Jaqua92 wrote:Sixers in 4 wrote:I don't have a problem with Maxey holding Embiid accountable for his tardiness. What I have a problem with is people using this as some sort of evidence against their horrible takes for years.
His injuries are legit.
The only horrid takes are the ones that have claimed he's arguably the best in the world/a legit top 5 player/MVP caliber olayer.
The talent is there. But the atittude and stat padding relegates him to a top 10 guy.
It's about time that this con is finally ending.
This is exactly the kind of take I was referring to earlier.
Embiid doesn't look like the same player out there. He is getting better but doesn't have the lift, isn't explosive, isn't chasing down blocks, and barely dunks the basketball anymore. He is a shell of what he once was. If this is the version of Embiid we are going to see going forward, then I would agree he will never or should never be in the legit conversation for an MVP award going forward.
But this is not what he always was; even tonight, when he scored like 30, he wasn't moving well. He wasn't going hard on defence or at the basket; his knees looked completely shot, and he still was the best sixer on the court by a country mile. If you want to take this version of Embiid and pretend that this is what Embiid always was when he was winning/being in the conversations for MVP's and being the best two-way player in the league. I don't know what to tell you, but you're just out there lying.