Welcome Paul George!

[HotelVitale]

I was heavily in favor of giving up the 3rd pick just to get rid of him.

The oppurtunity to correct the mistake of signing him fell right into Morey's lap, I won't fault him for not offloading PG by using the VJ pick because he's the GM and ultimatley he'll be fired or resign... but what I can't tolerate are the fans who will complain throughout the length of his contract because they wanted to keep the 3rd pick so badly. This franchise ate the full length of Tobias contract, so they apparently have the stomach to eat George's contract as well. It is what it is

You would rather cheer for the owners not paying any tax, instead of rooting for VJ? Offloading PG does not result in any major flexibility going forward.

Yeah does almost nothing for us this year or next, especially with the Embiid timeline. Also PG's only got 2 years left after this year, really not that serious of a handicap.

[Phillybul]

I mean we signed a guy who missed more games than Embiid minus his contract year (which led him to getting paid by us). You get what you paid for.

Eh, he played 90% of games the year before we signed him, 70% the year before. That's 80% of games as a pretty big and most recent sample.

He's a health gamble for sure, but it wasn't crazy to sign him, and we aren't losers or idiots because so far we've lost the bet. Gambles are gambles, aint gonna wing em all.

(We are kinda losers for continuing to bank everything on old stars, I'd argue. Kinda.)

Embiid 66,68, 51,51 are the gms played before George contract season. 56, 31, 54, 48 are the games George played during that span. Ijs why gamble on a guy coming off a contract year at his age with his injury history at the cost he commands. It’s no coincidence we are where we are with George. As far as his health heading into next season being uncertain. I guess in his defense if I had to counter my point his injury was unfortunate. Still way too much money for an aging star player. Wish George the best but I cringed when we gave him that deal. Didn’t see him pushing the needle that much to justify it honestly.

But not to be a Negadelphian I hope he makes me eat crow and is better than I’m giving him credit for. East is wide open and we just need our best players to play together consistently over a season. Then see how it goes in the playoffs.

[GoSixersBro]

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Bursted out laughing at this. “HELL naw!” PG does not gaf what we think at this point.

[FlyingArrow]

But not to be a Negadelphian I hope he makes me eat crow and is better than I’m giving him credit for. East is wide open and we just need our best players to play together consistently over a season. Then see how it goes in the playoffs.

We don't even need them to play together consistently over a season. We just need them to play enough to be on the same page, and then be healthy for the playoffs. Best case scenario is that everyone is healthy all season. Unlikely.

Second best scenario... PG and Embiid both get hurt in the first month with injuries that keep them out until the All-Star break. The young guys get more playing time, our guards break out, and they keep us in the hunt for the playoffs. PG and Embiid come back, they have one rough week as players adjust to new roles and the old guys get their legs back. And then the team has an incredible record for the rest of the regular season, landing us around 3rd or 4th seed. Then everyone is healthy for the playoffs and we win it all.

Expecting both PG and Embiid to be healthy all year including playoffs is just unreasonable. So I'm hoping their injuries are early and not serious. And their return is (a) late enough that they don't get hurt again and (b) early enough that they can find cohesion with the team.