Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1

Post #21 » by **Stanford** » Tue Oct 29, 2024 10:05 pm

Keep fining them!

Iverson Armband · Post #22 » by **Iverson Armband** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 12:39 am

No wonder he signed that extension with the quickness.

the_process · Post #23 » by **the_process** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 4:06 am

The Sixers continue to be a s***show. The league finding and announcing publicly that Embiid does in fact have an injured knee and the Sixers were lying about it is so bad on many different levels.

It has to be Jo telling the team to not announce his injuries. Has to be. Morey isn't purposely looking to get fined and then explaining to Josh why he keeps wasting his money.

76ciology · Post #24 » by **76ciology** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 4:14 am

eyeatoma wrote:I'm guessing they had to take the full meniscus out. He probably doesn't have any left, and its full on bone on bone. Any time he plays, the knee swells up and the pain is excruciating.
His knee is basically ****
Even better we signed him to a long term extension

This post brings me memories of Andrew Bynum era

76ciology · Post #25 » by **76ciology** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 4:16 am

Iverson Armband wrote:No wonder he signed that extension with the quickness.

No wonder Andre Drummond signed a minimum contract with quickness

eyeatoma · Post #26 » by **eyeatoma** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:24 am

The Sixers, where shooters go to die.

Watch on YouTube

Seriously, how the **** is it possible for us to have not been able to have used this?

I'm convinced this was just a lack of creativity form Nurse.

eyeatoma · Post #27 » by **eyeatoma** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:26 am

76ciology wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:I'm guessing they had to take the full meniscus out. He probably doesn't have any left, and its full on bone on bone. Any time he plays, the knee swells up and the pain is excruciating.
His knee is basically ****
Even better we signed him to a long term extension

This post brings me memories of Andrew Bynum era

People like Stanford called me crazy, but I'm telling this has so many similarities to that.

eyeatoma · Post #28 » by **eyeatoma** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:30 am

the_process wrote:The Sixers continue to be a s***show. The league finding and announcing publicly that Embiid does in fact have an injured knee and the Sixers were lying about it is so bad on many different levels.

It has to be Jo telling the team to not announce his injuries. Has to be. Morey isn't purposely looking to get fined and then explaining to Josh why he keeps wasting his money.

Yeah I'm thinking at this piont it is, given that this has spanned across multiple regimes. He probably doens't want the bad press, because he did the Olympics, but it's even worse for him not to be playing, and for us not to know what is going on.

76ciology · Post #29 » by **76ciology** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:35 am

What was the team supposed to say? That Embiid has no injury and we’re just managing his load to keep him fresh for the playoffs? Of course, they’re going to make it sound more serious so there’s a solid reason to sit him. They already made a mistake and they won’t double down.

Post #30 » by **Stanford** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:42 am

eyeatoma wrote:
76ciology wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:I'm guessing they had to take the full meniscus out. He probably doesn't have any left, and its full on bone on bone. Any time he plays, the knee swells up and the pain is excruciating.
His knee is basically ****
Even better we signed him to a long term extension

This post brings me memories of Andrew Bynum era

People like Stanford called me crazy, but I'm telling this has so many similarities to that.

This has been happening since Bynum.

76ciology wrote:What was the team supposed to say? That Embiid has no injury and we’re just managing his load to keep him fresh for the playoffs? Of course, they’re going to make it sound more serious so there’s a solid reason to sit him. They already made a mistake and they won’t double down.

The problem is, this is plausible and so is every other explanation. Impossible to know at this point.

76ciology · Post #31 » by **76ciology** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 2:26 pm

Stanford wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:
76ciology wrote:
This post brings me memories of Andrew Bynum era

People like Stanford called me crazy, but I'm telling this has so many similarities to that.

This has been happening since Bynum.

76ciology wrote:What was the team supposed to say? That Embiid has no injury and we’re just managing his load to keep him fresh for the playoffs? Of course, they’re going to make it sound more serious so there’s a solid reason to sit him. They already made a mistake and they won’t double down.

The problem is, this is plausible and so is every other explanation. Impossible to know at this point.

However, there are varying levels of plausibility. The most likely scenario, in my opinion, is that the team is simply keeping a low profile after making the mistake of openly telling the media that they would hurt their own TV viewership by pushing load management to the limit. Specially for one of the most anticipated teams this season, and could set a trend that undermines the integrity of the regular season.

Mik317 · Post #32 » by **Mik317** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 2:36 pm

I will never give this Franchise the benefit of the doubt. They have not earned that lol

HOWEVA

I also don't see why people are jumping off cliffs rn.

This isn't really news imo. His knee is in a brace ffs, has been all offseason...so yeah i imagine he isn't 100% which would qualify as not being healthy enough to play atm...which meets the qualifications to not get fined for sitting out.

The FO **** up by making it seem like he was "just" ramping up...

Thats my view of it at least

I also wouldn't be surprised if actually its the other knee AND it got hurt in a bicycle accident with Fultz or some dumb **** lol

FireMorey · Post #33 » by **FireMorey** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 2:50 pm

Mik317 wrote:I will never give this Franchise the benefit of the doubt. They have not earned that lol

HOWEVA

I also don't see why people are jumping off cliffs rn.

This isn't really news imo. His knee is in a brace ffs, has been all offseason...so yeah i imagine he isn't 100% which would qualify as not being healthy enough to play atm...which meets the qualifications to not get fined for sitting out.

The FO **** up by making it seem like he was "just" ramping up...

Thats my view of it at least

I also wouldn't be surprised if actually its the other knee AND it got hurt in a bicycle accident with Fultz or some dumb **** lol

Because his knee is still broken 36 weeks removed from a surgery that is supposed to be an 8 week recovery.

Not good.

Post #34 » by **Stanford** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:02 pm

FireMorey wrote:Because his knee is still broken

We have no idea if this is true. That's the problem.

FireMorey · Post #35 » by **FireMorey** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:10 pm

Stanford wrote:
FireMorey wrote:Because his knee is still broken

We have no idea if this is true. That's the problem.

Well the NBA's press release strongly implied it. It said "Embiid's been unable to play this season due to a left knee condition."

FireMorey · Post #36 » by **FireMorey** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:13 pm

And Sam Amick of The Athletic is reporting that the Sixers consider Embiid's knee "unstable" and they feel playing him right now would jeopardize his health.

Negrodamus · Post #37 » by **Negrodamus** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 3:30 pm

At least Embiid went out on top... a gold medalist in the Olympics playing on an already screwed up knee.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #38 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 4:21 pm

This sucks, but...I'm numb to it at this point.

Post #39 » by **Stanford** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 4:30 pm

Pistons fans have pretty much marked this game down as a win for them.

HotelVitale · Post #40 » by **HotelVitale** » Wed Oct 30, 2024 5:01 pm

Stanford wrote:Pistons fans have pretty much marked this game down as a win for them.

I actually came here to warn us against thinking this is the old Pistons. Watched some of the last two games, they're not amazing but they actually have a coherent team now: Cade runs high pn'r all day and there are a bunch of shooters plus Duren as a rim-running type, and Ivey is intersting as a secondary creator (he's still learning on the job but can gt hot). They play hard and they're definitely worlds better than the last couple years, I'm expecting that at best it'll be a tough game.