looking back on Embiid's career....the biggest mistake was him bulking up trying to be the next shaq instead of staying lean & quick like the finesse player he is. more weight = more wear & tear on his body & constant injuries. 

 

20 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Oubre sucks, people thought he was gonna carry his decent regular season into the playoffs 

His defense was actually solid but his offense hasn’t been good.

Frankly Sixers miss melton and Roco in this type of series. They are solid defenders and can give you some extra scoring. But also doesn’t make guys expend as much on one end cause you can run multiple guys at some of the Knicks players and they likely are fresher. 

Harris averaging 8.5 ppg this series is a massive issue. Along with hield, Reed and oubre not playing well at anll offensively.  And the sixers are atrocious with Embiid off the floor in this series. They are +17 with Embiid and -27 with him off the floor. 

3 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

looking back on Embiid's career....the biggest mistake was him bulking up trying to be the next shaq instead of staying lean & quick like the finesse player he is. more weight = more wear & tear on his body & constant injuries. 

Honestly thought the same with McNabb.  He bulked up when he got older, but then didn’t run anymore.  

1 minute ago, mr_hunt said:

 

He didn't turn him, they won't call that, and didnt call the travel either by Maxey

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

His defense was actually solid but his offense hasn’t been good.

Frankly Sixers miss melton and Roco in this type of series. They are solid defenders and can give you some extra scoring. But also doesn’t make guys expend as much on one end cause you can run multiple guys at some of the Knicks players and they likely are fresher. 

Harris averaging 8.5 ppg this series is a massive issue. Along with hield, Reed and oubre not playing well at anll offensively.  And the sixers are atrocious with Embiid off the floor in this series. They are +17 with Embiid and -27 with him off the floor. 

I thought Kelly has played amazing defense vs Brunson tonight and as you said if he is using his energy on that end can't expect a ton offensively. 

It comes down to not moving Tobias this deadline. Dude is as bad as Simmons in the playoffs. Time and time again 

8 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

looking back on Embiid's career....the biggest mistake was him bulking up trying to be the next shaq instead of staying lean & quick like the finesse player he is. more weight = more wear & tear on his body & constant injuries. 

Embiid is an elite jump shooter and probably where he needs to stay there remaining part of his career. 

You could probably play another big with him at this point and get away with it. Myles Turner or a Sabonis actually would have worked. 

4 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

He didn't turn him, they won't call that

oh...they didn't call it alright. 

We had plenty of time to win at the end and lost. No excuses. 

2 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Embiid is an elite jump shooter and probably where he needs to stay there remaining part of his career. 

You could probably play another big with him at this point and get away with it. Myles Turner or a Sabonis actually would have worked. 

it would have to be a big who can guard opposing 4's...because 280 pound embiid can't any more.

Just now, DaEagles4Life said:

I thought Kelly has played amazing defense vs Brunson tonight and as you said if he is using his energy on that end can't expect a ton offensively. 

It comes down to not moving Tobias this deadline. Dude is as bad as Simmons in the playoffs. Time and time again 

Yeah i have a harder time killing oubre cause his defense has been pretty good in this series. And the sixers really don’t have another guy that can do it. It’s why i said they miss melton and roco. Not that they are some great players but they are extra guys so he isn’t having to just consistently be that guy all game and his offense might not suffer as much.

with Tobias Harris he is a good player on a bad team. Hell look great on a really bad or mediocre ttam. Why he looked great on the clippers. If he’s on a title contending team, he better be coming off the bench or he better be like your fifth option. Even if you got 2-3 expiring contracts of guys and only 2 were in the rotation then you’d probably outproduce his production. 8.5 ppg is pathetic. It’s good he’s rebounding but you can’t just rebound and that be good enough if you are being counted on as the third option. 

The refs were bad, but it was in NY so you expect some home town cooking. They were also getting a lot of lucky breaks (like the Brunson 3 dropping). The Sixers bench pieces have been trash other than Batum. It's easier for those role players at home, I wouldn't be surprised if they blow the Knicks out in the next game. 

buddy hield never being on a playoff team before now is really starting to make sense.  

The bang by Breen is great but Maxey you know your allowed to get up. Dude just decided to take a nap as Donte was wide open 

 

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

Yeah i have a harder time killing oubre cause his defense has been pretty good in this series. And the sixers really don’t have another guy that can do it. It’s why i said they miss melton and roco. Not that they are some great players but they are extra guys so he isn’t having to just consistently be that guy all game and his offense might not suffer as much.

with Tobias Harris he is a good player on a bad team. Hell look great on a really bad or mediocre ttam. Why he looked great on the clippers. If he’s on a title contending team, he better be coming off the bench or he better be like your fifth option. Even if you got 2-3 expiring contracts of guys and only 2 were in the rotation then you’d probably outproduce his production. 8.5 ppg is pathetic. It’s good he’s rebounding but you can’t just rebound and that be good enough if you are being counted on as the third option. 

Did Covington play at all? Not using that contract to get another guy. Another dope Morey move. 

I know nick nurse doesn’t want to do it, but Joel Embiid has to play 42-44 minutes. There’s no other way around it. The Sixers are just too awful with him off the floor in order to not have them out there for those minutes. Even if it’s just 9 mins. Like you are -21 in the 12 he missed game one and -6 in the 9 mins tonight. You have to find a way so that he can play 42-44 minutes. He played 39 minutes. If you played him 42 minutes tonight it might have been the difference between 1-1 and 0-2 

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

I know nick nurse doesn’t want to do it, but Joel Embiid has to play 42-44 minutes. There’s no other way around it. The Sixers are just too awful with him off the floor in order to not have them out there for those minutes. Even if it’s just 9 mins. Like you are -21 in the 12 he missed game one and -6 in the 9 mins tonight. You have to find a way so that he can play 42-44 minutes. He played 39 minutes. If you played him 42 minutes tonight it might have been the difference between 1-1 and 0-2 

embiid might die, man. doesn't have the cardio for those kind of minutes. 

1 minute ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Did Covington play at all? Not using that contract to get another guy. Another dope Morey move. 

He played 26 games for them. Problem is not since December. But I have to imagine the Sixers knew that it was pretty unlikely he was coming back when the trade deadline was coming up. He hasn’t played since December so they had to know it had to be pretty bad. There was probably a team that would still have taken him because he was an expiring contract to give you something to help you out. Then again I don’t think the Sixers wanted to get tied into a long-term contract or multi year contract that hindered their 2024 offseason.

less so Roco that really hurts them. Melton is a bigger loss. Because he’s not gonna give you astronomical scoring. But he is capable of giving you 8-9 points a night and good defense. Probably also helps oubre not expending the energy. 

3 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

embiid might die, man. doesn't have the cardio for those kind of minutes. 

Lol Maybe but rather go down with your best even if he burns out. Already know you are gonna lose taking him out those extra mins anyway. Rather have Embiid out there gutting it out for an extra 3-5 mins then have to see them with him off the floor for 9-12 mins. 

Maxey had a Robin move with passing up a shot with what 6 secs left and think had Hartenstein on him. 

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

Lol Maybe but rather go down with your best even if he burns out. Already know you are gonna lose taking him out those extra mins anyway. Rather have Embiid out there gutting it out for an extra 3-5 mins then have to see them with him off the floor for 9-12 mins. 

A healthy Roco would have been the perfect back up center to give him 8–12 minutes rest. 

1 minute ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Maxey had a Robin move with passing up a shot with what 6 secs left and think had Hartenstein on him. 

That run down block he did on Maxey got in his head. 

 

4 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

A healthy Roco would have been the perfect back up center to give him 8–12 minutes rest. 

Roco doesn’t play center. He's a SF that small ball can play 4. But the thing with having melton and roco is they allow oubre to not have to expend as much energy defensively. Can send them in waves at Brunson. So you likely see a more productive oubre on offense and melton averaged 11.1 ppg before his injury. Even if it gets cut to 8 ppg. That’s the difference in the first two games 

I get late game never calling it but it looks bad when you see that pic