2024 Olympics/Embiid Watch Thread

[sixers hoops]

Lebron has barely slowed down. He is as athletic as most 31 year olds.

We need to get our lead back up

[Embiid P]

My hopes for tonight, in exact order of priority:

1) Embiid stays healthy
2) Embiid plays well
3) USA wins

Looks like you're gonna get 2 out of 3.

[Embiid P]

Killer Clutch Curry is unconscious.

[Negrodamus]

Perfect, can’t wait for NBA twitter/reddit to absolutely fry Wemby for crying for the next three years, right? Right?!

[eyeatoma]

Good job Jo. Now take 2 weeks off, and then shed 30 lbs, and actually have an injury free season. You can doooo iiiit!

[Embiid P]

Good job Jo. Now take 2 weeks off, and then shed 30 lbs, and actually have an injury free season. You can doooo iiiit!

Injury-free over the course of an entire season is highly unlikely with Embiid so I'll advise him to simply keep the injuries to a minimum.
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[eyeatoma]

Good job Jo. Now take 2 weeks off, and then shed 30 lbs, and actually have an injury free season. You can doooo iiiit!

Injury-free over the course of an entire season is highly unlikely with Embiid so I'll advise him to simply keep the injuries to a minimum.
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True, although he immensely raises his chances by losing that extra weight.

[FireMorey]

This offseason couldn't have gone any better for the Sixers. They have everything fall their way in free agency. Embiid dominates in the olympics, doesn't get hurt, and gets a gold medal. Which let's be real, is more legitimate as a championship than the last two NBA "champions"

[eyeatoma]

We did it yall!!

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[Eyeamok]

The Warriors need to do everything they possibly can to give Curry a shot at another championship. That guy is amazing. KD has to be saying to himself what the hell was I thinking leaving this Curry and the warriors.

Great overall game and Embiid has something to build on for the upcoming season.

[Mik317]

some fantastic ass basketball

[Sixteen]

LFG. I'm proud of our boy. Another notch on his way to HOF

[76ciology]

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[76ciology]

Good job Jo. Now take 2 weeks off, and then shed 30 lbs, and actually have an injury free season. You can doooo iiiit!

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[Jailblazers7]

That was an amazing game. The medals rounds of this Olympics were elite.

[76ciology]

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That's one reason Kerr benched Tatum. The international game emphasizes team defense and a zone-oriented approach, and frankly, his scoring style doesn’t mesh as well with that system compared to other options.

[Mik317]

Tatum is a rhythm player who needs lots of touches to get into a flow. His Hanlen bro Embiid is the exact same. Biid's best games came when he hit a few threes. His size and rim deterence and suddenly good screening made up for his lack of off ball work. Tatum's jumper has been broken for a few months now (IDK why) and with all of the other wings either bringing better playmaking or shooting...his lack of playing time became easier. Booker being a much better role guy than I expected also sealed his fate. KD getting hurt and needing to be eased in also didn't help as my guess is that KD would have started and Tatum would have gotten the 6th man type role.

I hate Tatum (well not really...seems like a nice guy and a fellow cornball) due to his celtic ties but Kerr could have found a way to play him IMO

but at the same time...who gives a ****...WE WON FFS. IDK that Jo basically was froze out today, he didn't have it and it was a bad matchup unless Gobert was in. Celtics fans losing their **** over it is very sad lol. Its like Nuggets fans last year.... I don't understand the constant need of validation after winning a chip. If this bitch ass franchise ever does it I may never post again lol. Biid could airball every shot and every layup and it would matter if we won for **** once. And yet there they go still wanting everyone to suck them off as if they didn't win.

[mjkvol]

I didn't watch any of the games because it just seemed like rooting for an all-star varsity squad playing a bunch of JV teams and because, quite frankly, I don't like anyone on the team except Embiid and maybe Curry, who I have tremendous respect for. And Haliburton, who seems like a great kid and handled being the 12th guy like a pro. The fuss about Tatum and Brown was an embarrassment, primarily the national media and Celtic fan reactions.

The only amazing thing to me is that this group was a bronze medalist if not for one ice-cold Serbian shooting quarter.

[Kobblehead]

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Michael Jordan spent like 50K hours going full-tilt with Tim Grover to be the GOAT.

Jokic is the best without doing anything lol.

[ivysixer2000]

Wemby cried. Jojo cried, which did make him work to be the MVP he is. We should be scared of Wemby, cause he actually cares with Pop smiling.

My favorite part was Jojo celebrating after they won the silver. Bron grabbed him by the jersey, look at the tape, he is just a big kid. We do have to accept him for what he is, and also give us hope. Now we are expecting more from him.....5 years ago we didn't think he could play this long.

Enjoy having the best player in the world as he did choose USA.