Ryoga Hibiki wrote:I really think some of you guys are going too far against Embiid, he was clearly not 100% in the post season.
Is this a legit concern given his history? Of course yes, but I hate when players are getting clowned for being injured. It was for Davis and it is for Embiid, unless there's a reasonable suspicion it's their fault (Zion).
I think Embiid should build on this, and develop in the following way:
- lose some weight, gain some mobility and stamina at the expense of some of his power
- pace himself and reduce his offensive usage
- maximize his defensive potential
- stop chasing RS objectives, there's no point stressing his own body too much.
I hope though this series showed a few things:
- why the difference on offense between he (and Giannis) and Jokic is massive, they are in different tiers. If you load on him you can limit his impact
- his defensive impact can be negated in some situations, in particular once he starts gassing out
I think he can work on both these things and come back stronger, but first thing would be to take full responsibility and recognize that it's on him to improve.
I agree with every word you wrote except the beginning
injuries don't work like that, so when he's jumping in perfect timing and max elevation to block 4 shots in one half - his knee is fine, but the following play when he's bricking ill-advised off-balance shots, suddently it's his knee that's boterhing him?
i'm not saying he was a 100% but he was close enough, his injury is NOT the reason for this shameful performance. it's his determination, will, competivenes, concentration, poor decision making, cracking under pressure etc - he sucked because he choked and because teams who have versatile, smart defenders that game plan for him over a series, can negate alot of his impact on both ends - not because of his knee
even teams like that poor Raps team without a Center at all, gave him fits
i mean how many times can u sneak up on a guy and just take the ball out of his hands before he realizes he might need to raise his awareness, or just put the ball higher like the Joker does?
he did everything so slow...except for the few times where he euro'ed to an open lane and dunked
then he was swift af and his knee was a 100%
in the KG\Barnes podcast a couple of days ago, KG was talking about how if u let a guy have 6-7 dribbles in the post - that's basically a bucket, I mean left, right, over, under a decent post player will find the opening if he is allowed that many post dribbles
Jokic is the only one currently in the league that can pull it off, because of his insane i.q and awareness
does he get stripped sometimes? sure, but it doesn't happen often so he can afford to do that
Embiid simply cannot, if the ball is down there 1 sec too many, the defense expects him one way or another and it becomes a play that doesn't yield much more than league average efficiency at best
Embiid plays very slow in the post (when he's not facing up), slow with his hands slow with his feet and slow with his mind
that won't cut it vs a team like a C's and every season in order to win a ring, Embiid will have to go thru one or more teams that have the personnel and the disclpine to do it
he is not a viable first option in the playoff and seemingly - he isn't willing to work hard for it either just to face up and take jumpers
On more serious (not too much still) note, hope you skipped copying that ugly ass jump shot. 
