76ciology wrote:I actually thought people will point out the spacing problem of Siakam and Embiid. Glad to see people being mature enough to see how Embiid is trending to be Dirk Nowitzki and not Shaquille O’neal, like how i think he should and will be back even before 2019 and before.
Embiid is taking less than 20% of his FGAs at the rim. Most of his FGAs are at the midrange. Teams wont be able to help off Siakam, because Siakam alone is a threat that needs to be doubled in the paint and he will even be able to open up Embiid for jumpers.
The way to defend Siakam or Giannis is to put your center at them. But you wont be able to do that if they play with Embiid.
Defensively, Embiid can step out on those pick and rolls because Siakam can rotate to the rim and protect the rim. Kind of how Cavs is running their defense that has been a revelation for people who have doubts whether a dual big frontcourt may work on defense.
Offensively, with Siakam and Embiid there’s less pressure for you to hope you end up with a top tier guard because you have two reliable guys that can bail you out. So you can have Maxey or Seth running dribble drives and if its denied you can just dump it to your bigs.
If you need a 3, you can run pick and pop with Seth or any guard. If the defense switch, pass it to Embiid and let him shoot over the smaller defender.
Whenever you need to score Down the stretch or whenever you need a three, you just follow the Mavs or the Spurs blueprint.
And who knows.. maybe Siakam can revert back to his 2.2 3pt makes on 36% shooting in 2018-2019 if not, we’re prepared for it by mr.25
I agree with this. Plug Siakam into Tobi's spot and this is close to a serious contender.
