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76ciology wrote:Ive never seen anyone, other than KAT, that jumped this much to biid’s fakes out the 3pt arch.
LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
76ciology wrote:LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
Your not a fan of our starting unit of..
JJ
Ben
Saric
Holmes
Biid
?
LongLiveHinkie wrote:76ciology wrote:LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
Your not a fan of our starting unit of..
JJ
Ben
Saric
Holmes
Biid
?
Hate that lineup. Absolutely loathe it. I really hope we don't see much more of it. Don't care what the net rating is, means absolutely nothing to me.
76ciology wrote:LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
Your not a fan of our starting unit of..
JJ
Ben
Saric
Holmes
Biid
?
MosesMalone83 wrote:76ciology wrote:Ive never seen anyone, other than KAT, that jumped this much to biid’s fakes out the 3pt arch.
He and Andrew Wiggins are just atrocious defensive players. That's why I get a kick out of the people who say they're superstars.
they're far from superstars.
Sasashi wrote:MosesMalone83 wrote:76ciology wrote:Ive never seen anyone, other than KAT, that jumped this much to biid’s fakes out the 3pt arch.
He and Andrew Wiggins are just atrocious defensive players. That's why I get a kick out of the people who say they're superstars.
they're far from superstars.
van gundy was absolutely ROASTING the timberwolves tonight when they were winning in the 3rd and 4th....pretty rare for an analyst to harshly criticize the winning team, but the defense was so bad tonight that Van Gundy kept on and on about the wolves defense.
Thought it was mostly Simmons fault, not BBs. Simmons had an awful game and it's a bit concerning how passive he's been. He doesn't even attempt those foul line jumpers anymore, and he seems affraid of contact in the lane. Late in the 4th quarter when he got the ball right under the hoop he passed it out to Redick. He's 6'10! That should be an easy dunk. What is he doing there?!?LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
Wiggins is the most over rated player in basketball.76ciology wrote:Again.. you cant win with both wiggins and towns. Game is heavy cerebral nowadays. A lot of quick and react things happening.
Sixers2125 wrote:Thought it was mostly Simmons fault, not BBs. Simmons had an awful game and it's a bit concerning how passive he's been. He doesn't even attempt those foul line jumpers anymore, and he seems affraid of contact in the lane. Late in the 4th quarter when he got the ball right under the hoop he passed it out to Redick. He's 6'10! That should be an easy dunk. What is he doing there?!?LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
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LongLiveHinkie wrote:It could be a million net rating. The lineup sucks. Hopefully they don't use it anymore. Can't do Ben dirty like that and have one shooter on the court with him. Thankfully when Cov comes back we won't see it anymore.
Kolkmania wrote:Sixers2125 wrote:Thought it was mostly Simmons fault, not BBs. Simmons had an awful game and it's a bit concerning how passive he's been. He doesn't even attempt those foul line jumpers anymore, and he seems affraid of contact in the lane. Late in the 4th quarter when he got the ball right under the hoop he passed it out to Redick. He's 6'10! That should be an easy dunk. What is he doing there?!?LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
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I disagree. How can he be assertive in the paint when Booker, McConnell and Johnson's defenders can leave them completely open at the perimeter? It worked out tonight, because Saric, Holmes and Redick made some big shots, but this isn't the way to go.
Love that we won this ugly game, but I'm terrified that this game is an indication of what to come. Simmons had a horrible game, part of it was nonchalance, but the biggest reason were the rotations.
Remember how Brett Brown mentioned in preseason that he wants to surround Simmons with 4 shooters? Now he has Embiid (mostly in the paint), Holmes, Saric, Johnson, Booker and McConnell around him, the majority of the minutes a combined 3 of them. I don't care that we win more games with playing Johnson and Booker, the development of Embiid, Simmons and Fultz are far more important than a 6th seed or whatever. And with this many big men who aren't comfortable dribbling and inability to shoot, Simmons his development will stunt.
And this is not per se an attack to Brett Brown, he wants to win and the available perimeter players (Bayless and TLC) are horrible, but someone has to tell him that we're trying to win a championship in a few years. Our long term vision is slowly muddling.
Can't wait for Fultz and Covington to return.
Not every single lineup is going to be Taylor made for Ben Simmons. If he's going to be a star in this league he's gonna have to do it with all sorts of lineups. A lot of it was his body language too. A lot of non chalant passes. That pass from underneath the bucket in the 4th quarter there should be no excuses for. He had a terrible game tonight, and he's been trending in the wrong direction as of late. It is really is a testament to how good he started off that we expect so much from him. I'm sure this is just a bump in the road for him and I hope he uses it to get better.Kolkmania wrote:Sixers2125 wrote:Thought it was mostly Simmons fault, not BBs. Simmons had an awful game and it's a bit concerning how passive he's been. He doesn't even attempt those foul line jumpers anymore, and he seems affraid of contact in the lane. Late in the 4th quarter when he got the ball right under the hoop he passed it out to Redick. He's 6'10! That should be an easy dunk. What is he doing there?!?LongLiveHinkie wrote:lmao Brett Brown is the reason we even had to come back. That big lineup was giving Minny all kinds of matchup advantages and the lack of spacing and shooting was bogging down our offense. We won because our superstar took over, it had nothing to do with coaching.
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I disagree. How can he be assertive in the paint when Booker, McConnell and Johnson's defenders can leave them completely open at the perimeter? It worked out tonight, because Saric, Holmes and Redick made some big shots, but this isn't the way to go.
Love that we won this ugly game, but I'm terrified that this game is an indication of what to come. Simmons had a horrible game, part of it was nonchalance, but the biggest reason were the rotations.
Remember how Brett Brown mentioned in preseason that he wants to surround Simmons with 4 shooters? Now he has Embiid (mostly in the paint), Holmes, Saric, Johnson, Booker and McConnell around him, the majority of the minutes a combined 3 of them. I don't care that we win more games with playing Johnson and Booker, the development of Embiid, Simmons and Fultz are far more important than a 6th seed or whatever. And with this many big men who aren't comfortable dribbling and inability to shoot, Simmons his development will stunt.
And this is not per se an attack to Brett Brown, he wants to win and the available perimeter players (Bayless and TLC) are horrible, but someone has to tell him that we're trying to win a championship in a few years. Our long term vision is slowly muddling.
Can't wait for Fultz and Covington to return.
Sixers2125 wrote: He had a terrible game tonight, and he's been trending in the wrong direction as of late. It is really is a testament to how good he started off that we expect so much from him. I'm sure this is just a bump in the road for him and I hope he uses it to get better.
I mean yeah maybe, but that's letting him off the hook a little easy. Embiid didnt have an off season to stay in shape and he started the season completely out of shape. He looked at his best in the 4th and ot. I'd be a little worried if a 21 yo kid was so fatigued it was affecting his game already.Wilfried wrote:Sixers2125 wrote: He had a terrible game tonight, and he's been trending in the wrong direction as of late. It is really is a testament to how good he started off that we expect so much from him. I'm sure this is just a bump in the road for him and I hope he uses it to get better.
Maybe we shouldn't forget he didn't play a whole year and now he's playing 40 minutes a game.
Fatigue can be a factor?
Sixers2125 wrote:I mean yeah maybe, but that's letting him off the hook a little easy. Embiid didnt have an off season to stay in shape and he started the season completely out of shape. He looked at his best in the 4th and ot. I'd be a little worried if a 21 yo kid was so fatigued it was affecting his game already.Wilfried wrote:Sixers2125 wrote: He had a terrible game tonight, and he's been trending in the wrong direction as of late. It is really is a testament to how good he started off that we expect so much from him. I'm sure this is just a bump in the road for him and I hope he uses it to get better.
Maybe we shouldn't forget he didn't play a whole year and now he's playing 40 minutes a game.
Fatigue can be a factor?
