Shaffty wrote:Prez wrote:Giannis is the best young player in the game but I don't think it's that crazy to think Philly's situation around their best prospect (Embiid) craps on our situation around Giannis. If you told me would could switch rosters/picks with Philly outside of Giannis/Embiid I'd do it in a heartbeat. Really the only advantage we have is that Embiid injury prone. If he somehow manages to stay healthy, they're better than us.
Philly has a a lot of good stuff on paper, however nothing in practice.
they have only had one actually good player and they traded him to the Mavs for pennies,
Ben Simmions could maybe be good if you think someone with Giannis' skill set can succeed without the insane body, defensive drive and personality. ALSO HAS YET TO PLAY A MINUTE
Embiid is Giannis level potential but he needs like 3 full healthy seasons before I trust him again
TLC and Korkmaz are basically dice rolls, TLC has looked ok, and korkmaz has sorta fallen off over seas.
Saric is probably not that good and is benefiting from the same things MCW did with his time in Philly
Than this draft which, with their pick spot, they'll either be reaching for a guard thats not that good, or stuffing more giants onto their roster.
On the other hand the Bucks, who were the 6th seed this year and a better coach away from the ECF, have
Giannis, a greek god and the future of the league whose favorite thing to do is play defense and make his teammates better.
Khris Middleton, the 2nd or 3rd best shooting guard in the league, depending on how long ago Klay Thompson caught fire, who is over 40% from 3 and plays good D. Has made the playoffs 2 of the 4 years he's played for the Bucks
Jabari - Could potentially be good if he figures out how to pay attention on D, however he's hurt af
Thon - Probably better than everyone on the 6ers but Embiid, literally the perfect archetype at the 5 to pair with Giannis. Only problem is he might be 22 instead of 19
Brogdon - Best Guard on both teams, Excellent shooter, extremely smart, only problem is he is FOR SURE 23 and not 19 and also a tinsie bit slow
Snell - Literally what the 6ers hope TLC/Korkmaz pan out to be.
Vaughn and GP3 - probably trash but have a small amount of potential about the same level as Korkmaz
You could just as easily go down the list and nitpick our assets outside of Giannis. I'm taking Simmons, the #3 pick, Saric, Covington, Holmes, unprotected 2018 Lakers and 2019 Kings 1sts, a massive amount of cap space and a good coach over everything what we have after Giannis. Trade Simmons for an explosive guard to balance things out if you have to. But their assets and cap flexibility around their top guy is just way better than what we have.
