May 10May 10 So many mistakes over the years. I think they would have won a title if they had kept Butler instead of Harris but the Simmons debacle was the crusher. It was so nice when we finally got rid of him.
May 10May 10 I can't imagine how frustrated the players are, particularly Embiid. He publicly asked the FO to bring some guys in around the trade deadline to strengthen the bench and allow them to compete, instead they did their best to dodge the tax and gut some depth in the process. They brought in Cam Payne to be a back up guard only to cut him before the playoffs. Nurse ran his starters into the ground through the regular season and through the Boston series and they have looked gassed in gamed after the 1st half. George had 15 in the first and couldn't hit a shot after that, he looked like he had tired legs as he is also asked to carry a heavy load on defense and play a large amount of minutes. Maxey does seem to escape a lot of criticism that has been thrown Embiid's way through his career. The finger issue isn't easy to play through, but he is so timid to shoot the ball and it's been really noticeable the last couple of games. They've needed him to stand up and he has been disappointing when they've needed him to carry them. I'm expecting a sweep, Knicks are deep and are playing pretty well as a team through the series. They needed to win game 2 which they unfortunately lost down the stretch. Even if they win this, Knicks likely close it out at home in game 5.
May 10May 10 Sixers bench probably looking a lot better with Joe, McCain and champagnie. The fact they basically released champagnie to have McClung wear a sixers uni in a dunk contest is really peak sixers lol.
May 10May 10 6 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:No one is taking those contractsWhat I really meant was the front office
May 10May 10 35 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:No one is taking those contractsThe dumbest contract given was extending Embiid when they did. He was coming off a knee injury. Was no reason to at that point. Even the PG contract isn’t as bad (not good either). He’s at least movable as an expiring contract after the 3rd year. Embiid contract was horrible at the time. Was absolutely no reason to do it at that time.
May 10May 10 6 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:7/31 on threes so far.🤣. they showed no heart today. they are losers .Love maxey, but he had under 20 points in 3 of 4 games this series. I think finger and being gassed (avg 38 mins in regular season then playoff mins). That said those were also things people would use with Embiid and he got grilled for when he didn’t show up like people expected.
May 10May 10 Author 19 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Love maxey, but he had under 20 points in 3 of 4 games this series. I think finger and being gassed (avg 38 mins in regular season then playoff mins). That said those were also things people would use with Embiid and he got grilled for when he didn’t show up like people expected.yeah…I mean Maxey only had 3 made threes total in the entire series. he was awful. I’m ready to fast forward 2-3 years when Embiid & PG are gone. there’s no hope until then.
May 10May 10 4 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:yeah…I mean Maxey only had 3 made threes total in the entire series. he was awful. I’m ready to fast forward 2-3 years when Embiid & PG are gone. there’s no hope until then.In 3 years, Maxey is 28 going on 29. Add on VJ is going to need a rookie extension. At least we have our draft picks going forward and the clippers pick and swap. I could easily see Maxey asking out after next year. Tbh sixers have a decision to make at that point. He has 2 years left on his contract at that point. If you let it play out there’s a chance he gets to the end of the contract at the same time as Embiid’s and decides to bolt.
May 11May 11 So, the most damning thing from this disappointing yet pretty expected defeat is that maybe the team, and certainly Embiid think he has hope for more time in the NBA.It sounds like we were THIS CLOSE to a medical retirement possibly happening eventually. He said he thought he was done.Now he took playing this post-season as a silver lining and proof that he can be healthy in playoffs.So, more of the same. He will continue to be in and out of the lineup. Team will never find a consistent identity in their style of play. You dont know how to actually build a team.... Maxey will continue to defer when Embiid is on the court.... and VJ too for that matter.I hope to god, Daryl is fired and the next GM has the sense to see you cant dance this dance with Embiid and run a team effectively.
May 11May 11 1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:So, the most damning thing from this disappointing yet pretty expected defeat is that maybe the team, and certainly Embiid think he has hope for more time in the NBA.It sounds like we were THIS CLOSE to a medical retirement possibly happening eventually. He said he thought he was done.Now he took playing this post-season as a silver lining and proof that he can be healthy in playoffs.So, more of the same. He will continue to be in and out of the lineup. Team will never find a consistent identity in their style of play. You dont know how to actually build a team.... Maxey will continue to defer when Embiid is on the court.... and VJ too for that matter.I hope to god, Daryl is fired and the next GM has the sense to see you cant dance this dance with Embiid and run a team effectively.I’d fire Morey but even if you do, we are stuck with Embiid. He is just starting his extension of 3 years around $190 mil. No one is taking that contract unless you include 1sts with it. Have to be multiple due to the amount of money he’s owed (Also still taking bad contracts back as well). Which would be dumb considering in a couple years we could be in a spot where maxey’s contract is ending alongside Embiid’s. who knows by then if Maxey wants to stay or demands a trade prior to that. This goes back once again to the Sixers being stupid and just giving embiid an extension and not seeing where his knee is.
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