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Ill News wrote:

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:

Ill News wrote:I'm not comfortable facing against any of those three teams, hell even if we get the 5th seed to face Miami I won't like our chances. There's fewer and fewer games to right the ship, so there's very little confidence we'll figure things out.

The Sixers defense is for real, that's the main reason our offense looked like crap today. They just deflect every pass and they play physical D. And yes Embiid got 20 fts but he gets double-digits there often anyway. His style is just gonna tranlsate better in the playoffs, and he's got great shooters around him already in Curry, Green, Milton, and Thybulle to some extent. If you're not scared of them beating our asses when it gets to the postseason, you're being delusional.

Heard this same exact arguement last year when they beat us 3-1 in the season series in similar fashion.


I mean if we don't sort our **** out we won't even have a chance to get that far. But if we do, I assume we will be at a better place team wise. If this team doesn't have the extra gear effort wise that I believe they do when healthy, then we won't make it past the play in game.

Dude, they didn't have Simmons in the playoffs, and they were an up-and-down team last year. Remember that? People really shouldn't be bragging about that playoff win, even though we also lost Hayward. That Sixers team was fool's gold all of last year, whom we just matched up badly to.

They are absolutely dominant this year compared to last season, so yes I think I'm warranted in my worry with them. They are going to smash us in the playoffs even if we play our best because Tatum and Brown just can't carry this team against great teams.

aussie_pride wrote:

LoquaciousLarry wrote:He might not be the best passing center of all time like the ones you listed and yeah he might struggle against Wilt or Russell two of the best big men of all time but cmon guy, how many Centers are capable of doing what Joel is even in this soft era with no defense? He is a legitimate MVP candidate. I'm not a fan of the guy but he's a hell of a basketball player.

Shaq wasn't a skilled shooter and was out of shape but he could dribble, pass, and obviously was a tremendous athlete with that size. You wouldn't want a prime Shaq or current Embiid on your team?

Its an interesting argument. For me the jury is still out on him because I have seem him go missing too many times during the playoffs. A couple of other things that also work against him are his injury history and the fact that he seems to struggle in working with point guards. Given that he has Ben Simmons you would have thought they would be excelling in the pick and roll game but this have never eventuated. What further surprises me is that the 76ers have never really worked the Spain pick and roll with those two, which would give all sorts of teams headaches.

Ultimately though it all depends on how your team is set up and what you want your centre to be like. For me, I'm a bit old school and I believe it is defence that wins championships. The modern NBA is also all about scoring so anyone who can't shoot or put up good offensive numbers is going to get maligned. There is a genuine lack of quality defenders in the game and I think that is contributing to a lot of inflated numbers. With that being said, I really like Rudy Gobert as a big man and his defence orientated style.

With regards to Shaq, I would take an Orlando Magic Shaq or Shaq who stayed lean any day of the week. What is bizarre is that an Orlando-Shaq would probably excel in today's game more so than the Lakers Shaq. Shaq at the Magic was quick, athletic and could run the floor. Very few people remember that he would actually play on the fast break in those days! The reason why he got fat was because he was scared of getting bumped around. He could have overcome this problem in time by putting on more lean muscle mass. What is ironic is that this could have made him more dominant than he was! However, Shaq could correctly point out that he still achieved amazing things even when he was obese so in a sense he is kind of justified in doing what he did with his weight.

aussie_pride wrote:

Ill News wrote:

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
Heard this same exact arguement last year when they beat us 3-1 in the season series in similar fashion.


I mean if we don't sort our **** out we won't even have a chance to get that far. But if we do, I assume we will be at a better place team wise. If this team doesn't have the extra gear effort wise that I believe they do when healthy, then we won't make it past the play in game.

Dude, they didn't have Simmons in the playoffs, and they were an up-and-down team last year. Remember that? People really shouldn't be bragging about that playoff win, even though we also lost Hayward. That Sixers team was fool's gold all of last year, whom we just matched up badly to.

They are absolutely dominant this year compared to last season, so yes I think I'm warranted in my worry with them. They are going to smash us in the playoffs even if we play our best because Tatum and Brown just can't carry this team against great teams.

People have been talking about the Sixers as a force ever since they have had Embiid and Simmons. To date, they have never got it right. I believe that this is mainly because they had a coach who simply did not know how to use his superstars properly. With that being said, Ben Simmons game is greatly flawed in that he is mainly a transition point guard. In the half-court game he is pretty much useless unless he is posting up. The most basic reason for this is that he gets PTSD when even thinking about shooting. As a result, the Sixers spacing gets all messed up, people can help off of him and everything collapses because the Sixers run their offence through him.

Ill News wrote:

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:

Ill News wrote:I'm not comfortable facing against any of those three teams, hell even if we get the 5th seed to face Miami I won't like our chances. There's fewer and fewer games to right the ship, so there's very little confidence we'll figure things out.

The Sixers defense is for real, that's the main reason our offense looked like crap today. They just deflect every pass and they play physical D. And yes Embiid got 20 fts but he gets double-digits there often anyway. His style is just gonna tranlsate better in the playoffs, and he's got great shooters around him already in Curry, Green, Milton, and Thybulle to some extent. If you're not scared of them beating our asses when it gets to the postseason, you're being delusional.

Heard this same exact arguement last year when they beat us 3-1 in the season series in similar fashion.


I mean if we don't sort our **** out we won't even have a chance to get that far. But if we do, I assume we will be at a better place team wise. If this team doesn't have the extra gear effort wise that I believe they do when healthy, then we won't make it past the play in game.

Dude, they didn't have Simmons in the playoffs, and they were an up-and-down team last year. Remember that? People really shouldn't be bragging about that playoff win, even though we also lost Hayward. That Sixers team was fool's gold all of last year, whom we just matched up badly to.

They are absolutely dominant this year compared to last season, so yes I think I'm warranted in my worry with them. They are going to smash us in the playoffs even if we play our best because Tatum and Brown just can't carry this team against great teams.

Revived wrote:

aussie_pride wrote:

LoquaciousLarry wrote:Can't stand the calls he gets but if you don't think Embiids a great center you have no credibility

Explain to me why he is a good centre? Look at the players who he is up against? None of them can defend. To be fair to the guy that is not his fault; Embiid can only play who he is up against. All I'm saying is that is centres learn to defend the way that Horford, Gasol and Gobert can then Embiid would not be half the player people make him out to be. God help Embiid if he came up against a technically proficient defender like Robert Parish!

Lol here’s his game against Gobert from a month ago

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Ill News wrote:

aussie_pride wrote:

Ill News wrote:Dude, they didn't have Simmons in the playoffs, and they were an up-and-down team last year. Remember that? People really shouldn't be bragging about that playoff win, even though we also lost Hayward. That Sixers team was fool's gold all of last year, whom we just matched up badly to.

They are absolutely dominant this year compared to last season, so yes I think I'm warranted in my worry with them. They are going to smash us in the playoffs even if we play our best because Tatum and Brown just can't carry this team against great teams.

People have been talking about the Sixers as a force ever since they have had Embiid and Simmons. To date, they have never got it right. I believe that this is mainly because they had a coach who simply did not know how to use his superstars properly. With that being said, Ben Simmons game is greatly flawed in that he is mainly a transition point guard. In the half-court game he is pretty much useless unless he is posting up. The most basic reason for this is that he gets PTSD when even thinking about shooting. As a result, the Sixers spacing gets all messed up, people can help off of him and everything collapses because the Sixers run their offence through him.

Simmons hasn't been useless this year. He's the DPOY imo, and I think he's facilitating the offense far less than he used to. I think Doc is using him right, compared to Brett Brown.

Bottom line is, this year's Sixers team is a force to be reckoned with, and some C's fans are just in denial. I mean, the Sixers' defensive rating was actually better when Embiid was out, think about that. That's how great their defense has been this year.

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:

Ill News wrote:

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
Heard this same exact arguement last year when they beat us 3-1 in the season series in similar fashion.


I mean if we don't sort our **** out we won't even have a chance to get that far. But if we do, I assume we will be at a better place team wise. If this team doesn't have the extra gear effort wise that I believe they do when healthy, then we won't make it past the play in game.

Dude, they didn't have Simmons in the playoffs, and they were an up-and-down team last year. Remember that? People really shouldn't be bragging about that playoff win, even though we also lost Hayward. That Sixers team was fool's gold all of last year, whom we just matched up badly to.

They are absolutely dominant this year compared to last season, so yes I think I'm warranted in my worry with them. They are going to smash us in the playoffs even if we play our best because Tatum and Brown just can't carry this team against great teams.

Ok. Your opinion is formed, I'm not going to change it which is cool. I don't think anybody would 'smash' us really except maybe Brooklyn, but ok.. Let's see what happens. I didn't see anything from them that I haven't seen before.

Ill News wrote:

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:

Ill News wrote:Dude, they didn't have Simmons in the playoffs, and they were an up-and-down team last year. Remember that? People really shouldn't be bragging about that playoff win, even though we also lost Hayward. That Sixers team was fool's gold all of last year, whom we just matched up badly to.

They are absolutely dominant this year compared to last season, so yes I think I'm warranted in my worry with them. They are going to smash us in the playoffs even if we play our best because Tatum and Brown just can't carry this team against great teams.

Ok. Your opinion is formed, I'm not going to change it which is cool. I don't think anybody would 'smash' us really except maybe Brooklyn, but ok.. Let's see what happens. I didn't see anything from them that I haven't seen before.

I'm just looking at reality, man...if you want to keep believing in this team then cool, that's what fans are supposed to do. I'm more of a realist and I say this team has little chance against this fully healthy Sixers squad. The only way we're beating them is if they lose Embiid, but it'll still be tough for us because of their size. Hell, even the games in our playoff series last year were pretty close because we struggled against their tall and long defenders.

jfs1000d wrote:

1st banana wrote:Oooof were getting clapped what’s happening more of the same post two game win streak Celtics?

Box score looks weird not even 70 total fg attempts seems like a really slow low possession game. Fournier being out really was a total mood killer.

Look again at box. 22 turnovers.


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Ernest wrote:

Bleeding Green wrote:

CeltsFlow wrote:Is Kemba sitting out the Knicks game then?

I'd rather he sit this one and play against NYK. Celtics aren't catching Philly, but winning head-to-head against all the other teams in that 4-9 seed range is pretty important.

There is logic to doing this and Scal talked about it. But we are on a roll (2 games ok) there is also logic of just keeping things the same for another game.

The real question is who should start when Walker is out. Fournier if you want the best player sure. When KG was out Doc would often start Scal. Brad has been starting Semi some times. I think maybe Langfor gets the call though as he's not in the rotation yet and it could keep players minutes and times they play closer to the same.