76ers 2023-24 Season Thread Part 3

[M2J]

Gross...

This has Chris Webber and Elton Brand written all over it...

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I echo those sentiments

[Wilfried]

Gross...

This has Chris Webber and Elton Brand written all over it...

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I echo those sentiments

Didn't know George blew his knee or tore his ACL

You guys are overreacting. George is a very fine player and would be a great 3rd option imo. He's pretty good in playing basketball tbh.

Embiid has a 3-year window (than his contract is up and he will be 33 than), it will come down to the next 2 seasons imo if we're winning a championship with him. George is showing he has some left in the tank, he will be ok for 2 more seasons.

In reality, we are looking for an upgrade over Tobias. George, although older, is that. He can score, distribute, defend, has length and shoots 3's at high volume and good %.

[eyeatoma]

Gross...

This has Chris Webber and Elton Brand written all over it...

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I echo those sentiments

Didn't know George blew his knee or tore his ACL

You guys are overreacting. George is a very fine player and would be a great 3rd option imo. He's pretty good in playing basketball tbh.

Embiid has a 3-year window (than his contract is up and he will be 33 than), it will come down to the next 2 seasons imo if we're winning a championship with him. George is showing he has some left in the tank, he will be ok for 2 more seasons.

In reality, we are looking for an upgrade over Tobias. George, although older, is that. He can score, distribute, defend, has length and shoots 3's at high volume and good %.

He had a compound fracture and is the most injury prone star besides Embiid. He's also not a great playoff performer.

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[Wilfried]

I echo those sentiments

Didn't know George blew his knee or tore his ACL

You guys are overreacting. George is a very fine player and would be a great 3rd option imo. He's pretty good in playing basketball tbh.

Embiid has a 3-year window (than his contract is up and he will be 33 than), it will come down to the next 2 seasons imo if we're winning a championship with him. George is showing he has some left in the tank, he will be ok for 2 more seasons.

In reality, we are looking for an upgrade over Tobias. George, although older, is that. He can score, distribute, defend, has length and shoots 3's at high volume and good %.

He had a compound fracture and is the most injury prone star besides Embiid. He's also not a great playoff performer.

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That was 10 years ago man, come on. It's not that he played as a veteran since than.

His stats (%-wise) not great, but if you take this to replace Tobias' production, I'll take it anyday:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/georgpa01.html

And he will be third option on this team probably, it can help his efficiency big time.

[eyeatoma]

Didn't know George blew his knee or tore his ACL

You guys are overreacting. George is a very fine player and would be a great 3rd option imo. He's pretty good in playing basketball tbh.

Embiid has a 3-year window (than his contract is up and he will be 33 than), it will come down to the next 2 seasons imo if we're winning a championship with him. George is showing he has some left in the tank, he will be ok for 2 more seasons.

In reality, we are looking for an upgrade over Tobias. George, although older, is that. He can score, distribute, defend, has length and shoots 3's at high volume and good %.

He had a compound fracture and is the most injury prone star besides Embiid. He's also not a great playoff performer.

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That was 10 years ago man, come on. It's not that he played as a veteran since than.

His stats (%-wise) not great, but if you take this to replace Tobias' production, I'll take it anyday:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/georgpa01.html

And he will be third option on this team probably, it can help his efficiency big time.

Will he accept a role behind Maxey?

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[mjkvol]

Gross...

This has Chris Webber and Elton Brand written all over it...

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The other way to read it is this is simply leverage in trying to get his max deal with Ballmer.

Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.

[Arsenal]

The 3-MAX model won't work under the new CBA considering how cheap our owner is. Embiid + George + Maxey plus basically vet mins isn't good enough.

Hopefully we're just helping PG leverage the biggest deal possible with LAC, as that will hurt them long-term and help us since we have their picks.

[mjkvol]

He had a compound fracture and is the most injury prone star besides Embiid. He's also not a great playoff performer.

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That was 10 years ago man, come on. It's not that he played as a veteran since than.

His stats (%-wise) not great, but if you take this to replace Tobias' production, I'll take it anyday:
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/georgpa01.html

And he will be third option on this team probably, it can help his efficiency big time.

Will he accept a role behind Maxey?

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Why would anyone be "behind" anybody besides Embiid? We get caught up in this "#1, #2, #3" stuff, which is way overrated and really not the point. Embiid is the focus of our offense, but after that Nurse's system will reward whoever is the hot hand in a given game. Whoever is brought in here, the selling point isn't "okay, you'll be #3 behind these two", it's to be part of a title contender in a dynamic spread - ball movement system.

[sixers4real]

I’d welcome Paul George to be honest

Edit: if we can have a ton of good role players like we have now lol.

[SixthStreet]

I don't know if this will actually happen, but if Embiid is willing to be a cog in the offensive system while the ball pings around the court trying to find attack advantages for Maxey and Oubre (did I just write that??!) this team has an offensive unpredictability and playoff upside I don't think an Embiid team has to this point. Maxey and Oubre will both have multiple stinkers in the playoffs but the objective is to win 4 of 7 against the Bucks and Celtics and I think they can combine to help get to that threshold.

I'm coming around to seeing this team as the best squad of the era. Even better than the Butler one and either of the Harden teams. Embiid is more evolved as an offensive player, not just a scorer and Maxey is far better than ever. We have wings in numbers AND a competent backup center for the first time as well. There's also a coach who's a tactician who undoubtably has something cooked up for the playoffs and doesn't have a weird obsession with all bench units.

If we can get Melton (and to a lesser extent Cov) back, we'll come out of the east.

[elchengue20]

I’d welcome Paul George to be honest

Edit: if we can have a ton of good role players like we have now lol.

Pretty much this, Im good if hes the best player we can get. Embiid window wont last much longer and we need more quality players.

But if to sign him we have to kill our all depth and have a Gren Monroe, Mike Scott and Shake Milton type of rotation.....hell no.

[brannigan73]

Back to the season at hand, not the offseason, it seems like I have to start paying attention again since it looks like they can probably avoid Boston in the first rounds and the other teams are all problematic. I feel like Nurse has to just start giving Buddy Hield more run and hope he heats up. He could be a weapon in the playoffs with the right lineups getting a lot of wide open threes. He has been horrible lately but he does have one elite skill that is pretty valuable. His confidence probably is as low as its been since his rought start in the league.

[M2J]

I’d welcome Paul George to be honest

Edit: if we can have a ton of good role players like we have now lol.

Which is the biggest problem, (other being his injury history, age, and consistency in playoffs, and toxic excuse ridden personality). To get these traits and more, you need to relinquish the whole team to get him. Best you can do is to keep one of the key players ( Oubre) on MLE deal. Then you end up looking worse than the Phoenix Suns

[ProcessDoctor]

Morey will be open to any and all stars this summer. I think whether or not we believe in a "big 3" I think that's what he's going for.

Free Agent Targets: LeBron, George, Siakam

Trade Targets: Mitchell, Durant, Markkanen, Ingram?

I'd bet money that 1 of these 7 will be a Sixer next year.

[eyeatoma]

Morey will be open to any and all stars this summer. I think whether or not we believe in a "big 3" I think that's what he's going for.

Free Agent Targets: LeBron, George, Siakam

Trade Targets: Mitchell, Durant, Markkanen, Ingram?

I'd bet money that 1 of these 7 will be a Sixer next year.

Only FA I'm interested in is Siakim, although he's not a great fit. I think going for the trade targets would be ideal if we can put together the right package. If not use the capspace and build a great team with incredible depth.

[ProcessDoctor]

Morey will be open to any and all stars this summer. I think whether or not we believe in a "big 3" I think that's what he's going for.

Free Agent Targets: LeBron, George, Siakam

Trade Targets: Mitchell, Durant, Markkanen, Ingram?

I'd bet money that 1 of these 7 will be a Sixer next year.

Only FA I'm interested in is Siakim, although he's not a great fit. I think going for the trade targets would be ideal if we can put together the right package. If not use the capspace and build a great team with incredible depth.

If we acquired Markkanen, we'd still have about $45 mil in cap space. He'd probably be the most expensive to acquire, considering it's Ainge, but damn we could do a lot of damage with that. Acquiring him would for sure put us in the most unique situation.

[Negrodamus]

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“Got the best player at the trade deadline”

Then why does he lick ass?

[ProcessDoctor]

Morey forgot to account for Hield's shot disappearing due to becoming a 76er.

[eyeatoma]

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“Got the best player at the trade deadline”

Then why does he lick ass?

To be fair this quote was after his 4 game explosion.

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[M2J]

I do think he's too GREAT a shooter to not improve with Joel and Maxey and all the other talent Morey has compiled and should keep... At the right price