Sixers Offseason Thread Part 5

FireMorey · Post #1101 » by **FireMorey** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:49 pm

People are reacting because for some reason he's not able to play after having months off to rest his knee. Why is he unable to play? The sparing him stuff makes much more sense on back to backs, not game 1 of an NBA season.

Post #1102 » by **Stanford** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:53 pm

Yeah this blows.

Post #1103 » by **Sixerscan** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:53 pm

Guess we should have grabbed Bucks +2.5

zaz102 · Post #1104 » by **zaz102** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:55 pm

Plus I think for fans it's a haunting reminder to about the concern that will plague this team all season. I'll stay optimistic, but their health will be in the back of my mind until May.

FireMorey · Post #1105 » by **FireMorey** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:00 pm

It's sobering, but I'm going occam's razor on this one. If his knee felt great, he'd be playing. It obviously does not.

Which should be no shock to anyone with how he looked in the playoffs barely being able to jump. And saying after the season he had to get it drained. Meniscus surgery isn't minor. And he's a massive human. Just cross your fingers this isn't something that won't heal.

He had surgery in January. Late October still having knee issues is so not ideal.

Negrodamus · Post #1106 » by **Negrodamus** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:02 pm

FireMorey wrote:It's sobering, but I'm going occam's razor on this one. If his knee felt great, he'd be playing. It obviously does not.

Which should be no shock to anyone with how he looked in the playoffs barely being able to jump. And saying after the season he had to get it drained. Meniscus surgery isn't minor. And he's a massive human. Just cross your fingers this isn't something that won't heal.

He had surgery in January. Late October still having knee issues is so not ideal.

Glad he played in the Olympics...

76ciology · Post #1107 » by **76ciology** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:30 pm

The league wont give us the calls to force us to play our top guys.

MikRay · Post #1108 » by **MikRay** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:38 pm

I think we should have traded him last summer. I hate to be a Debbie downer I have have followed this team since the late 70s but I see a first round exit this year. If that happens, they have to fire Morey and completely start over. I’m not optimistic at all and I’m bummed out. Hope I’m wrong.

Post #1109 » by **Stanford** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:53 pm

MikRay wrote:I think we should have traded him last summer.

That's loser ****, bro.

Ksny13 · Post #1110 » by **Ksny13** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:10 pm

The health of Embid is why this team is not a legitimate contender. You’re absolutely kidding yourself you think otherwise.

Murray_17 · Post #1111 » by **Murray_17** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:32 pm

FireMorey wrote:People are reacting because for some reason he's not able to play after having months off to rest his knee. Why is he unable to play? The sparing him stuff makes much more sense on back to backs, not game 1 of an NBA season.

They're ramping him up, it's on the official statement and this is a normal issue with Joel, we always complain that it takes 3 or 4 games for him to start looking good.

It's concerning? sure, I'm not gonna get bummed out because people want to be depressed for two games. Call me when it becomes a thing were he cannot play for a month or something

the_process · Post #1112 » by **the_process** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:44 pm

The Sixers realize they have to actually make the playoffs for April and May to matter, correct?

ankle420breaker · Post #1113 » by **ankle420breaker** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:46 pm

I maintain that we should have traded him. Starts like this combined with Embiid volunteering that we doesn't expect to ever play in back-to-backs damage his value.... and it's only going down from here.

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FireMorey · Post #1114 » by **FireMorey** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:50 pm

Murray_17 wrote:
FireMorey wrote:People are reacting because for some reason he's not able to play after having months off to rest his knee. Why is he unable to play? The sparing him stuff makes much more sense on back to backs, not game 1 of an NBA season.

They're ramping him up, it's on the official statement and this is a normal issue with Joel, we always complain that it takes 3 or 4 games for him to start looking good.

It's concerning? sure, I'm not gonna get bummed out because people want to be depressed for two games. Call me when it becomes a thing were he cannot play for a month or something

Why wasn't he ramped up sooner so he could be ready for the first week of games?

Post #1115 » by **Sixerscan** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:02 pm

Yeah that's the question and we can only speculate on the answer. Maybe it's just one fewer week for him to get hurt/one week closer to the playoffs. If that's the case it stinks they couldn't just tell people a while ago.

OTOH if he actually tweaked his knee or something a month ago and so he needs more time IDK what the harm would be in saying that. He's playing 3 on 3 and stuff he probably wouldn't be doing that if he was injured now.

Strange and unusual as always.

Murray_17 · Post #1116 » by **Murray_17** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:07 pm

FireMorey wrote:Why wasn't he ramped up sooner so he could be ready for the first week of games?

We don't know but there are different possible answers. Those go from "the doctors think he needs to ramp up slower given his medical history" to "he's **** up".

It sucks that we're in the dark? sure, but it's what it's and i understand maybe the team and Joel are more fond of secrecy given what happened last year.

This is not even considering that he signed an extension and the team would be stupid to give it to him if they knew he was **** up.

eyeatoma · Post #1117 » by **eyeatoma** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:09 pm

FireMorey wrote:It's sobering, but I'm going occam's razor on this one. If his knee felt great, he'd be playing. It obviously does not.

Which should be no shock to anyone with how he looked in the playoffs barely being able to jump. And saying after the season he had to get it drained. Meniscus surgery isn't minor. And he's a massive human. Just cross your fingers this isn't something that won't heal.

He had surgery in January. Late October still having knee issues is so not ideal.

Yeah I agree I wasn't expecting this. Still don't know why we're waiting this long. Clearly something is up with the knee.

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FireMorey · Post #1118 » by **FireMorey** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:12 pm

There's a difference between saying the season is over and saying there's a big concern. Saying the latter is absolutely fair.

I'm concerned he's headed toward Kawhi Leonard territory. A guy who has knee issues that won't go away and they're always a ticking time bomb to flare up and sideline him. A 7'2 300 lb man had a chunk of his meniscus removed. The fact that he's not ready to play this far removed from a January surgery has me concerned that his knee is not responding to training and practicing because his knee is bone on bone in there now or at least partially so, and he's getting swelling and inflammation. And if that's the case nine months removed from surgery, that's not good at all.

eyeatoma · Post #1119 » by **eyeatoma** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:20 pm

This **** is Andrew Bynum again. Now at the end of the week they'll extend this **** again.

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Tony Franciosa · Post #1120 » by **Tony Franciosa** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 7:23 pm

this organization really knows how to zap the fun out of the start of any season, don't they?