Quick stat snapshot of where the Sixers are after 3 games

[phiphan]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

[ProcessDoctor]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

He's an absolute idiot. I don't understand how he's garnered so much hype over the last two years.

[Negrodamus]

MDA is not an in season hire...he has a whole system and learning that on the fly seems unwise IMO. It would probably be Joeger as he has HC experience and knows the current "system".

Whoever we hire needs to play the youth tho.

I will say that most of the team, Embiid included, has had experience with D'Antoni's system...

[Jailblazers7]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

He's an absolute idiot. I don't understand how he's garnered so much hype over the last two years.

He’s been a rare Embiid backup with a pulse so he looks great by comparison. Same reason we overrate every G League wing that goes through Delaware.

[Mik317]

Reed is an idiot but said idiocy occasionally makes positive things happen. Which is better than most of our players who know what do to do but either can't or just don't try.

Reed will make baffling mistakes and follow it up with a great hustle play. Harrell will **** up and add nothing.

Thats the difference

[Sixteen]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

Slammin Sammy. The goaltend goat

[76ciology]

Reed is chaos. But thats what you have Maxey, Harden, Embiid and Tobi are for. Those 4 are talented enough on offense that you can afford to put him in while he compensates whatever you lack on defense. Kind of what Thybulle brings but he gives you a lot more rebounding.

Let Tucker fix your smallball unit with Harden off the bench. (harden-House-Tobias-Tucker-harrell).

Let Reed allow you to play a 3 guard line-up with Embiid off the bench (maxey-shake-melton-Reed-Biid).

You then have line-ups that can play switch heavy small ball or can play big by having 3 guards to compensate for it.

You then let Melton and Reed play important roles and they pay you with deflections, rebounding and two way help on transition.

[76ciology]

Watch on YouTube

He’s right on most of it.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

Definitely need to see the Reed/Embiid frontcourt.

I agree, it'd be nice to see at least as an experiment. Doc will never do it. I think it only truly works if Reed can stretch the floor and hit open shots. Who knows if his shooting has improved yet? He hasn't had a chance to play. Neither has Thybulle.

[the_process]

Thybulle's lack of time is baffling. I know he's a zero offensively but he played the last two years for Glenn and that was fine? Is he the one that put the porn on Glenn's social media?

[mjkvol]

Thybulle's lack of time is baffling. I know he's a zero offensively but he played the last two years for Glenn and that was fine? Is he the one that put the porn on Glenn's social media?

Once Glenn found some more old guys he could run into the ground, Thybulle was history.

[76ciology]

Read on Twitter

[76ciology]

The game is perimeter based, Embiid can't do much on D if our perimeter guys get regularly beaten.

Can. Let him play with another big. Look at how Cavs covers Garland and Mitchell on defense. If a big is not enough then add length at the 3.

Should trade Tobias for Ben lol.


>_>

<_<


but no seriously, we need a guy who can defend and contain one of the opposing wings..it would help a ton. Tobias tries but isn't that guy and PJ is small and slow.

Even if you have Ben, Tatum will drop 30-40pts.

In NBA what you just dont want to give up are open shots. That’s only what you can do.

And the problem with our defense is we’re giving up open 3s, open layups and transition baskets that is from miscommunication, lack of length and athleticism.

With a Maxey-Harden backcourt, you need 3-4-5 or 4-5 that are committed to defense like Wiggins-Draymond-Looney or Mobley-Allen.

I thought Pacers plays a style of defense that suit us. Where we have midget guards at 1-2-3 positions. Where they’ll use their speed to switch. Force the opponent to take it inside, then you have 2 guys who can rotate to the paint and protect the rim.

You watch the Raps and they dont mind having GTJ and FVV because you look at how big the Kaloko-Siakam-Boucher length that those three can be elite in covering the distance in closeouts that force us to reset the offense and take a buzzer beater shot

On the other hand, the opponent have 3 type of offense that are money against us since Ben left.

1- obviously transition. Watch 2021-2022 Hornets spamming transition offense
2- involve Jojo into a 2 man game and let Jojo defend a 1v2 situation (jojo defending ball handler and an opponent cuts to the basket)
3- have a stretch 5 and run a pick and pop where jojo is reluctant to step out. And if he does, attack the paint or ORebs

And that wasnt solved with Tucker. It even got worse because atleast Danny was running down the floor.

So yes, replacing Tucker with Melton or Thybulle would solve some of the transition issues (generate deflections to create FB pts and be better transition defense). But it wont solve the lack of length in closing out to shooters, DRebs, protecting the rim and some lengthy finisher on a very spaced out offense.

Embiid is shooting 60% from mid range. Open your eyes. You got 5 guys who can be great outside the paint. You can afford to have one non-floor spacer who can score high points per shot baskets kind of how Warriors used Looney, or Wiggins or GP3 as cutters. And if you want some old school example, look at how Mavs utilize a lob threat in Chandler with Dirk spacing the floor.

If we fire Doc, and replace him with Joeger (grit and grind grizz) or Vogel (2020 Lakers) or Carlisle (Dirk-Chandler) or Pop (TD-Splitter), I know what they’ll do

[youngcrev]

Maxey going off has me faltering on my "move him to the bench" position.

It really comes down to him staying aggressive and our stars making sure he's involved.

Melton for Tucker is interesting if Harden and Embiid can buy into keeping the ball moving and push the pace. You'd legitimately have 5 guys on the floor that can grab and go (well, Embiid at least thinks he can). You don't lose anything with spacing. You're smaller, but Harden and Tobias would probably benefit defensively from sizing up positionally. Makes you a considerably faster team and gets a guy that can generate turnovers on the floor. And you shouldn't really lose much on the boards since Melton is a really good rebounder for a guard.

I'm sure there's some matchups that this wouldn't work great against... But do teams really want to bog down their offense by trying to post up our smalls, and get into a half court battle with James Harden and Joel Embiid?

I think this is the first move Mike D'Antoni makes next week

[Kobblehead]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

He's an absolute idiot. I don't understand how he's garnered so much hype over the last two years.

Because look at his physical tools and traits.

He's a defensive freak with length and athleticism. Something we don't have anywhere else on our roster. He also happens to be a great rebounder. We're one of the worst rebounding teams in the NBA.

And in the G-League, he's even flashing shooting and playmaking upside. He's been a complete player at that level that won the MVP.

The hype for Reed is definitely warranted, in my eyes.

[phillynative]

Maxey going off has me faltering on my "move him to the bench" position.

It really comes down to him staying aggressive and our stars making sure he's involved.

Melton for Tucker is interesting if Harden and Embiid can buy into keeping the ball moving and push the pace. You'd legitimately have 5 guys on the floor that can grab and go (well, Embiid at least thinks he can). You don't lose anything with spacing. You're smaller, but Harden and Tobias would probably benefit defensively from sizing up positionally. Makes you a considerably faster team and gets a guy that can generate turnovers on the floor. And you shouldn't really lose much on the boards since Melton is a really good rebounder for a guard.

I'm sure there's some matchups that this wouldn't work great against... But do teams really want to bog down their offense by trying to post up our smalls, and get into a half court battle with James Harden and Joel Embiid?

I think this is the first move Mike D'Antoni makes next week

I would rather the sixers get lengthier , more athletic on the wings but we don't have the personnel. Put Tucker on the bench, get quicker makes the most since. Getting Maxey going should be a priority moving forward as his speed is a factor.

Maxey, Tisse, House, Tucker/Niang, Trez lineup played well against the raptors.Sixers should look into playing Maxey more with the bench as the primary ball handler while Harden and Embiid do their thing in the halfcourt P&R.

[Kobblehead]

Maxey going off has me faltering on my "move him to the bench" position.

It really comes down to him staying aggressive and our stars making sure he's involved.

I don't think it should factor into your position. We all know what Maxey is capable of from an individual standpoint. We also know we're never going to play with pace or have the requisite FGAs available to him when our normal team is together. I think the logic comes down to who is more able to provide rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks between Maxey and Melton. And honestly, I don't think it's very debatable. Those ancillary traits are what is needed to make our starting unit balanced. I think Melton is just the correct choice and that's no disrespect to Maxey.

[Embiid P]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

He's an absolute idiot. I don't understand how he's garnered so much hype over the last two years.

Because we currently lack any other long athletic wings and forwards and thus get eaten alive by the likes of Tatum, Brown, Giannis and Siakam (though not last night oddly enough) every time we play them.

[76ciology]

Top 10 in Defensive Efficiency (pp/100 poss. allowed)

1. Bucks (100) play big
2. Cavs (105.3) play big
3. Lakers (105.4) not yet realized but they need twin tower
4. Suns (107.2) will get decimated in the playoffs
5. Wolves (107.7) play big
6. Magic (108.9) play big

*lakers should slide AD to PF like what Vogel used to do. That way he can create mismatch like how Bud did for Giannis.

If playing big is the secret sauce in defense why wont everyone do it? Its because you need a potent scoring backcourt to run it. Cavs is building and even doubling down on that philosophy.

Coaches who knows this.
- pop
- joeger
- vogel
- dan burke
- carlisle
- udoka

[ProcessDoctor]

Reed is a cool player but he's very stupid. Reminds me a bit of Sam Dalembert--not game-wise, but coltishness / BBIQ-wise.

He's an absolute idiot. I don't understand how he's garnered so much hype over the last two years.

Because look at his physical tools and traits.

He's a defensive freak with length and athleticism. Something we don't have anywhere else on our roster. He also happens to be a great rebounder. We're one of the worst rebounding teams in the NBA.

And in the G-League, he's even flashing shooting and playmaking upside. He's been a complete player at that level that won the MVP.

The hype for Reed is definitely warranted, in my eyes.

He’s been “flashing” for years but will never be able to put it together because his IQ is just so low. He almost immediately picks up 2-3 quick fouls when he enters the game, has stone hands, and tries too hard to make Sportscenter rather than make the smart simple play. Maybe he will overcome his stupidity one day and prove me wrong but I just don’t see it yet.