Texas Chuck wrote:its almost like winning championships is hard. In the past ten years you have had to beat the GOAT(Lebron who owned the conference and no team got past past him until he left) or one of the GOAT teams (Warriors). Or we had best player in the league Giannis, best player in the league, Jokic.
Other teams have picked high in the draft. Cleveland famously picked #1 overall 3x in 4 years and only won because Lebron came back. The Lakers picked #2 overall 3x and only won because Lebron showed up.
Do you not get that? With very very few exceptions and none since the last Spurs title, you don't win titles unless you have the best or maybe 2nd best player in the world. It's why as good as Boston looks as a team, you should be nervous. Because as good as Tatum is and as deep in really really good players behind him they are, Tatum isn't that. Maybe they can be the Spurs/Pistons, if anyone can, its them, but typically you win because you have the best player in the series.
So if we want to judge Embiid a bit, we definitely can. But the Sixers standing out as the biggest disappointment over the past decade? Nah.
Agreed. Philly’s approach got them an MVP. They just need him to stay healthy, especially for the playoffs.
