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Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:52 pm
by Arsenal
I can't believe you delinquents haven't set up the regular season thread yet, so here it is right on time from yours truly before Game 2.
Hope we can win at least one of these first three this week, then Embiid and George return for Game 4 next Wed vs. Tobias.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:30 pm
by youngcrev
Arsenal wrote:I can't believe you delinquents haven't set up the regular season thread yet, so here it is right on time from yours truly before Game 2.
Hope we can win at least one of these first three this week, then Embiid and George return for Game 4 next Wed vs. Tobias.
Doesn't count until Embiid/George are playing. Extended preseason
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 1:38 am
by AI_Efficiency
Don’t want to panic after two games, but the eastern conference will probably have Celtics, Knicks, Cleveland, Bucks, Magic and Indiana all taking the regular season seriously. Sixers do not want to drop too many early. Do not want to put yourself in the play in and possibly getting bounced or facing Celtics round 1.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 3:57 am
by Ferry Avenue
AI_Efficiency wrote:Don’t want to panic after two games, but the eastern conference will probably have Celtics, Knicks, Cleveland, Bucks, Magic and Indiana all taking the regular season seriously. Sixers do not want to drop too many early. Do not want to put yourself in the play in and possibly getting bounced or facing Celtics round 1.
This team has yet to prove it has the character to win on the road against good teams in the playoffs, so it should be playing the regular season to get the #1 seed.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 1:17 pm
by ProcessDoctor
Ferry Avenue wrote:AI_Efficiency wrote:Don’t want to panic after two games, but the eastern conference will probably have Celtics, Knicks, Cleveland, Bucks, Magic and Indiana all taking the regular season seriously. Sixers do not want to drop too many early. Do not want to put yourself in the play in and possibly getting bounced or facing Celtics round 1.
This team has yet to prove it has the character to win on the road against good teams in the playoffs, so it should be playing the regular season to get the #1 seed.
This can’t be overstated. The franchise operates like the opposite is true.
They also keep pretending they can consistently win while being a piss poor rebounding team. Nothing has changed there.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 3:02 pm
by Stanford
Ferry Avenue wrote:This team has yet to prove it has the character to win on the road against good teams in the playoffs, so it should be playing the regular season to get the #1 seed.
Absolutely. The best way to avoid losing to the Celtics in the second round is to play anyone but the Celtics in the second round.
The mantra of
games in October don't matter loses legitimacy when you're fighting for the 6th seed with 3 other teams on game 82. At the very least, they should have been more prepared to enter the season without Embiid. It's been a complete embarrassment so far. I'm not sure what Nick has been doing for the past 2 months.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 11:17 pm
by AI_Efficiency
Stanford wrote:Ferry Avenue wrote:This team has yet to prove it has the character to win on the road against good teams in the playoffs, so it should be playing the regular season to get the #1 seed.
Absolutely. The best way to avoid losing to the Celtics in the second round is to play anyone but the Celtics in the second round.
The mantra of
games in October don't matter loses legitimacy when you're fighting for the 6th seed with 3 other teams on game 82. At the very least, they should have been more prepared to enter the season without Embiid. It's been a complete embarrassment so far. I'm not sure what Nick has been doing for the past 2 months.
Yea, I feel like most teams that win a ring are locked in from day 1 and are on a mission. They also usually value getting a top seed. Just didn’t feel like we’ve had that urgency these first two games, but I also bet it’s hard for the guys to be focused when the top two players are out (and embiid / the sixers are hinting that he won’t play other regular season games even when healthy).
Edit: I should add to be fair, if Maxey shoots like 50% these first two games, they are both close / winnable, and a lot of his shots were ones he can make. If he plays better, maybe this isn’t even a conversation.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 3:17 am
by 76ciology
I wonder if the right approach is to let Maxey, Gordon, McCain, Reggie Jackson, and our wings put up 40-50 threes per game off a 1-5 action with a big playing drop on defense and also on deep 3s, then crash the offensive boards for extra possessions to offset a likely low shooting percentage. This could be more effective than repeatedly attacking Poeltl or Brook Lopez at the rim.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:18 am
by 76ciology
Good time to bet on Sixers while PG and Embiid is out? +900 to +1200 now
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:19 pm
by MikRay
Ferry Avenue wrote:AI_Efficiency wrote:Don’t want to panic after two games, but the eastern conference will probably have Celtics, Knicks, Cleveland, Bucks, Magic and Indiana all taking the regular season seriously. Sixers do not want to drop too many early. Do not want to put yourself in the play in and possibly getting bounced or facing Celtics round 1.
This team has yet to prove it has the character to win on the road against good teams in the playoffs, so it should be playing the regular season to get the #1 seed.
Oops that troll back fired lol
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 1:25 am
by 76ciology
Defensively, I’m not sure if we’re intentionally training our guys for switch defense, but we’re closing out on players aggressively, rotating hard, and it’s just not working right now, especially when we play small with Yabu at the 5.
Offensively, it seem like we’re finding ways to fully maximizing Oubre and Caleb. We’re running a lot of curl actions for Oubre into the paint and using Caleb as a point forward, with guards screening for him to drive. While we all wish Embiid and Paul George could’ve been there for the first three games, the upside is that we can work on better defensive rotations, improve rebounding, and make the 4th and 5th guys in the lineup more than just spot-up options in the corner.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 2:40 pm
by sixers4real
Any update on PG and Embiid? Will they play against Tobias?
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:27 pm
by zaz102
sixers4real wrote:Any update on PG and Embiid? Will they play against Tobias?
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:48 pm
by Stanford
We love our team, don't we, folks?
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 6:34 pm
by sixers4real
zaz102 wrote:sixers4real wrote:Any update on PG and Embiid? Will they play against Tobias?
lol
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 7:19 pm
by FireMorey
If the Sixers win a championship, can the parade just have the players and none of ownership or front office? They don't deserve to be celebrated, they're repulsive. It's a disgrace they put the fans through this crap every single year. Embiid's leg could literally get severed in a game and they'd tell us the next day they aren't sure if he'll be able to play the next game.
Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:00 pm
by eyeatoma
His knee is clearly ****.
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Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:06 pm
by eyeatoma
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Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:06 pm
by eyeatoma
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Re: Sixers 2024-25 Season Thread Part 1
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:21 pm
by eyeatoma
I'm guessing they had to take the full meniscus out. He probably doesn't have any left, and its full on bone on bone. Any time he plays, the knee swells up and the pain is excruciating.
His knee is basically ****
Even better we signed him to a long term extension