

Before the season started, I bet on the Eagles to win the NFC at 10:1 odds. I’m not saying I knew we would be this good, but I suspected we might be. All the signs were pointing to an upward trajectory. 

I understand your suspicion.  My prediction was 13-3 going into the week 18 game with the Giants, but I also believe that you and I were outliers, which was why the odds were 10:1.

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

He has some responsibility but the sixers ownership and Brett brown own a lot of that blame for letting him do whatever he wanted when he was a rookie and it carried now into what he is. Not sure if it ever changes if the Sixers were tougher on him early. He is stubborn and doesn’t care enough to do change he narrative. but I think he would’ve realized it much sooner that he was never coming out of that.

Yep.  Ben Simmons wasn’t meant to play basketball any more than you or I.  He’s the weird brother in wedding crashers trapped in a 6’10” ultra athletic vessel.  If his Dad hadn’t played pro ball, he never would have been miscast playing the sport in the first place.  I actually feel bad for him.

21 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

If there’s one critique of the offense, it’s the lack of someone to put the defense on their heels with pure speed (Watkins, but he’s fallen off) and the lack of someone with extreme wiggle in space.  
 

Lately, the guys with big college production and those traits go top 15.  If someone who fits that profile drops to 29-32, I’d be fine with it.  Otherwise, it might be best to look at a still developing smaller conference burner in rounds 2-5.

Derious Davis from TCU is a possibility.