2 hours ago, Khani1 said:

I don’t think this team needs him. I prefer a couple guys with less talent that fill better needs. Mitchell can score but he puts up a lot of shots with poor efficiency. We could use more shooters and defense/length. 

I have said for years not a Mitchell fan. He is a great iso scorer but doesn't make his teams better. His last few years his playoffs stats have also been worse than regular season. Sixers already have one of those guys, don't need two. 

They need a guy that guard 2-4, shoot a little, and create. OG is what every teams needs but his skill set is rare. 

At this point I'm only trading for a clear 3 and D upgrade over Batum and I'm not giving up any of my main rotation players to do it. 

The chemistry with this team is too good. 

9 hours ago, iladelphxx said:

At this point I'm only trading for a clear 3 and D upgrade over Batum and I'm not giving up any of my main rotation players to do it. 

The chemistry with this team is too good. 

Yep. 

Might not want to replace batum either. 

Maybe Covington. 

14 hours ago, Khani1 said:

I don’t think this team needs him. I prefer a couple guys with less talent that fill better needs. Mitchell can score but he puts up a lot of shots with poor efficiency. We could use more shooters and defense/length. 

He is not a team guy and has a big mouth. No freaking way

Morey says we are good on the wings. Could use guard depth, and a backup big. Implied they need to be able to survive a potential Embiid or Maxey injury and dont have depth at those spots to do so.

All sounds good.

Then he ends with saying, AND we can always use another star.

Idiot. 

51 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Morey says we are good on the wings. Could use guard depth, and a backup big. Implied they need to be able to survive a potential Embiid or Maxey injury and dont have depth at those spots to do so.

All sounds good.

Then he ends with saying, AND we can always use another star.

Idiot. 

Either Maxey or Embiid get hurt the season is over 

Lauri is available for 4 to 5 1sts. I think Sixers can easily get outbid but he would be the offensive the Sixers need. 

On 12/17/2023 at 12:21 PM, DaEagles4Life said:

Either Maxey or Embiid get hurt the season is over 

Isn't that true of any team with those caliber players?  If Jokic, Giannis, Tatum etc. gets hurt, that team's season is over too 

45 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Isn't that true of any team with those caliber players?  If Jokic, Giannis, Tatum etc. gets hurt, that team's season is over too 

Celtics could survive an injury and still be competitive 

5 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Celtics could survive an injury and still be competitive 

Competitive sure. If either J goes down, no chance at a ring. 

Embiid has 23 and the rest of the starters have 16 at the half, everyone's boy Batum has zero. Team needs another scorer or a 2nd round exit. Kelly is coming back off his hot streak to start the season and shooting 35% from 3

2 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Embiid has 23 and the rest of the starters have 16 at the half, everyone's boy Batum has zero. Team needs another scorer or a 2nd round exit. Kelly is coming back off his hot streak to start the season and shooting 35% from 3

none of that matters. Tobias Harris had 3 points. None of that stuff youre talking matters one bit. If he gets his expected 16, its a win. Hes the reason the lost. 

39 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

none of that matters. Tobias Harris had 3 points. None of that stuff youre talking matters one bit. If he gets his expected 16, its a win. Hes the reason the lost. 

This guy thinks Batum is good enough to win four playoff series, laughable. 

I could careless about a meaningless game vs the Bulls. 

Embiid has 40, Maxey 29 and no one else is in double digits, that is not sustainable in the playoffs

 

8 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

This guy thinks Batum is good enough to win four playoff series, laughable. 

I could careless about a meaningless game vs the Bulls. 

Embiid has 40, Maxey 29 and no one else is in double digits, that is not sustainable in the playoffs

 

Harris, Oubre, and Melton in single digits is not the norm for this team so it doesnt matter if tonight was sustainable. In fact, Id hope its not going to continue happening. That would be a good thing.

You appear desperate to make your point and youre using irrelevant games to try to do it. Its not working. 

The contract I would he inclined to give up is Paul Reed. While I really like him, if Embiid is out they're screwed anyway. He also has value for the right team and you can go small with Morris or Batum at the 5. The other option is a small amount of minutes from Bamba. If they can get a guard for him then I'd make the deal. I think they also keep an eye out to see if anyone gets bought out but I don't see a splash move. 

11 minutes ago, Mat said:

The contract I would he inclined to give up is Paul Reed. While I really like him, if Embiid is out they're screwed anyway. He also has value for the right team and you can go small with Morris or Batum at the 5. The other option is a small amount of minutes from Bamba. If they can get a guard for him then I'd make the deal. I think they also keep an eye out to see if anyone gets bought out but I don't see a splash move. 

Yeah I said the same thing a few weeks ago.  It just makes sense financially. They matched that poison pill contract for him and still dont wanna play him.

Hes making somewhere around MLE money. Typically MLE players are starting on teams. Or are at least in the top 6 or 7 of the rotation. 

That money can be much better utilized. 

I also dont think he deserves any more playing time, because hes just not that good.

Either way, whether hes not good enough to play, or hes just not getting playing time because.... the money can be better spent.

 

Im curious how the poison pill works if he is traded.

Does the 6ers playoff success affect his next team? Or does that provision only apply if he is on the 6ers?

 

2 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Harris, Oubre, and Melton in single digits is not the norm for this team so it doesnt matter if tonight was sustainable. In fact, Id hope its not going to continue happening. That would be a good thing.

You appear desperate to make your point and youre using irrelevant games to try to do it. Its not working. 

If you think those 3 guys can win a title after Embiid and Maxey then good luck in delusional world. 

The only title contender in the league these guys would start for are the Bucks. 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

If you think those 3 guys can win a title after Embiid and Maxey then good luck in delusional world. 

The only title contender in the league these guys would start for are the Bucks. 

 

3 guys each had clunker games last night. Thats not a usual occurrence and you want to use it as an example. Youre building your foundation out of straws that you are grasping for.

37 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

 

3 guys each had clunker games last night. Thats not a usual occurrence and you want to use it as an example. Youre building your foundation out of straws that you are grasping for.

Not starting on the Nuggets, Thunder, TWolves, Celtics, maybe Harris starts on the Lakers. 

But the vibes are so good with 6 points a game from Batum. Hilarious that you think that the Sixers as constructed are good enough to win an NBA Finals, they are not. 

As I have said, I do not care about last night it was an example in which I have said all year the gap after Embiid and Maxey is too wide to win a title

Sixers have had the 4th easiest schedule to the season so everything right now looks great 

1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Not starting on the Nuggets, Thunder, TWolves, Celtics, maybe Harris starts on the Lakers. 

But the vibes are so good with 6 points a game from Batum. Hilarious that you think that the Sixers as constructed are good enough to win an NBA Finals, they are not. 

As I have said, I do not care about last night it was an example in which I have said all year the gap after Embiid and Maxey is too wide to win a title

Sixers have had the 4th easiest schedule to the season so everything right now looks great 

Youre stuck in the top heavy roster building mindset and focused on the gap between stars and the rest of the team. Thats antequated. We are not ahead of the curve but still fairly early riding the wave as things swing back towards depth being the best way to win championships. We are just fine. 

21 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

This guy thinks Batum is good enough to win four playoff series, laughable. 

I could careless about a meaningless game vs the Bulls. 

Embiid has 40, Maxey 29 and no one else is in double digits, that is not sustainable in the playoffs

 

Well, I guess it’s a good thing Oubre, Harris, and Melton all average double digits then. I just don’t understand your argument here. That if everyone other than Maxey and Embiid play far below their season average that they can’t win in the playoffs? No crap. 

58 minutes ago, nipples said:

Well, I guess it’s a good thing Oubre, Harris, and Melton all average double digits then. I just don’t understand your argument here. That if everyone other than Maxey and Embiid play far below their season average that they can’t win in the playoffs? No crap. 

he's used to a team with 1 guy who stat pads.

It all comes back to one roadblock, Embiid. Our super duper star doesn’t have the edge it takes to win it all.

24 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

he's used to a team with 1 guy who stat pads.

Wins and preforms better in the playoffs 

8 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Youre stuck in the top heavy roster building mindset and focused on the gap between stars and the rest of the team. Thats antequated. We are not ahead of the curve but still fairly early riding the wave as things swing back towards depth being the best way to win championships. We are just fine. 

I named 6 teams that are not top heavy and have better starting 5s than the Sixers. 

Depth? Rotations get shortened to 7 guys in the playoffs, depth is cool for the regular season. 

1 hour ago, nipples said:

Well, I guess it’s a good thing Oubre, Harris, and Melton all average double digits then. I just don’t understand your argument here. That if everyone other than Maxey and Embiid play far below their season average that they can’t win in the playoffs? No crap. 

That those guys are not good enough, it's pretty obvious what my argument is with the Sixers. Melton and Harris cannot be your 3rd or 4th best guys to win a title. 

They need a real 3rd guy,