Around The NBA - Week 5

[Capn'O]

I don't even know what to think about that Embiid statline. Holy ****.

46 PTS, 14 REB, 7 ASST, 7 BLK, on 14-20 shooting, and only 2 TO.

That is some insanity right there...

Though it's strange they just narrowly beat the Lakers with it.

Their depth has been stinking it up. I'll have to watch them sometime to formulate some theories on what's going on with Saric. He seems to have taken a leap backward.

[IllmaticHandler]

geez. is embiid better than KP?

Healthy? Yes.

[Phish Tank]

I don't even know what to think about that Embiid statline. Holy ****.

46 PTS, 14 REB, 7 ASST, 7 BLK, on 14-20 shooting, and only 2 TO.

That is some insanity right there...

Though it's strange they just narrowly beat the Lakers with it.

Their depth has been stinking it up. I'll have to watch them sometime to formulate some theories on what's going on with Saric. He seems to have taken a leap backward.

They have no bench and saric should really be coming off the bench. The spacing isn’t great for him in the starting lineup.


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[GIMME_DATT]

Sick statline

Sixers have two franchise players

[GIMME_DATT]

geez. is embiid better than KP?

Healthy? Yes.

He is the best big man in the NBA if healthy

[GIMME_DATT]

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[Capn'O]

Don't look now but KP, KAT, and Joel all have .500+ teams and this year is the draft of the big man.

They're baa-ack.

[GIMME_DATT]

I remember people putting in the draft thread we should trade KP for lonzo smh

[ChaosHamster]

Embiid doing all of this on 69% conditioning.

Lets see how he keeps this up, his footwork is incredible for a guy who runs awkwardly and falls down that often.

[SelbyCobra]

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[Zingod]

Frank has an excuse for being Timid. WTF is Lonzo excuse. This mofo is supposed to be generational and plays like he the 28th pick. I thought he would have been up for this game and he comes out weak...TJ McConnell abused him. lol

Its almost like he dont care about **** sometimes.

Because he's a poor mans CJ McConnell right now lmao

[aq_ua]

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That's a bit misleading - there's players that have achieved quadruple doubles. Impressive nonetheless.

[IAmTheBest]

geez. is embiid better than KP?

no, especially considering that embiid is a year and a half older than KP

I'm also not sure why nobody is paying attention to Ingram on the Lakers. All the attention seems to be going to Ball and Kuzma.

Meanwhile Ingram is outplaying both while being the same age as Lonzo (and younger than Kuzma)

Ingram is going to be nasty in the future. He's like KP in that he's a late bloomer and he's frozen out of his offense at times, for whatever reason, and people are sleeping on him hard.

[earthmansurfer]

geez. is embiid better than KP?

no, especially considering that embiid is a year and a half older than KP

I'm also not sure why nobody is paying attention to Ingram on the Lakers. All the attention seems to be going to Ball and Kuzma.

Meanwhile Ingram is outplaying both while being the same age as Lonzo (and younger than Kuzma)

Ingram is going to be nasty in the future. He's like KP in that he's a late bloomer and he's frozen out of his offense at times, for whatever reason, and people are sleeping on him hard.

I didn't realize that about Joel being a year and a half older than KP. That is a BIG difference. He is a great player, but the injury history is a huge worry, though I wish him well - The NBA needs a few more stars.

In 1.5 years, what will KP be? Better than Joel now? I'd say yes. That said, like Joel has injuries, KP has that anema thing going on. I already wonder if it is affecting him, regarding the drop off.

[IAmTheBest]

geez. is embiid better than KP?

no, especially considering that embiid is a year and a half older than KP

I'm also not sure why nobody is paying attention to Ingram on the Lakers. All the attention seems to be going to Ball and Kuzma.

Meanwhile Ingram is outplaying both while being the same age as Lonzo (and younger than Kuzma)

Ingram is going to be nasty in the future. He's like KP in that he's a late bloomer and he's frozen out of his offense at times, for whatever reason, and people are sleeping on him hard.

I didn't realize that about Joel being a year and a half older than KP. That is a BIG difference. He is a great player, but the injury history is a huge worry, though I wish him well - The NBA needs a few more stars.

In 1.5 years, what will KP be? Better than Joel now? I'd say yes. That said, like Joel has injuries, KP has that anema thing going on. I already wonder if it is affecting him, regarding the drop off.

I gave up trying to predict KP's trajectory lol. He keeps blowing away my and everyone else's expectations. His improvements are remarkable and this season he's really blowing the doors off. He is just too versatile with room for improvement in all areas of his game to predict.

But since I think he's better than embiid right now (I'm talking about the season so far) I definitely think KP in 1.5 years is going to be better than embiid is right now lol. KP isnt even done physically developing.

KP has a 2 game shooting slump but I'm not going to take away his previous 11 games from him. What kind of performance he keeps up for this season has yet to be seen, but all we have to go by now is the 14 games we've played, and so far he's been outperforming embiid overall except for this latest game. Embiid has a bigger defensive impact overall but that's about it.

[IllmaticHandler]

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[N Y K]

Jesus Christ! Embiid is such a troll. Guy has an amazing night and still needs to be petty about it

[Knicksfan1992]

I don't even know what to think about that Embiid statline. Holy ****.

46 PTS, 14 REB, 7 ASST, 7 BLK, on 14-20 shooting, and only 2 TO.

That is some insanity right there...

Though it's strange they just narrowly beat the Lakers with it.

Their depth has been stinking it up. I'll have to watch them sometime to formulate some theories on what's going on with Saric. He seems to have taken a leap backward.

Saric honestly just stinks. He really doesn't do anything above average. He's a stiff athlete, basic ball handler, just ok on defense, his jumper is inconsistent, and just an ok passer. In the NBA, you need to have one skill you're at least above average at to be useful IMO and right now I don't see it with Saric. Similar to Kuz here, I think Philly fans have hyped him up to the point where they want him to succeed so bad that they're ignoring the fact that he may just stink.... IMO the sooner they cur bait with him the better. They might still be able to fool a team into giving them something valuable due to perceived potential.

[Red Vines]

Feel like Embiid trolling other players just because he won goes against some kind of player code. Unless someone really has it coming show some class.