Game 30: Philadelphia 76ers (19-10) vs Chicago Bulls (12-15) l Friday l 7:30pm l NBATV

[youngcrev]

Did Hakeem shoot step backs?

Wasn't invented yet. Refs would have treated it like when Jackie Moon threw the first alley oop.

[kio80]

Wrong. He's perfectly suited for just what I said. It seems like you haven't updated your perspective from the Brett Brown version of Tobias. You should work on that.

Wrong, he’s not, Brett Brown or Doc, you should work on a new player to hype, Marial Shayok didn’t work so well didn’t it?


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Wrong, you're a troll. LOL at thinking I was hyping Marial Shayok. That's called having fun with a guy flamethrowing the G-League. Go read my summer league posts back when Furkan dropped 40. You'd probably misinterpret that into thinking I was proclaiming him Turkish Jordan. Kick rocks, troll.

I don’t get it


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[Negrodamus]

It's a lot of fun to see Embiid do what we have all known he was capable of doing. We all groaned as he shot a ton of threes in years past, but now he's a legitimate scorer from anywhere on the court while being one of the most dominant C since Shaq.

[Stanford]

Did Hakeem shoot step backs?

Wasn't invented yet. Refs would have treated it like when Jackie Moon threw the first alley oop.

I know, lol. What was Jefferson talking about

[VDT]

The jump shot went in but it was a bad shot. Embiid has a tendency sometimes to go for the cool and not the smart play. Hopefully, he doesnt do that in a game that matters.

[Stanford]

The jump shot went in but it was a bad shot.

Those are the shots players take in the last minute of the same

[eyeatoma]

The jump shot went in but it was a bad shot. Embiid has a tendency sometimes to go for the cool and not the smart play. Hopefully, he doesnt do that in a game that matters.

LMAO are you serious? He hits that shot consistently. You could say the same about Lillard's 30 footers. Embiid hit a very similar shot against LeBron 2 years ago.

[DCasey91]

Tobias is the perfect third piece to play with Embiid/Lavine.

Lavine/Harris can score on and off the ball. Both can space for each other and most importantly, space for Embiid.

Nah having two sub defenders is a no from me.

Lavine/Simmons/Embiid though is a juggernaught. They fit so much better together.

[VDT]

The jump shot went in but it was a bad shot.

Those are the shots players take in the last minute of the same

He didnt even try to get a better shot. He just run the clock and shot a stepback essentially from the 3 point line. It looks cool but the team could probably get a higher percentage shot.

[Sixersftw]

That last shot still has me gobsmacked. he's the MVP and with some playoff success I'm ready to crown him the best player in the league.

[DCasey91]

Did Hakeem shoot step backs?

Nope. Neither did Patrick or Kareem.

Didn’t have to. One has the most unguardable shot in today’s NBA, the other two had good/great jumpers for bigs, my god put all three in this NBA environment. (that goes for Garnett basically any all time big man lol.) Hakeem had a such a pretty fadeaway.

(Hakeem would have been nutty today, Smaller more versatile Embiid on defense/ more durability.

[Kobblehead]

The jump shot went in but it was a bad shot.

Those are the shots players take in the last minute of the same

He didnt even try to get a better shot. He just run the clock and shot a stepback essentially from the 3 point line. It looks cool but the team could probably get a higher percentage shot.

Since Doc (and apparently many fans on here) are unwilling to give the oven mit to Maxey, those are the kinds of shots we'll need from Embiid in the playoffs since we have no reliable creators. Can Harris and Milton be reliable creators in a playoff setting against primary defenders? Unlikely.

[stormi]

Those are the shots players take in the last minute of the same

He didnt even try to get a better shot. He just run the clock and shot a stepback essentially from the 3 point line. It looks cool but the team could probably get a higher percentage shot.

Since Doc (and apparently many fans on here) are unwilling to give the oven mit to Maxey, those are the kinds of shots we'll need from Embiid in the playoffs since we have no reliable creators. Can Harris and Milton be reliable creators in a playoff setting against primary defenders? Unlikely.

The mits don't fit his hands yet.

[phillynative]

The jump shot went in but it was a bad shot. Embiid has a tendency sometimes to go for the cool and not the smart play. Hopefully, he doesnt do that in a game that matters.

That was a nooooo YES! Shot.

I thought he had more time and space to get closer to the basket plus with little big man Thad on him . But the more i think about it as soon as he would of post Thad they would of triple teamed him. He would of had to give the ball up to his sorry a** teammates and he still has work to do on his end of the game passing.

[Kobblehead]

He didnt even try to get a better shot. He just run the clock and shot a stepback essentially from the 3 point line. It looks cool but the team could probably get a higher percentage shot.

Since Doc (and apparently many fans on here) are unwilling to give the oven mit to Maxey, those are the kinds of shots we'll need from Embiid in the playoffs since we have no reliable creators. Can Harris and Milton be reliable creators in a playoff setting against primary defenders? Unlikely.

The mits don't fit his hands yet.

Agreed, which is why I'm promoting the crash course, trial by fire approach.

Maxey should be getting a consistent 20 minutes and heavy ball handling possessions on our second unit.

Literally none of this stuff matters if we bring yet another squad to the playoffs that can't score in the halfcourt.

People worrying about lineup efficiencies and playoff seeding and eeking out irrelevant wins in February are missing the point, IMO.

All that matters is bringing a squad to the playoffs with a chance to score against playoff defenses off the dribble.

[phillynative]

I still dont get why the allstar game coming up is Team Durant and not Team Embiid.

[eyeatoma]

I still dont get why the allstar game coming up is Team Durant and not Team Embiid.

Goes to the highest vote getter of the conference.

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[stormi]

Since Doc (and apparently many fans on here) are unwilling to give the oven mit to Maxey, those are the kinds of shots we'll need from Embiid in the playoffs since we have no reliable creators. Can Harris and Milton be reliable creators in a playoff setting against primary defenders? Unlikely.

The mits don't fit his hands yet.

Agreed, which is why I'm promoting the crash course, trial by fire approach.

Maxey should be getting a consistent 20 minutes and heavy ball handling possessions on our second unit.

Literally none of this stuff matters if we bring yet another squad to the playoffs that can't score in the halfcourt.

People worrying about lineup efficiencies and playoff seeding and eeking out irrelevant wins in February are missing the point, IMO.

All that matters is bringing a squad to the playoffs with a chance to score against playoff defenses off the dribble.

I mean they're begging him to perform, and he's been getting all the chances in the world to prove himself. Since 39, he was given a pretty consistent bench role and has seen his minutes decline basically due to performance (or lack of). And he was passable at best today. He's just not ready and our bench isn't strong enough to develop him that way without it negatively impacting the team. He really is just a jumper and some confidence away because he has all the tools, the finishing around the rim and slashing instincts to be a scorer. In an ideal world our bench is stronger and he's in the G League getting heavy usage, getting up a tonne of shots playing big minutes & working on his craft.

[Sixerscan]

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Perimeter scorer

[stormi]

Gosh, he's in awe

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