Sixers Offseason Thread Part 3

[mjkvol]

The problem with PG is even if he comes it will absolutely be his choice of last resort and he'll only come to secure the bag. I'm fearful he'll just pack it in. Horford vibes.

My fear all along - he clearly wants to be in LA or on the west coast. I'm afraid this is where Morey is going, but just imagine if George gets off to a bad start here. The boos start coming, and then suddenly he's on the DL. This is four years, not a rental, so it had better work because there ain't no Plan B once he's here.

[ProcessDoctor]

Bodner also saying we're waiting to act on other moves until the Paul George situation settles.

[AI_Efficiency]

Come on basketball gods, just give us either PG or Ingram. They aren’t perfect, but I know they aren’t giving us 0 points in an elimination game.

[Kobblehead]

We wouldn't be blessed in having to trade for Brandon Ingram. That trade is available whenever we want it. And it would arguably be a really bad move.

Signing George with capspace is the play, here.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

^^^ Yeah, it's not like he'll be easy to trade if things go south. You have to really ask yourself at this point, does adding Paul George put us ahead of Boston and New York? I personally don't think that it does. You're still banking on either New York or Boston slipping or an injury occuring that knocks them off the throne. Then you have an injury prone George playing with an injury prone Embiid. I just don't see it. I don't see it working out.

What I do like is the fact that we didn't trade away our draft picks. We kept them and we should use them, and develop them. Suddenly we've got a youthful core with Maxey, Council, McCain, and hopefully Bona. I think we should continue to add younger free agents as opposed to older divas who are averaging 45 games players per year. Paul George is going to be a disaster here in my opinion. Sure, we're a playoff team with or without him, but it'll feel extremely forced and false if we sign him.
I think it's important to see where Joel Embiid is at with all of this. We would have easily locked down the 2nd seed this past season had he not gotten hurt and that's with him, Maxey and fillers. Not to mention Harris dragging us down. I don't know man, call me crazy, but I think we need to add 3-4 versatile free agents, bring back Oubre, Lowry, and Batum and run it back. Give McCain and Council minutes as well. You've got to find a way to develop youth through all of this.

[Negrodamus]

Keeping McCain and future picks make the PG pickup so much more alluring.

[ProcessDoctor]

I mean, I love Paul George the player, but if Paul George the person isn't into us then why bother?

On another, he finished in the top-10 in EPM last year (sandwiched between LeBron and Kawhi). I could see his advanced stats prowess being why Morey is giving it his all to sign him.

https://dunksandthrees.com/epm

[FireMorey]

I think the Sixers are already ahead of NY. The Sixers win 10 more games than them if Embiid didn't have to get surgery, and they absolutely win that series if Embiid wasn't playing on one leg. Even with him playing on one leg, the refs completely screwed the Sixers out of game 2 so that series could have gone either as it was. They are unquestionably better than them with PG. He's a better player than Bridges he more than cancels out the Bridges acquisition.

[Black Mage]

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And this is why if PG opts in, I just don't see GSW beating us. Ballmer would rather ship him out of conference.

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Pretty realistic take on what's going on.

[AI_Efficiency]

I think the Sixers are already ahead of NY. The Sixers win 10 more games than them if Embiid didn't have to get surgery, and they absolutely win that series if Embiid wasn't playing on one leg. Even with him playing on one leg, the refs completely screwed the Sixers out of game 2 so that series could have gone either as it was. They are unquestionably better than them with PG. He's a better player than Bridges he more than cancels out the Bridges acquisition.

I’m still not confident we have PG. He could get traded elsewhere or just finally cave and take the clippers offer. He could just be trying to get them to cave, but will still come back even if they don’t.

[KramerDSP]

I like the idea that we can say to Paul George that we will gladly give him every penny he is worth that we are legally allowed to and that we don’t need the Clippers’ help.


“Paul, the road to the championship is more navigable in the East. Philly is a tough town but if it works out, you’re the new Moses Malone and you’ll be one of the most beloved players of all time. And if it doesn’t, you’re still $220 million dollars richer and if it really sucks to be here after two years, we’ll trade you back to the west coast.”

[MikRay]

I think the Sixers are already ahead of NY. The Sixers win 10 more games than them if Embiid didn't have to get surgery, and they absolutely win that series if Embiid wasn't playing on one leg. Even with him playing on one leg, the refs completely screwed the Sixers out of game 2 so that series could have gone either as it was. They are unquestionably better than them with PG. He's a better player than Bridges he more than cancels out the Bridges acquisition.

Agree on all points if Joel is healthy we can beat NY and compete with Boston. Boston is still better but a turned ankle can happen to Tatum, or Brown and it be over.

[KramerDSP]

If Paul George has decided he’s going to Philadelphia, opting in makes zero sense. Having extra assets for the deadline to go on a championship run is a no brainer.

And if he thinks he’s going to force his way to GS by opting in and then forcing Philly to cough draft assets to acquire him, that’s gonna be a bad first start for him and the fans.

[Kobblehead]

If Paul George opts in, he's dead to me and should be dead to Embiid/Morey, as well.

[FireMorey]

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We'll see if Ingram is involved.

[MikRay]

If Paul George opts in, he's dead to me and should be dead to Embiid/Morey, as well.

Yep

[AI_Efficiency]

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We'll see if Ingram is involved.

If we miss out on him and don’t get PG, just bury Morey under the arena.

[Sixteen]

I think Klay is going to bounce back a bit next year and I wouldn't mind signing him if all else fails. He would eat off all of the open threes Embiid would create for him. Admittedly I haven't watched a ton of warriors this year, has his defense fell off that bad?

[FireMorey]

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Ingram not involved. Ingram should be cheaper via trade than Murray, so Ingram is definitely gone now, they'll probably look to recoup the picks by trading him.

[ProcessDoctor]

Whoaaa. There has to be another filler besides Nance.