G52: Sixers @ Bucks 2/9/25 2pm ET ESPN - Hubie Brown's last game

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #101 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:37 pm

Iscull wrote:We were better without Embiid and PG lol

Sadly this is true.

Negrodamus · Post #102 » by **Negrodamus** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:37 pm

Somebody has to get fired if we don't make the playoffs this year. The only acceptable scenario would be if Embiid shuts it down and gets knee surgery. Nurse should be culprit number 1. Morey is a bit of a tougher case since he has put together great young pieces despite sinking $100M into Embiid and PG for the foreseeable future.

MikRay · Post #103 » by **MikRay** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:38 pm

Pg doesn’t care at all plays about 50%

MikRay · Post #104 » by **MikRay** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:39 pm

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:
Iscull wrote:We were better without Embiid and PG lol

Sadly this is true.

Just sit them on the bench and don’t play them

There’s no law that requires these 2 losers have to see any minutes. Let them sit on the bench and rot.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #105 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:42 pm

MikRay wrote:
ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:
Iscull wrote:We were better without Embiid and PG lol

Sadly this is true.

Just sit them on the bench and don’t play them

There’s no law that requires these 2 losers have to see any minutes. Let them sit on the bench and rot.

George more so than Embiid. I'm gonna die on the Embiid hill. I think a lot of us forgot the pain and suffering we endured from 2006 to 2018.
Paul George can leave. Hopefully he retires. Otherwise this summer needs to be dedicated to finding a way to make things work until he's gone.

M2J · Post #106 » by **M2J** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:43 pm

George should've been guarding Damian

Mik317 · Post #107 » by **Mik317** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 9:43 pm

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:Teams are hitting 30 threes a game against us. Can someone....A genius...Please RISE UP via the ghost of Red Aurebach and teach this team to defend the perimeter. Holy hell we suck!

its baffling as **** lol

we scheme to leave the best shot in basketball the corner 3 wide theeee **** open. Without Biid I kinda understood it but even with this corpse version have teams attempt to finish inside instead of gifting them easy looks

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #108 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 10:07 pm

Mik317 wrote:
ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:Teams are hitting 30 threes a game against us. Can someone....A genius...Please RISE UP via the ghost of Red Aurebach and teach this team to defend the perimeter. Holy hell we suck!

its baffling as **** lol

we scheme to leave the best shot in basketball the corner 3 wide theeee **** open. Without Biid I kinda understood it but even with this corpse version have teams attempt to finish inside instead of gifting them easy looks

He's providing zero rim protection at this point. Lopez hits threes like Bill Laimbeer so Embiid has to go out to cover him. We're getting cooked by the same type of guard each game. It's awful. Paul George is so **** stoned out there. You can't tell me that the guy's not eating indica edibles before each game. He literally hates his life and in three more years it'll end. Of course he'll be 38 by then and sign a vet min contract with Boston and end up having a great season. "I don't know man, I was just down and out in Philly, I didn't care." 45 year old Al Horford will be like "yeah man, I've felt great ever since I left." Meanwhile Embiid will be traded to Memphis where he wins a ring, and Maxey will be the new punching bag by then. He'll have gray hair and a permanent frown on his face. We'll all watch highlights of the old Maxey and title them Happy Days. **** this. I'm out. Gonna eat a 2 dollar steak and watch the Eagles lose.

the_process · Post #109 » by **the_process** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 10:26 pm

eyeatoma wrote:

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Stop trying to salvage something that's dead. Send Jo home to get his surgery and send Paul home to get his finger tight. The first time Maxey falls down, he's out for the year too.

mjkvol · Post #110 » by **mjkvol** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 10:34 pm

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:Teams are hitting 30 threes a game against us. Can someone....A genius...Please RISE UP via the ghost of Red Aurebach and teach this team to defend the perimeter. Holy hell we suck!

I give you a lot of credit. I don't know how you maintain this level of passion for what is essentially a dead product.

The fact that they know Embiid needs another surgery and long recovery and yet still pretend to "compete" shows the total disregard and utter lack of respect they have for the fan base.

MikRay · Post #111 » by **MikRay** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 11:41 pm

Just let Embiid have the surgery shut him and Paul George down for the year and come back next year and pray to God he stays healthy. I don’t know what to do. I’m beyond frustrated.

If I was running the team, I would find someway to get rid of both of them and build the tea around McCain,Maxey , and Edwards is a nice piece as well. We need a new infusion of enthusiasm.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #112 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 11:58 pm

MikRay wrote:Just let Embiid have the surgery shut him and Paul George down for the year and come back next year and pray to God he stays healthy. I don’t know what to do. I’m beyond frustrated.

If I was running the team, I would find someway to get rid of both of them and build the tea around McCain,Maxey , and Edwards is a nice piece as well. We need a new infusion of enthusiasm.

I agree with this. We're basically tied to blind hope at this point. I'm gonna swim in **** water and hope I don't get a bacterial infection.

Black Mage · Post #113 » by **Black Mage** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 12:51 am

Gotta let PG play; need to rehab his value b/c if Joel does get surgery and is out next year they need to move on from PG.

M2J · Post #114 » by **M2J** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:20 am

Black Mage wrote:Gotta let PG play; need to rehab his value b/c if Joel does get surgery and is out next year they need to move on from PG.

Agreed, just limit him and Maxey to 30 minutes and play plenty of lineups without either of them, they'll lose every game. I think even more than building up his value, he needs to stay in game shape so that he doesn't fall off completely

76ciology · Post #115 » by **76ciology** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:56 am

I’m more concerned about Embiid’s statements earlier this season when he announced he wouldn’t play on the second night of back-to-backs—something that raised eyebrows around the league. Now, he’s saying he needs a second surgery and a longer recovery time.

You don’t hear Anthony Davis publicly announcing he might be out indefinitely. It feels like Embiid and the team aren’t on the same page. Shouldn’t they be aligned in their messaging to avoid confusion? And why announce this now, just as the team is finding its rhythm after he sat out for a month?

76ciology · Post #116 » by **76ciology** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 3:00 am

Honestly, I don’t think it would’ve mattered if Paul George dropped 20+ tonight. What we needed was rebounding and defense.

Doc Rivers and the Bucks saw a wounded animal and they went in for the kill repeatedly.

If you are the opponent and you knew Embiid’s condition, you’d probably also ask the team to crash for offensive rebounds and anticipate that there would be a bias for the team to limit drives in the paint over challenging 3s.

phifans · Post #117 » by **phifans** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:13 am

76ciology wrote:I’m more concerned about Embiid’s statements earlier this season when he announced he wouldn’t play on the second night of back-to-backs—something that raised eyebrows around the league. Now, he’s saying he needs a second surgery and a longer recovery time.

You don’t hear Anthony Davis publicly announcing he might be out indefinitely. It feels like Embiid and the team aren’t on the same page. Shouldn’t they be aligned in their messaging to avoid confusion? And why announce this now, just as the team is finding its rhythm after he sat out for a month?

What else can he say though ? "Yeah my knee is **** and will never be healthy again." ? :roll:

76ciology · Post #118 » by **76ciology** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 10:54 am

phifans wrote:
76ciology wrote:I’m more concerned about Embiid’s statements earlier this season when he announced he wouldn’t play on the second night of back-to-backs—something that raised eyebrows around the league. Now, he’s saying he needs a second surgery and a longer recovery time.

You don’t hear Anthony Davis publicly announcing he might be out indefinitely. It feels like Embiid and the team aren’t on the same page. Shouldn’t they be aligned in their messaging to avoid confusion? And why announce this now, just as the team is finding its rhythm after he sat out for a month?

What else can he say though ? "Yeah my knee is **** and will never be healthy again." ?

Spoiler:

Negrodamus · Post #119 » by **Negrodamus** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 3:59 pm

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Moments after watching the Bucks cook us

Harris: "Actually...... starting NOW!"

Arsenal · Post #120 » by **Arsenal** » Mon Feb 10, 2025 4:42 pm

Negrodamus wrote:

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Moments after watching the Bucks cook us

Harris: "Actually...... starting NOW!"

What a clown. Sell the team Josh!

Seriously this idiot is expecting a "playoff run"? In the immortal words of Ricky Watters... FOR WHO? FOR WHAT?

Their ceiling is getting absolutely curb-stomped in Rd.1 by the Celtics or Cavs.

Anyone with a lick of common sense at this point would TANK and try to keep their first-round pick. Let Embiid get his cleanup surgery NOW and get enough time off to rehab properly and come back at the beginning of next season.