September 22, 20232 yr If Morey was elite we would be having a trio of Mitchell, Ingram, and Embiid next season. But we wont.
September 22, 20232 yr We are getting close to missing the 24 hour window. Im more interested in Hield. Hes a 19M expiring. We can re-sign him or not. Trading Tucker and Melton for him is pretty perfect for both sides. All players are expiring contracts. The teams can choose to extend their players or not. Money works, and no one needs to be locked in to anything long term that they dont want to be.
September 22, 20232 yr 14 hours ago, HazletonEagle said: If Morey was elite we would be having a trio of Mitchell, Ingram, and Embiid next season. But we wont. That combo really doesn't work together to be honest. All need the ball in hands to be effective. We saw Ingram can't play off ball at all this summer and he whined about it as well.
September 22, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: That combo really doesn't work together to be honest. All need the ball in hands to be effective. We saw Ingram can't play off ball at all this summer and he whined about it as well. Im fine with Ingram and Mitchell doing al the ball handling. The less Embiid has it in his hands the better. The only time he should touch it is low post going right up for a dunk, and a few catch and shoot opportunities in the mid range off of pick and rolls.
September 22, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, HazletonEagle said: Im fine with Ingram and Mitchell doing al the ball handling. The less Embiid has it in his hands the better. The only time he should touch it is low post going right up for a dunk, and a few catch and shoot opportunities in the mid range off of pick and rolls. I don't think you get how much iso Mitchell and Ingram are and not really creators for others. Basically it would be your turn, my turn, now your turn, and back to my turn on offense. It doesn't work Ingram 29% usage last 3 years Mitchell 32% usage last 3 years Embiid 36.5% usage last 3 years. Mitchell is basically a younger Harden. I think the dude is a regular season player but playoffs, yeah no. Playoffs last 2 years he shot 20.8% and 28.9% from 3 on 8.5 attempts. That combo of players would be a disaster. I would just stick with Maxey and see what the trade market for Embiid looks like come this winter. Giannis rumors already starting up as well, so Sixers need to offload Embiid before him.
September 22, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: I don't think you get how much iso Mitchell and Ingram are and not really creators for others. Basically it would be your turn, my turn, now your turn, and back to my turn on offense. It doesn't work Ingram 29% usage last 3 years Mitchell 32% usage last 3 years Embiid 36.5% usage last 3 years. Mitchell is basically a younger Harden. I think the dude is a regular season player but playoffs, yeah no. Playoffs last 2 years he shot 20.8% and 28.9% from 3 on 8.5 attempts. That combo of players would be a disaster. I would just stick with Maxey and see what the trade market for Embiid looks like come this winter. Giannis rumors already starting up as well, so Sixers need to offload Embiid before him. You can maybe talk me out of both (Mitchell and Ingram) but I still want one. Every time superstars link up youre combining a couple high usage guys. Thats how superstars have to play until they get on a super team and divy up the roles. Some guys buy in and do whats necessary, and some dont and it ends up failing. But you apparently have to keep trying. I dont think the league is full of enough prime Klay Thompsons and Mikal Bridges to bring them all in to the same team at once. Youre going to have a mix of high usage guys, and try to make it work. The best answer is to significantly decrease Embiid's usage. Hes a turnover machine with high usage. But he can hit open shots at a good percentage. Let him live in the pick and roll, pick and pop game, and low post. Never put him in position to handle the ball and try to create for himself or others. Also allows him to focus more attention on D. Team would be so much better with him not ball stopping it all the time. Decreasing his usage makes room for some other high usage.
September 22, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said: You can maybe talk me out of both (Mitchell and Ingram) but I still want one. Every time superstars link up youre combining a couple high usage guys. Thats how superstars have to play until they get on a super team and divy up the roles. Some guys buy in and do whats necessary, and some dont and it ends up failing. But you apparently have to keep trying. I dont think the league is full of enough prime Klay Thompsons and Mikal Bridges to bring them all in to the same team at once. Youre going to have a mix of high usage guys, and try to make it work. The best answer is to significantly decrease Embiid's usage. Hes a turnover machine with high usage. But he can hit open shots at a good percentage. Let him live in the pick and roll, pick and pop game, and low post. Never put him in position to handle the ball and try to create for himself or others. Also allows him to focus more attention on D. Team would be so much better with him not ball stopping it all the time. Decreasing his usage makes room for some other high usage. When last time superstars linked up they were successful? Lebron can dominate a game and not score. KD is the rarity that he just wants to hoop and win, but in the Finals can dominate if need to be. You are right in that are not enough of the Cam Johnson's of the world especially none of the Sixers. Heck, they added one of the worst at offensive efficiency. You think the MVP is going to say I want less touches. He played thru injury to get the MVP, he cares about stats. He isn't Jokic and a selfless player or a winning player. @mr_hunt We both know the team is Fed and zero assets to trade but Maxey and Maxey is Mitchell who was in a worse situation to start his career than Mitchell d
September 22, 20232 yr 50 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said: When last time superstars linked up they were successful? Lebron can dominate a game and not score. KD is the rarity that he just wants to hoop and win, but in the Finals can dominate if need to be. You are right in that are not enough of the Cam Johnson's of the world especially none of the Sixers. Heck, they added one of the worst at offensive efficiency. You think the MVP is going to say I want less touches. He played thru injury to get the MVP, he cares about stats. He isn't Jokic and a selfless player or a winning player. @mr_hunt We both know the team is Fed and zero assets to trade but Maxey and Maxey is Mitchell who was in a worse situation to start his career than Mitchell d I dont really care about Embiid. Try that trio. If he wants out, let him go and reload again. Nothing lost but a perennial injured playoff 0. Ive been of the opinion for a while that the best way to win is having great depth as the pendulum swings away from the superteam era. But, right now I just dont see the assets, nor the stock of players available to do it. Unless we are going to begin another process era where we accumulate enough assets to be able to obtain anyone we want, we are in the phase right now where we have to just try to keep churning through malcontent stars.
September 24, 20232 yr Well this sounds amazing. Is Nurse actually going to make embiid play the way he is supposed to? Here is what Hanlen said about what he's been working on with Embiid this summer. With the new offense that Nick [Nurse] is gonna be installing, we think that Jo is gonna get a lot more easy looks around the basket. Instead of having to create one-on-two, one-on-three him just isoing and being a dominant big, we’re hoping that he gets more back screens, and curl cuts, slips, and screens where he catches the ball at 4-8 feet instead of always having to catch the ball at 15-18. So we’ve spent a lot of time on the hook shot this summer, on the floater this summer. And things we haven’t really worked on the last couple years just because he hasn’t got those shots.
September 26, 20232 yr https://www.si.com/nba/2023/09/26/damian-lillard-trade-expected-by-media-day-says-nba-insider Quote With trade talks involving Damian Lillard reportedly intensifying as of late, the long-awaited blockbuster deal for the Trail Blazers star may finally be close to happening, according to ESPN NBA insider Marc Spears. Appearing on Monday’s NBA Today, Spears dropped a seismic update regarding Lillard, stating several general managers around the league expect the seven-time All-Star will be traded by NBA media day on Oct. 2.
September 26, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Shepard Wong said: https://www.si.com/nba/2023/09/26/damian-lillard-trade-expected-by-media-day-says-nba-insider Where? Still Heat. Only moves the needle for an East team
September 26, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, DaEagles4Life said: Where? Still Heat. Only moves the needle for an East team He didn't say specifically but the Raptors seem to be getting mentioned a lot. The Raptors being a possible landing spot was being discussed before he said this.
September 26, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Shepard Wong said: https://www.si.com/nba/2023/09/26/damian-lillard-trade-expected-by-media-day-says-nba-insider well 24 hours didnt happen so might as well go with a new deadline. 10/2 it is. We will see.
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