R2G7 - 76ers vs Celtics - May 14 330PM TNT

[Calinks]

I absolutely hate how the modern NBA punishes big men and rewards wings so much more. They make it ridiculously hard to build a championship team around a Center, dman near impossible if he doesn't have an elite wing carrying the load and its so annoying. Its like why even bother investing in an elite big when you can throw a decent one out there and they will be just fine because the Wings get all the calls, can't be touched, are allowed to mow people down, etc. /endrant

Jokic doesn't get the calls and he has no problem, it's just Embiid that is a fraud like Towns.

Jokic has had plenty of problems, not because of him, again because the league favors wings/guards. Embiid is an MVP clearly not a fraud, he's one of the great centers in the game but again, the league is built to favor wings. Bigs have a way harder time carrying an offense in the playoffs. They get their asses kicked every night (Look at the scars and scratch4es on Jokic) but don't get half the benefit a guard would get if they were getting beat down like that.

[Snotbubbles]

We always say the same thing though, until it's too late and players have low value by then, it always happens (not only with this team to be fair).

You can trade Embiid next offseason.

You could've also traded Simmons after 2019, after 2020, after 2021...
The moment is now, he will be 30 and players just don't improve anymore, he's had more than enough chances and we now know who he is, it's time to cut bait.

But if we know, then so do other GMs. The best thing to do is bring in a new coaching staff, get these guys trying different sets and see if they can get over the hump.

[TheBallsDeeper]

Why take the starters out? They should have to stay out there and take their humiliating lose - not hide on the bench.

After that pathetic performance I hope the feel ashamed of themselves.

[Arsenal]

Springer might be our best 4th quarter scorer in losses this series.

I'm ready to start him next to Maxey next year. Gives us some defense and toughness we desperately need. Not like we're winning anything anyway.

[Calinks]

I absolutely hate how the modern NBA punishes big men and rewards wings so much more. They make it ridiculously hard to build a championship team around a Center, dman near impossible if he doesn't have an elite wing carrying the load and its so annoying. Its like why even bother investing in an elite big when you can throw a decent one out there and they will be just fine because the Wings get all the calls, can't be touched, are allowed to mow people down, etc. /endrant

Giannis won a championship two years ago. It's possible. Joel doesnt have his mindset though and never will.

1. Giannis has a lot of wing like aspects to his game.Mainly drive and attack. 2. Giannis is an all time great. Not saying they can't win, they can but its much harder for a big man than a wing/guard of similar skill.

[Negrodamus]

While Celtics fans are reprehensible POS, at least they aren't annoying the entire series and they wait till they win to cowardly rub it in. Raptors fans were far worse.

[phiphan]

Next season you have to play Springer

He stinks.

[BigSleep333]

wtf are u smiling about joel? winners aint able to smile when losing. not 2 seconds after the end of the game.

[Arsenal]

Why take the starters out? They should have to stay out there and take their humiliating lose - not hide on the bench.

After that pathetic performance I hope the feel ashamed of themselves.

More importantly the god damn ownership and front office should be ashamed of themselves. Their actions over the past 6 years constitute nothing short of a crime against the city and the game.

[FireMorey]

If you want to be real, the team doesn't deserve to win titles. They're a poorly run organization that has squandered opportunity after opportunity over the years with terrible decisions. Non Sixers fans should be looking at the Sixers as an injustice if they ever won anything. They fully deserve to have things like this happen to them.

The owner allowed the GM that had them on a good path being pushed out. They went into the 2019 offseason without a GM and it led to them trading Bridges for Zhaire Smith. They let Jimmy Butler go.

All of this is justice and fully deserved. They're a sad, detestable organization.

[Sixteen]

Where are our mods?

[Murray_17]

Next season you have to play Springer

He stinks.

He looks amazing to me and has 20 years

[Bum Adebayo]

Why take the starters out? They should have to stay out there and take their humiliating lose - not hide on the bench.

After that pathetic performance I hope the feel ashamed of themselves.

They don't, they remember all the money they have in the bank and won't care much after today, TBH I would probably feel the same way.

[okboomer]

I absolutely hate how the modern NBA punishes big men and rewards wings so much more. They make it ridiculously hard to build a championship team around a Center, dman near impossible if he doesn't have an elite wing carrying the load and its so annoying. Its like why even bother investing in an elite big when you can throw a decent one out there and they will be just fine because the Wings get all the calls, can't be touched, are allowed to mow people down, etc. /endrant

Giannis won a championship two years ago. It's possible. Joel doesnt have his mindset though and never will.

1. Giannis has a lot of wing like aspects to his game.Mainly drive and attack. 2. Giannis is an all time great. Not saying they can't win, they can but its much harder for a big man than a wing/guard of similar skill.

I would like for Joel to try to score baskets like Giannis does instead of playing for fouls. He did that too much in game 6.

[Bum Adebayo]

Where are our meds?

Fixed

[brannigan73]

I’m not coming here to brag or gloat but this is why Nets fans told you all this dude Harden is a loser. He’s soft. His best shot at a title was 2021 with KD and was eyeing Philly faking injuries. Now, he can’t produce.

The Sixers are better off working out a S&T with Houston and sending him back where he belongs, he never loved the idea of leaving but just wants to coat tail without real work and grinding. Philly and Brooklyn are about hard nosed working class level basketball. That’s not him.

He’s a dude from Cali who has no understanding of our Eastern toughness of the sport.

I am truly sorry you guys are dealing with this, I wanted a quality game.

It's not like Embiid was any better though, they are both the same frauds.

But most non Sixer fans knew that. Most fans expected him to carry them similar to LeBron for Cleveland, Giannis for Milwaukee or Kawhi for Toronto. The Embiid part of not being able to do so is why Harden was there. It was more so based on health.

Harden looks really pathetic right now. Embiid never had a chance at Kyrie, Paul, KD (2), Westbrook (2), Embiid. He’s looking like a true loser. The stats look the same. The Game 7 vs Milwaukee looks the same when he was a Net. He is literally needs a real serious look at himself.

Harden should be the one leading these guys, the only man to make the Finals on the roster. He should be the leader.

No Embiid is the leader. Harden is a veteran with a ton of mileage. As bad he was he wont two games almost by himself. If Embiid could have had one game like that they would have won. People are going to keep banging the James drum, and its not without merit, but Embiid came up pretty small yet again. As did the loser of all time Tobias Harris. Who has been a curse on this team for what seems 1000 years. What an inefficient use of money and he never plays well when it counts.

[Negrodamus]

Springer might be our best 4th quarter scorer in losses this series.

I'm ready to start him next to Maxey next year. Gives us some defense and toughness we desperately need. Not like we're winning anything anyway.

He 100% should get a shot. He is actually a consistent threat from midrange which would be welcomed after we lived and died by the three all season.

The problem is having Maxey and Springer occupying the 1 and 2, we don't have a natural ballhandler/distributor on the team.

[the_process]

That choke was impressive. Glenn needs to be fired tomorrow.

[Bum Adebayo]

Yeah and Harden has more mileage on his body and is much older, it makes sense that he is inconsistent (though not as drastic as this), but what's the excuse for Embiid?

[ProcessDoctor]

Another sad part is the refs were biasing the calls in our favor early on.