ECSF: P2 | (2) Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers (3) | BOS 3-0

[TheNewEra]

Simmons hasn’t been the same as far as aggression since Joel came back. He has to learn to get into the offense it’s only going to get worse if they sign a max player.

[L3GEND4RY]

you Sixers fans have been cocky all season and honestly for no good reason

We've been happy to have a good team with good players.

God forbid.

Mate, the level of obnoxiousness within that very first game thread was surreal. Yes, other teams' fans are being hard on you guys, but let's not pretend for one second as if it hasn't been warranted.

We all had to read multiple posters on how PHI was going to win in 4 or 5, how you had two top ten players, generational talents, etc.

There are no victims here. Many front-ran, and now the rest of you are being held accountable. Right or wrong.



Fun series either way. Cheers.

[soxfan2003]

But he was 100% correct, it was clear as day they should've taken another wing guy...but no they wanted to take a point guard because they wasn't sure how Simmons would come back. Simmons himself was even saying how he was the point guard and the spot was his.

Yeah it didn't make any sense to me, to me if you already have a great big and PG, then to me it's logical to go for a wing. I don't think Fultz had the hype that said, you trade up for him when you got Tatum available who is EXACTLY what the team needs, not another damn PG. On top of that, they may have traded the 2nd/3rd pick the 2018 draft or the Kings 2019 pick, regardless it's going to be a great pick.

Exactly, still can't reason with what their thought process was. Tatum was exactly what they needed and his athleticism and length would've fit seamlessly with Embiid and Simmons. We all know it's done now but I don't think anybody
should be blasted for saying they probably blew it with Fultz....I mean he's not even getting minutes.

He can still turn it around in the future but trading up for Fultz was very bad risk. When Fultz was talking about being an NBA MVP as a rookie, that to me was like his 3rd red flag. First red flag is his college team sucked. And yes, I bye the excuse that his college teammates weren't that good but I have seen some other college players play with trash who did better. 2nd red flag was it looked like he just had a 50/50 shot to develop into a very good shooter. Unlike Lonzo Ball, if Fultz can't shoot 3's, he can't add enough to make up for it to be worthy of a top 3-4 pick.

Fultz didn't demonstrate that he had NBA 3 point range in college and his free throw percentage was poor for a PG.

Fultz looked to me as a mini harden with a little less explosiveness relatively speaking that may or many not develop into a very good shoter. Not good enough to trade up for when Tatum was shooting free throws at 85% as a freshman.

I didn't think Tatum especially on defense would be this good as a rookie but his offense I sure thought would come through fairly quickly. He can really shoot the ball and he has pretty good athleticism/length to go along with it.

[CeltsFlow]

It should also be noted that he clearly didn't evaluate Tatum correctly. If he saw him as the player we've seen this series, he would have taken him.

It's a valid point considering the subject I'm commenting on.

You dolt.

The Tatum point is moot at this point, it's easy to say, "Well BC would've taken him if he knew he was this good", no **** he would've. What's done is done. And you can ease up on the name calling

[Chuck-Cheese]

Still an overall impressive game for Simmons. This loss is on the Sixers outside shooters failure to continually make open 3s.

not impressive for a generational talent

[kingofthecourt67]

#trusttheturnovers

I wish I had Doc/Austin to lead us moving forward

Having Morris on Simmons is an observation from the game but you Sixers fans have been cocky all season and honestly for no good reason since ya'll hadn't been to the playoffs in YEARS. So, you just try and insult someone because your precious rookie and loud mouth center are being exposed.

"You sixer fans" have been cocky all season seems like a massive generalization based off probably a few homers that made threads and were vocal. Guess what...every fan base has some of those. And forgive us for enjoying success. Didn't know that was against the "sports rules."

Not sure how I'm insulting "someone." You made a comment mocking my team, so I made one mocking your team. and we haven't made the playoffs in years, sure, but yours hasn't has a ton of success either. In fact they have also been the butt of many jokes. Josh Smith anyone?

So...cry me a River...or two

[DEEP3CL]

Exactly, still can't reason with what their thought process was.

They thought Fultz could use his shooting off ball and spell Simmons as primary ball handler at times during the game. Simmons isn't as bad off the ball as some are letting on. When another player, like Embiid, has gravity working for him, Simmons knows how to get open for buckets. They showed like quite a bit this season. It just turned out that Fultz can't shoot either so fml.

Yeah I get that, which is why the injury Fultz suffered really pushed him back. But again a strong willed coach would've move Ben to the wing and Fultz would be the lead guard. Then this way you can utilize Ben's playmaking from the wing spot at times, but from all the comments he made it seemed he was dead set on not letting anybody run the point but himself. Philly really needed a wing in my opinion.

[Blaze4G]

Alright I’ve been patiently waiting for this series to start.

According to the famous saying, “A series doesn’t start until the road team wins”.

So I guess this series just now started.

Just now started and ended lol.

[Stanford]

We all had to read multiple posters on how PHI was going to win in 4 or 5

Awh man, I'm sorry about that. I didn't know.

[BenSimmonsStan]

listening to Brett Brown's post game interview now... I felt he is somewhat lost too, a little embarrassing out there... man, thats a red flag there....

****, you'd be lost too after back to back games you should've won but threw away like a turnover.

[Max Headrom]

I wish I had Doc/Austin to lead us moving forward

Having Morris on Simmons is an observation from the game but you Sixers fans have been cocky all season and honestly for no good reason since ya'll hadn't been to the playoffs in YEARS. So, you just try and insult someone because your precious rookie and loud mouth center are being exposed.

"You sixer fans" have been cocky all season seems like a massive generalization based off probably a few homers that made threads and were vocal. Guess what...every fan base has some of those. And forgive us for enjoying success. Didn't know that was against the "sports rules."

Not sure how I'm insulting "someone." You made a comment mocking my team, so I made one mocking your team. and we haven't made the playoffs in years, sure, but yours hasn't has a ton of success either. In fact they have also been the butt of many jokes. Josh Smith anyone?

So...cry me a River...or two

Saying Morris shouldn't be able to guard Simmons is mocking? Yeah, ok...

[DROB27]

Why wasn’t Embiid on Horford on that one possession

[L3GEND4RY]

We all had to read multiple posters on how PHI was going to win in 4 or 5

Awh man, I'm sorry about that. I didn't know.

Just saying. Don't get defensive about it then?

[TinmanZBoy]

listening to Brett Brown's post game interview now... I felt he is somewhat lost too, a little embarrassing out there... man, thats a red flag there....

****, you'd be lost too after back to back games you should've won but threw away like a turnover.

why not just own the mistakes... instead talking round and round, with no point to address...
Great coaches are very collected all times... again, he is a good coach, but for your team to be great in the future, he has to go...

[kingofthecourt67]

you Sixers fans have been cocky all season and honestly for no good reason

We've been happy to have a good team with good players.

God forbid.

Mate, the level of obnoxiousness within that very first game thread was surreal. Yes, other teams' fans are being hard on you guys, but let's not pretend for one second as if it hasn't been warranted.

We all had to read multiple posters on how PHI was going to win in 4 or 5, how you had two top ten players, generational talents, etc.

There are no victims here. Many front-ran, and now the rest of you are being held accountable. Right or wrong.



Fun series either way. Cheers.

What is wrong making that prediction? Multiple of you guys have been whining about that, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with making a prediction like that. I would not and was not offended when some of your fans did the same thing.

And give me a break about all of those claims. Is it that absurd to think that Embiid and Simmons have potential be all-NBA level talents? Celtics fans have rightfully been propping up some of the moves Danny Ainge has made for years. Making remarks about how Anthony Davis was a future Celtic for years (which I'd argue is even more disrespectful to Pelicans fans), and referencing that Brooklyn trade, currently saying Jayson Tatum is a superstar (on our own board no less) etc etc. Don't act like this "obnoxiousness" or whatever you want to call it is unique to 76er fans. Every fan base has it.

If you want to talk a little trash, that is all well and done. This is sports and at the end of the day competitive and all in good fun. But don't try to take some sort of moral high ground along with it.

[kingofthecourt67]

Having Morris on Simmons is an observation from the game but you Sixers fans have been cocky all season and honestly for no good reason since ya'll hadn't been to the playoffs in YEARS. So, you just try and insult someone because your precious rookie and loud mouth center are being exposed.

"You sixer fans" have been cocky all season seems like a massive generalization based off probably a few homers that made threads and were vocal. Guess what...every fan base has some of those. And forgive us for enjoying success. Didn't know that was against the "sports rules."

Not sure how I'm insulting "someone." You made a comment mocking my team, so I made one mocking your team. and we haven't made the playoffs in years, sure, but yours hasn't has a ton of success either. In fact they have also been the butt of many jokes. Josh Smith anyone?

So...cry me a River...or two

Saying Morris shouldn't be able to guard Simmons is mocking? Yeah, ok...

Trust the turnovers?

[BenSimmonsStan]

listening to Brett Brown's post game interview now... I felt he is somewhat lost too, a little embarrassing out there... man, thats a red flag there....

****, you'd be lost too after back to back games you should've won but threw away like a turnover.

why not just own the mistakes... instead talking round and round, with no point to address...
Great coaches are very collected all times... again, he is a good coach, but for your team to be great in the future, he has to go...

Cuz he doesn't owe it to anyone in the media or any of us fans to admit them. He's under the Poppovich tree. I wouldn't tell the media **** neither.

That whole owing up to your mistakes is meant for the locker room when it's just you and your team.

[Dominator83]

This game goes to show that you don't need a score to be 125-120 in order for the game to be good

[DEEP3CL]

Why wasn’t Embiid on Horford on that one possession

Go back and watch...it was misdirection ran on that play and Covington got caught in the switch. I called it during the time out when Brad had to burn another one to set up that play.

[Max Headrom]

"You sixer fans" have been cocky all season seems like a massive generalization based off probably a few homers that made threads and were vocal. Guess what...every fan base has some of those. And forgive us for enjoying success. Didn't know that was against the "sports rules."

Not sure how I'm insulting "someone." You made a comment mocking my team, so I made one mocking your team. and we haven't made the playoffs in years, sure, but yours hasn't has a ton of success either. In fact they have also been the butt of many jokes. Josh Smith anyone?

So...cry me a River...or two

Saying Morris shouldn't be able to guard Simmons is mocking? Yeah, ok...

Trust the turnovers?

I was replying to another poster that replied to my initial comment with a shot at my team.