Joel Embiid - The Prophecy is Realized

Arsenal · Post #1741 » by **Arsenal** » Mon Jan 6, 2020 1:26 am

DaSixers wrote:
Arsenal wrote:Jimmy Butler absolutely would have stayed if we paid him the MAX that he deserved.

The only reason he is gone is become of ownership cheapness.

We offered the max. Watch butlers documentary on free agency. He didnt want to deal with the simmons brown combo. He all but has said itnin interviews

We absolutely did not offer the 5 year MAX.

tsmith · Post #1742 » by **tsmith** » Mon Jan 6, 2020 1:39 am

Arsenal wrote:
DaSixers wrote:
Arsenal wrote:Jimmy Butler absolutely would have stayed if we paid him the MAX that he deserved.

The only reason he is gone is become of ownership cheapness.

We offered the max. Watch butlers documentary on free agency. He didnt want to deal with the simmons brown combo. He all but has said itnin interviews

We absolutely did not offer the 5 year MAX.

Reports that we did.

Read on Twitter

mjkvol · Post #1743 » by **mjkvol** » Mon Jan 6, 2020 2:34 am

LeonJordanJr24 wrote:Bruh I actually prefer JRich to Butler sheerly on age, chemistry and defense. I think he is a better shooter too. I think Butler is overrated and I wouldn’t give him a max. JRich is a richmans ROCO for Us like Tobias is a rich mans Dario.

The eff up is Horford instead of starting caliber Combo guard . Also not getting a replacement for Fultz trade .

This team is a roster fix and a few upgrades way from being lit!

I wasn't referring to Richardson. I thought the Sixers maximized the Butler trade about as well as they could, and I'm quite happy to have Richardson as a complimentary player at a good price.

It was Harris and Horford I was talking about. Horford was a brutal signing, but Harris was as well at that price. He's a nice player and a good guy, but when paying the max you're looking for a difference maker, not a 3rd option.

Kobblehead · Post #1744 » by **Kobblehead** » Mon Jan 6, 2020 2:43 am

tsmith wrote:Reports that we did.

Read on Twitter

There were also reports with the direct quotes "the Sixers want out of the Jimmy Butler business" that were out there before the playoffs even wrapped up. Highly doubt we made an offer the player was likely to accept. Probably one of those blowoff offers.

DaSixers · Post #1745 » by **DaSixers** » Tue Jan 7, 2020 4:08 am

Checking embiid for ligament damage and he may not play vs the celtics lmao

Literally cant catch a break, pun intended

ankle420breaker · Post #1746 » by **ankle420breaker** » Tue Jan 7, 2020 2:12 pm

Losing patience with Embiid this season. Both centers in our last two games enjoyed season highs against him while he continues to play half interested basketball on both ends.

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Negrodamus · Post #1747 » by **Negrodamus** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 5:45 pm

Read on Twitter

Hopefully this isn't a whole thing.

Eyeamok · Post #1748 » by **Eyeamok** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 5:58 pm

Looking forward to seeing Al and Simmons dominate the Celtics on Thursday.

brannigan73 · Post #1749 » by **brannigan73** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 7:08 pm

tsmith wrote:
Arsenal wrote:
DaSixers wrote:
We offered the max. Watch butlers documentary on free agency. He didnt want to deal with the simmons brown combo. He all but has said itnin interviews

We absolutely did not offer the 5 year MAX.

Reports that we did.

Read on Twitter

Woj has said multiple times that the Sixers did not offer Butler the max. Imo Woj is the best in the business. Also, Butler said they did not offer him the max. Also, Embiid who is contact with Butler every day was not happy at all when Butler was not resigned and acted blind sided which tells me he thought Jimmy would be back. At the very least there is conflicting evidence but at the end of the day Im going to give more credence to what Woj says then anybody especially a back bencher like Haberstroh. Regardless it looks like there back up plan sucked and they can certainly be faulted for that even if Jimmy was the one that forced there hands. The Sixers look like badly managed crap either way.

brannigan73 · Post #1750 » by **brannigan73** » Wed Jan 8, 2020 7:13 pm

DaSixers wrote:Checking embiid for ligament damage and he may not play vs the celtics lmao

Literally cant catch a break, pun intended

Incoming fourth losing streak of at least 3 games in less then half of a season for a team that was so called title contenders if Embiid misses even a week with this. High probability they lose to Celtics, Mavericks, and Pacers without Embiid. Be prepared for this team to be the 4 or 5th seed because its probably going to happen.

kuclas · Post #1751 » by **kuclas** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 2:54 am

brannigan73 wrote:
DaSixers wrote:Checking embiid for ligament damage and he may not play vs the celtics lmao

Literally cant catch a break, pun intended

Incoming fourth losing streak of at least 3 games in less then half of a season for a team that was so called title contenders if Embiid misses even a week with this. High probability they lose to Celtics, Mavericks, and Pacers without Embiid. Be prepared for this team to be the 4 or 5th seed because its probably going to happen.

Toronto is barley winning games with their depleted roster. Celtics are losing.

I think the 3 seed will be in play most of the season for any of those teams.

Miami as long as they stay healthy may pull away as 2 seed. But I feel comfortable against any eastern team as long as we are healthy come playoff time.

Kobblehead · Post #1752 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 10:41 pm

Wow, I hope the timetable for recovery isn't too long.

PhillyFan11 · Post #1753 » by **PhillyFan11** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 10:44 pm

He’s got like +/- 65 days until the playoffs? I say get whatever surgery is an option and push to be ready for April.

Mik317 · Post #1754 » by **Mik317** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 10:53 pm

...so we put a guy with a broken hand right back in a game in January?

XDevilBoiX · Post #1755 » by **XDevilBoiX** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 10:55 pm

Mik317 wrote:...so we put a guy with a broken hand right back in a game in January?

Why are you surprised? Remember they let him play injured a few years ago in January also lol

PhillyFan11 · Post #1756 » by **PhillyFan11** » Thu Jan 9, 2020 11:12 pm

Mik317 wrote:...so we put a guy with a broken hand right back in a game in January?

Huh? Torn ligament does not equal broken bone. X-ray in the locker room probably came back clean and Jo told them he could/wanted to go back in. Torn ligament doesn’t show up until the MRI after the game/next day.

phillynative · Post #1757 » by **phillynative** » Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:50 am

What positives can we get from him being out?

Freakyman · Post #1758 » by **Freakyman** » Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:12 am

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agiaco · Post #1759 » by **agiaco** » Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:48 pm

phillynative wrote:What positives can we get from him being out?

Allowing players like Al and Ben to find their groove and gain some confidence. Especially big Al. I think he needed a little reboot and this might help him most. Hopefully allow Brett to recognize some patterns or strengths of the team when Joel is on the bench and learn how to incorporate the pieces better.

kuclas · Post #1760 » by **kuclas** » Mon Jan 13, 2020 3:56 pm

agiaco wrote:
phillynative wrote:What positives can we get from him being out?

Allowing players like Al and Ben to find their groove and gain some confidence. Especially big Al. I think he needed a little reboot and this might help him most. Hopefully allow Brett to recognize some patterns or strengths of the team when Joel is on the bench and learn how to incorporate the pieces better.

Al doesn’t need a reboot. He’s a 13 year veteran. A professional’s professional.

It’s Ben who needs to take control of the team while embiid is out.