sixers hoops wrote:Sixerscan wrote:LloydFree wrote:Embiid missed like 9 of those road games and Richardson missed about 5 more of the road games. Both those guys have seemed to get injured/suspended right before road trips. Maybe being shorthanded and forcing reserve/younger players to do to much caused some of bad performance.
Well as I referenced above it's still coming to bear even when Jo plays, and it includes a drop off on defense. They've beaten the Raptors, Celtics, Lakers at home without Jo and/or Josh...
To be clear I'm not saying it's not a solvable thing. There's no reason they should be as bad on the road as they have been. And I'm on board with Horford coming off the bench especially with the warriors guys coming in and theoretically giving you a little more depth.
I think it will help, but I still feel like we have trouble simply creating consistent, quality offense. In my opinion, we need a point guard that can break down a defense. I never wanted to re-sign Jimmy, but I definitely didn’t think Al was the right direction.
I think we need someone come playoff time who can run the point and create offense. They signed Al so we had a competent Joel backup, and a very good defender on Giannis and Siakim. However, our halfcourt offense looked better last year with Jimmy at the point, and we were more effective in a few games with Shake running the point. I think we still have a glaring need for a real point guard who has a multifaceted offensive attack.
While I agree that we need someone with a multifaceted offensive attack, I don't know why it has to be a PG....a wing that could do it would fit alot better while still making Ben not act like a child who got his toys taken away.
Jimmy was that guy, but issues with personality and such made it not work (no matter how much I hate it). Find a wing who could allow us to to move the Furkan/shake/GR3 show to the bench, then your talking. Finding that guy will be very difficult though.