Game 36: Pelicans @ 76ers

Iverson Armband · Post #41 » by **Iverson Armband** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:31 am

Maxey fits in fine with a rebuild… just like Jrue Holiday would have. Everyone else can go though

Arsenal · Post #42 » by **Arsenal** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:33 am

Easily see an 8 or 9 game losing streak coming up.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #43 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:37 am

I'm watching our team and the main thing that remains a killer is the rebounding issues. We lose every time we get smoked on the boards. Pets had like 13 offensive rebounds and I don't think there was one that didn't result in a score for them. We don't have an athletic big that can crash the glass the way other teams do. I feel like every team in this league has a Yvess Missi, Nic Claxton type big that can fly in and grab rebounds. Adem Bona has heart and he's worth a look, but he's too small for that type of role. There's guys out there that are probably available. Marvin Bagley, Jalen Smith...We've never once even attempted adding an athletic big to this roster. I think that type of big would help. More importantly, it would help if guys actually boxed out for rebounds. That appears to be Something Nick Nurse is not reinforcing in his practice sessions. Paul George does not box out. Kelly Oubre for all his hustle and flow...Does not box out. Ricky Council is our best rebounder and that's not a good thing. This is where KJ Martin is sorely missed.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #44 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:38 am

Arsenal wrote:Easily see an 8 or 9 game losing streak coming up.

Let's hope so. Team has no business trying to hang with the elites of this league.

Embiid P · Post #45 » by **Embiid P** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:41 am

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:I'm watching our team and the main thing that remains a killer is the rebounding issues. We lose every time we get smoked on the boards. Pets had like 13 offensive rebounds and I don't think there was one that didn't result in a score for them. We don't have an athletic big that can crash the glass the way other teams do. I feel like every team in this league has a Yvess Missi, Nic Claxton type big that can fly in and grab rebounds. Adem Bona has heart and he's worth a look, but he's too small for that type of role. There's guys out there that are probably available. Marvin Bagley, Jalen Smith...We've never once even attempted adding an athletic big to this roster. I think that type of big would help. More importantly, it would help if guys actually boxed out for rebounds. That appears to be Something Nick Nurse is not reinforcing in his practice sessions. Paul George does not box out. Kelly Oubre for all his hustle and flow...Does not box out. Ricky Council is our best rebounder and that's not a good thing. This is where KJ Martin is sorely missed.

Seems to be a common theme with Morey I noticed. He prefers guards and forwards who can shoot even if they are undersized and easier to beat on the boards by bigger athletes.

Slacktard · Post #46 » by **Slacktard** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 2:42 am

This is the least interested I am in watching games since the Process years when Embiid was out for the season. Probably even more negative in that I thought that plan had a chance to result in something. I see absolutely nothing ever being achieved by this core.

FireMorey · Post #47 » by **FireMorey** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:24 am

It's hard to view this any other way than the Sixers are getting exactly what they deserve as an organization. They've treated this season like it doesn't matter to them since the beginning. Embiid is a little sore? Give him a week off! PG is a little sore? Give him a couple games off! Cue the Oprah meme. You get a game off, you get a game off, everybody gets a game off!

The team is not good enough to be giving guys games off left and right when they already had them missing large chunks of the season with injury. There is zero reason Embiid should be sitting right now. He got a little boo boo on his foot like two weeks ago pre game with the Knicks and was fine enough to play... IN THAT SAME GAME. But now he has to miss 3-4 games two weeks later from the same injury? Give me a break. They're a joke. If they treat games like schedule losses they're going to get a product on the court that reflects it. How do you think the players in that locker room feel when they find out their most important player is just going to not be able to play for a week's worth of games because he's a little sore, when I'm sure everyone in that damn locker room is sore.

The product is a joke because they aren't taking this season seriously. It's really that simple. I honestly can't believe the fans still go down there. I have no idea how many were down there tonight, I didn't watch, but if it was anywhere close to full, I can't believe people are still forking over money to this pathetic organization.

Black Mage · Post #48 » by **Black Mage** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:53 am

Arsenal wrote:Easily see an 8 or 9 game losing streak coming up.

If the Sixers miss the 10th seed, I have to think Nurse and Morey are both gone.

the_process · Post #49 » by **the_process** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:43 am

Black Mage wrote:
Arsenal wrote:Easily see an 8 or 9 game losing streak coming up.

If the Sixers miss the 10th seed, I have to think Nurse and Morey are both gone.

I wouldn't count on that. On the contrary, I feel like those two basically have carte blanche for the next three years.

Zumramania · Post #50 » by **Zumramania** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:36 am

Arsenal wrote:Refs got paid off tonight. Check their bank accounts.

Yeah, it's not an excuse but the officiating was horrible.They didn't give us some very clear fouls, it felt like they were on a mission. Bizarre.

Kova · Post #51 » by **Kova** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 10:09 am

Our D sucked, but the refs definitely did their best for us to lose the game. Horrendous officiating.

Lou_23 · Post #52 » by **Lou_23** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:26 pm

Is not about the players. This team plays terrible basketball with injuries or without them. It is about the coach.

Last year without Embiid this team was one of the worst of the league, they had a good record because a historic Embiid year.

mksp · Post #53 » by **mksp** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:06 pm

imagine watching this team play basketball and thinking the problem is tyrese maxey

Zumramania · Post #54 » by **Zumramania** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:31 pm

Lou_23 wrote:Is not about the players. This team plays terrible basketball with injuries or without them. It is about the coach.

Last year without Embiid this team was one of the worst of the league, they had a good record because a historic Embiid year.

I agree, Nurse is not coaching well and he has no clue about how to develop young players. I feel like other teams do a much better job with this.

MikRay · Post #55 » by **MikRay** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 7:35 pm

mksp wrote:imagine watching this team play basketball and thinking the problem is tyrese maxey

he’s extremely overrated by the fan base he might be the most unefficient player in the league

the_process · Post #56 » by **the_process** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 7:36 pm

Zumramania wrote:
Lou_23 wrote:Is not about the players. This team plays terrible basketball with injuries or without them. It is about the coach.

Last year without Embiid this team was one of the worst of the league, they had a good record because a historic Embiid year.

I agree, Nurse is not coaching well and he has no clue about how to develop young players. I feel like other teams do a much better job with this.

Here's my conundrum with blaming Nurse: he was excellent at strategy and good at developing players in Toronto. He's only a couple years removed from that. Why now does he suck? Why does (almost) every player and coach when they come here regress?

phillynative · Post #57 » by **phillynative** » Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:49 pm

Didn't know they played last night. Lost to the pels. Glad I was spared.

M2J · Post #58 » by **M2J** » Sun Jan 12, 2025 7:53 am

mksp wrote:imagine watching this team play basketball and thinking the problem is tyrese maxey

It's hilarious to me. Joel Embiid healthy is in the argument of best in the league.... But Maxey carries so much for this team and has for the past 2 seasons. Last year when they were one of the best teams Joel was his best ever, but a big party of that is the Maxey 2 man game, which helps them both.

Maxey gets crap because he's actually playing... Joel the last 2 years without Maxey would struggle without Maxey being the only real guard and primary spacer preventing teams that can easily just crowd a big like Joel that is also turnover prone. I was laughing earlier in the year when George was having a couple of good games and the offense looked more competent with both Maxey and George and George got all the credit, just by actually being present as 1 of the 3 Max players and not 1 is these minimum or room exception level talents on the team that Maxey plays with nightly. Now George has been a bit inconsistent.

The idea of having having 3 Max players where 2 are part-time and everyone else is making like 8 million exception like money or minimum is a joke and it's not realistic. I'm the biggest Nurse truth teller and I'm feeling bad for him at this point. This roster could only truly work if Martin and Oubre were TRULY efficient 3 and D players along with Yabu and another playmaker that can also defend. Jared would've helped a lot and covered much of this....

M2J · Post #59 » by **M2J** » Sun Jan 12, 2025 8:48 am

Read on Twitter

Going to catch heat for crying about his role again... Common occurrence with him. But, whatever... I've seen worse

Iverson Armband · Post #60 » by **Iverson Armband** » Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:50 pm

I’d be the first to call out a whiny player, but that quote is being taken way out of context. He said he’d rather guard on the perimeter because there’s more action and he likes chasing guards (which is more work). He said guarding bigs is boring, which I imagine it is. Not a big deal.