Jhawk03 wrote:DCasey91 wrote:76ciology who is Fox guarding?
Both Maxey and Curry for that matter can’t start. We are not championship level on defense and our offense still needs a 2.
Worst case is this:
We are stuck with Harris for the duration
And we are stuck with Fox putting up 23/6 on poor splits in playoffs being a net negative
So essentially two/thirds of our biggest contracts brings in zero return to our team. We are then stuck in same position as before. 2 max contracts who aren’t worth paying top dollar.
I don’t know how people think Fox works with Embiid. He simply doesn’t or I can’t see it.
Murray by definition allows Curry to start. Cheaper contract too and does more for us. Fox by definition forces Maxey and Curry out of the starting team and the bench is finally fine and doesn’t need anymore excess.
Legit Maxey is heading towards Fox anyway on his own trajectory. No overlaps please
Simons on the otherhand is a CJ 2.0 or close to it for us. At minimum he’s a better Milton because he can bomb all day and has no conscious and his trigger is KORKGOD lightning quick.
Dude stroked 8/8 in 15mins last season and the Blazers have given him a raw setting have a look at the pecking order as I mentioned last season when I wanted him for Thybulle (now Milton instead). I reckon 20% of his receives is literally 8 secs left on the shot clock when CJ/Dame soaks it all up then passes to him and says to the kid well we can’t score have a go. Exactly what Tobias does lol
He set a NBA record of 13 made 3’s in a row off the bench.
So it’s like this:
Curry/Simons/Korkmaz as our nuke PG/SG/Wing. Doc finds which one is hotter than the sun and ride them until they cool off. Law of averages will tell you one will go off. All of them can sink 5 made threes in a flash. Instead of “score creating” it’s a missile system Ala Klay getting hot. We’ve seen our irrational of a nuke shooter KORKGOD is and Seth is a consistent Nuke just add one more to the table.
Stretch 3/4 bomba Niang + Gallo for example and that gives us endless threats to stretch the opponents defense way beyond its perimeters.
Heat dominated with a less dominant center. Did you see how much gravity Embiid brought vs the Bulls? he’s never had that much space in his life.
Why? Because you can’t leave any of the 4 others alone or pay the highest consequence.
I’m adamant Murray is a better fit then Fox, and Simons is better for us than Milton.
I'm gonna coattail. A lot of what we're seeing out of Embiid early, barely acknowledges this aspect. The black hole that teams (coaches) were accustomed to seeing and scouting for vs the Sixers doesn’t exist anymore. That's the gravity that Embiid has to adjust for.
Now both things can be true, but for now, Embiid has to change his habits, because he has different opportunities to attack the basket that he didn't have before offensively especially with the rules being a bit different now... on the other hand It should be obvious he's working on adjusting defensively instead from his subpar offensive rating... he's adjusting to the other hole because it was never an issue in the past.
It's like if you were on a sinking ship, would you be more comfortable shopping for a new ship while sinking, or would you first try to plug the holes on the ship you set sail and perhaps salvage it?
Embiid is not fit enough to play his role on both ends without Simmons
Not his fault
He’s a massive human so expecting him to run from basket to basket is completely unrealistic
That’s why they need a perimeter stopper
