Gm 17: Nets (8-9) @ 76ers (8-8) Tue 11/22 7:30 PM

[MVP1992]

My biggest pleasure back then was beating more talented teams and everytime we do i’d lurk on their message board and enjoy Freudenfreude

I just tried it. Went through the Nets game thread and it was truly amazing.

If you switched the result they could fill in for you guys tearing the Sixers a new arse for a terrible loss

I'd enjoy a combined game thread,
home team hosts type thing. The hot takes and brutality is similar

[76ciology]

My biggest pleasure back then was beating more talented teams and everytime we do i’d lurk on their message board and enjoy Freudenfreude

I just tried it. Went through the Nets game thread and it was truly amazing.

If you switched the result they could fill in for you guys tearing the Sixers a new arse for a terrible loss

I'd enjoy a combined game thread,
home team hosts type thing. The hot takes and brutality is similar

Hahaha its addicting specially when they reach that point where they want to just tear the whole team down

[HotelVitale]

The problem with Reed is not his IQ. Its because he puts himself over the team, because he knows he is more than what the team wants him to play and his contract is about to be up

you create these weird narratives and then act like they are fact lol.

Reed is an agent of chaos and sometimes it burns him.

Yeah lol, it's not that tough. Reed is awesome and I love him but he plays like a kid with a new puppy most games, has no idea how hard to pet, how fast to run with it, how not to fling it across the room when it bites him a little. He plays basketball like it's his first time every game and for some reason can't figure out that like 85% of the time there's a simple best practice for most situations, and there's a reason you don't bite on every Vucevic pumpfake or frantically reach on Trae Young 35 ft from the cup. Like yeah, people have thought about it and decided against it.

I am here for the 'Bball Paul is misunderstood!' narrative though. If that's what we're doing, let's go.

[76ciology]

Oh dont get me wrong I love Reed and I even want him to start at PF.

Its just one of my “thinking out loud” hunches.

[76ciology]

HOPEFULLY..

Our back-up unit of Melton, Shake,House Jr, Niang and Reed can get more confidence. We’d be such a force with the talent at the starting unit and our bench mob

[MVP1992]

My biggest pleasure back then was beating more talented teams and everytime we do i’d lurk on their message board and enjoy Freudenfreude

I just tried it. Went through the Nets game thread and it was truly amazing.

If you switched the result they could fill in for you guys tearing the Sixers a new arse for a terrible loss

I'd enjoy a combined game thread,
home team hosts type thing. The hot takes and brutality is similar

Hahaha its addicting specially when they reach that point where they want to just tear the whole team down

To my untrained NBA fanboy eye, they are at that point right now. I just couldn't bring myself to troll them.

However, if i could post pictures i may have left one of a psychologist's leather lounge.

They're in turmoil alright. Everyone from the coach, GM & players top to bottom are in their cross hairs.

Probably similar to here when getting pounded by the Spurs

[Jailblazers7]

Absolutely incredible win I genuinely love this team. The Shake renaissance is hopefully sustainable because he will be an important rotation piece for us. Melton is really starting to gun for the #1 spot on my favorite Sixers list, what a baller. Doc should be contractually obligated to organize a Paul Reed victory tour. And finally, massive respect to Tobias. He played through pain and was lights out tonight. If our stars can get healthy, I’m a true believer in this team.

Bit of a bummer to see Foster cut after the game tho. I think he’s worth keeping around on a 2-way but we wouldn’t be the Sixers if we didn’t mishandle a talented young big.

[Murray_17]

Yeah lol, it's not that tough. Reed is awesome and I love him but he plays like a kid with a new puppy most games, has no idea how hard to pet, how fast to run with it, how not to fling it across the room when it bites him a little. He plays basketball like it's his first time every game and for some reason can't figure out that like 85% of the time there's a simple best practice for most situations, and there's a reason you don't bite on every Vucevic pumpfake or frantically reach on Trae Young 35 ft from the cup. Like yeah, people have thought about it and decided against it.

I am here for the 'Bball Paul is misunderstood!' narrative though. If that's what we're doing, let's go.

A lot of this is right, but a lot of it is because he hasn't played enough to clean those mistakes and a lot of the time is also because he gets punished the minute he makes a mistake so he cannot learn to distinguish clearly in what situation that was a mistake and in what not.

Take the last plays he made in this game, he tried to go ISO against Ben and it was bad, yeah. But he kind of instinctively thought it was his only option because there was no play being run and the clock was getting shorter both times.

Those kind of mistakes are normal for inexperienced players and the only way to get a sense of those situations is to be in them.

[ankle420breaker]

That was satisfying

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[Eyeamok]

Yeah lol, it's not that tough. Reed is awesome and I love him but he plays like a kid with a new puppy most games, has no idea how hard to pet, how fast to run with it, how not to fling it across the room when it bites him a little. He plays basketball like it's his first time every game and for some reason can't figure out that like 85% of the time there's a simple best practice for most situations, and there's a reason you don't bite on every Vucevic pumpfake or frantically reach on Trae Young 35 ft from the cup. Like yeah, people have thought about it and decided against it.

I am here for the 'Bball Paul is misunderstood!' narrative though. If that's what we're doing, let's go.

A lot of this is right, but a lot of it is because he hasn't played enough to clean those mistakes and a lot of the time is also because he gets punished the minute he makes a mistake so he cannot learn to distinguish clearly in what situation that was a mistake and in what not.

Take the last plays he made in this game, he tried to go ISO against Ben and it was bad, yeah. But he kind of instinctively thought it was his only option because there was no play being run and the clock was getting shorter both times.

Those kind of mistakes are normal for inexperienced players and the only way to get a sense of those situations is to be in them.

I wish I could give you more than just 1 And 1.

Ok let me go over to the Nets board and see what they thought of the game before it started, during and after. Should be a good read.

[Eyeamok]

That was an awesome win. It’s games like these that give perspective on what is available and where the strength of the bench can be had. Obviously a deep bench here. We almost won the last game against a full strength team so this is no fluke. Let’s just enjoy what we found out. This might help us land a good player from the buyout market.

I can only hope that Doc continues to use the bench once the team gets healthy. I can only hope.

[Eyeamok]

This is Reed's equivalent to Maxey's COVID 39 pt game. Doc has no choice but to give him 15-20 minutes a game moving forward. He's undeniably a game changer for us.

It's a damn shame it took Ben refusing to play to get Maxey some real playing time.
It's a shame the team has to get decimated with injuries for Paul Reed to see some meaningful playing time also. I have to ask myself what is Doc looking at during practice/off season/ pre season? With regular minutes and being allowed to make mistakes Reed is only going to get better. And hopefully Shake can continue to play like he belongs.

[HotelVitale]

Yeah lol, it's not that tough. Reed is awesome and I love him but he plays like a kid with a new puppy most games, has no idea how hard to pet, how fast to run with it, how not to fling it across the room when it bites him a little. He plays basketball like it's his first time every game and for some reason can't figure out that like 85% of the time there's a simple best practice for most situations, and there's a reason you don't bite on every Vucevic pumpfake or frantically reach on Trae Young 35 ft from the cup. Like yeah, people have thought about it and decided against it.

I am here for the 'Bball Paul is misunderstood!' narrative though. If that's what we're doing, let's go.

A lot of this is right, but a lot of it is because he hasn't played enough to clean those mistakes and a lot of the time is also because he gets punished the minute he makes a mistake so he cannot learn to distinguish clearly in what situation that was a mistake and in what not.

Take the last plays he made in this game, he tried to go ISO against Ben and it was bad, yeah. But he kind of instinctively thought it was his only option because there was no play being run and the clock was getting shorter both times.

Those kind of mistakes are normal for inexperienced players and the only way to get a sense of those situations is to be in them.

It’s obviously beyond that for Reed. He turns 24 this season and has played three seasons in the league, practicing and playing the NBA game just about every day. Players of similar experience levels still make some bad judgments or get played here and there but don’t have anywhere near the level of, uh, creativity that BBP does. He just isn’t a quick learner or doesn’t quite get the regular rules, it’s apparent in nearly every play. Basic stuff like how much room to give and what angles to cut off while defending in space, when to attack on offense, what angle will and won’t net him a rebound, what’s gonna be a foul on a contest, etc. He’s not a rookie or someone refining his game, he’s just kinda wild.

Hoping it smooths out some soon, and I like the BBP experience either way.

[Negrodamus]

I think Paul Reed pretty obviously needs to start at PF, but know that's not going to happen. He provides the same effort value of Tucker, particularly on the offensive glass. The Harden and Maxey situation still is a burden on our defense. He knows how to be a roll man on the PnR. He doesn't really occupy the same places as Embiid.

I know he's chaotic, but he plays post defense unlike anyone else on this team and doesn't get quite as bullied down low as PJ tend to get. He also makes up for Embiid's extremely mediocre defensive rebounding.

[Sixteen]

We're raptors fans tonight

[Lou_23]

Milton is better player when he knows that he is gonna play 30 minutes because he doesnt take bad shoots, he waits for his moment.

[Dnt hate]

Starting lineup should be
Maxey
Melton
Harden
Harris
Embiid

6th man should be Paul for Harris

After that it shouldn't be hard to maximize Embiid and Maxey lineups

[the_process]

It would be very Sixers to win this one and lose tomorrow.

Amazing how right on the money this is looking right now.

[Jailblazers7]

Lmao I just logged on to bump that post

[Iverson Armband]

It would be very Sixers to win this one and lose tomorrow.

Amazing how right on this money this is looking right now.

Currently booking trip to Vegas…