phillynative wrote:The rebounding woes will continue unless Nurse mixes it up.
We are starting a 6ft 6ft1 backcourt
Oubre is not known for rebounding and barely boxes out
Tobi is Tobi
Embiid banged up not a great rebounder for his size begin with
Neither Batum or Hield are all that physical either.
I would have Embiid run DHO outside of the paint like someone mentioned earlier and put Reed in the dunker spot
Have Batum play stretch 5 off the bench with KJ and Tobi on the wings. If Hield isn't shooting well should play some Council for spot mins and see if he can bring some much needed energy and athleticism.
Nick's reluctance to pair Reed with Embiid has to be Reed's inability to space the floor, and that his defender will simply double Embiid, but attacking with high P&R or DHO actions with Reed in the dunker spot should help to mitigate that. It's something he really should at least look at and try one time, because we can't survive giving up that many second chances.
My guess is that he'll see last night as a game we should have won, and a plan that basically worked, that was lost in the extended non-Embiid minutes caused by the injury, and Hart doing something he isn't likely to repeat.
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