ECSF: P1 | (2) Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers (3) | BOS 1-0

[ric munchn]

1. Embiid
2. Simmons
3. Irving
4. Horford
5. Hayward
6. Brown
7. Covington
8. Tatum
9. Rozier
10. Ilyasova

No love for the Marcus brothers

[Jazztop]

Philly did not have Belinelli or Ilyasova in any of the losses to the celtics. This is a completely different team not sure why everyone is just going along with they were beating weak teams narrative.

Are we really comparing those guys to Hayward or Kyrie?

Or even Marcus Morris?

Enjoy your team, man. Don't care in the least about them or my own team in this playoffs.

Why does Hayward keep getting brought up? We haven’t seen even 10 seconds of him in a Celtics uniform and it’s not like he was already a superstar like Kyrie.

He could easily have been a poor fit on the Celtics.

[GeorgeMarcus]

It is laughable because Saric is not there as of yet and many people have called you out for being extremely bias #1 Dario fan

Lol, no they haven't. No one has ever said that about me outside of Boston fans (you) that I've argued with. Rather than rebut the rankings I laid out, you chose to rely on unfounded ad hominem attacks.

2nd round should be fun.

Idk man I’ve seen 2 Sixers fan already agree with me that it’s laughable to think that Saric is close to Hayward. And there’s another poster who was surprised to see that this was actually a discussion. Also another called you a troll. So yeah. I don’t need to put my ranking up because I have Hayward coming into the year top 20 as well. Your argument was over a long time ago buddy. Perhaps we can have another debate that isn’t laughable for another time

You're being evasive because you don't want to deal with the backlash of putting Hayward in front of the guys I listed. The poster who said I was trolling was a Celtics fan and the 2 Sixers fans you're referencing were commenting about Saric not being as good as Hayward, which was never the argument I made. Sorry champ.

[sfernald]

Hey Celtics fans? Who do you think will be in your starting back court if you make it to second round?

Because I can’t tell you how **** your team is going to be until I know this;)

[eyeatoma]

1. Embiid
2. Simmons
3. Irving
4. Horford
5. Hayward
6. Brown
7. Covington
8. Tatum
9. Rozier
10. Ilyasova

Lol I like how you totally leave out Saric...

[LloydFree]

1. Embiid
2. Simmons
3. Irving
4. Horford
5. Hayward
6. Brown
7. Covington
8. Tatum
9. Rozier
10. Ilyasova

Lol I like how you totally leave out Saric...

If he was one of the best 10 players on these two teams, he would have been included.

[eyeatoma]

1. Embiid
2. Simmons
3. Irving
4. Horford
5. Hayward
6. Brown
7. Covington
8. Tatum
9. Rozier
10. Ilyasova

Lol I like how you totally leave out Saric...

If he was one of the best 10 players on these two teams, he would have been included.

Lol I forgot, you'd rather have Ilyasova start over Saric.

[eyeatoma]

This whole thread will be hilarious if Milwaukee ends up beating Boston and advancing...

[SMTBSI]

Boston v Philly isn't even set in stone and this thread is already like

I love it.

I'm normally not one for the "the NBA is better when teams X and Y are relevant etc." nonsense. But, you have to admit, this would be a sweet series.

[LookToShoot]

Sixers are the 2013 Grizzlies. They will coast in the second by virtue of the Celtics not having their star player, then they’ll be humbled by the Cavs or Raptors. But they can at least hang their hat on making the ECF..

[the_process]

Boston v Philly isn't even set in stone and this thread is already like

I love it.

I'm normally not one for the "the NBA is better when teams X and Y are relevant etc." nonsense. But, you have to admit, this would be a sweet series.

Who remembers these ads? And who is the girl at the end? (And OJ to boot!)

Watch on YouTube

[michaelm]

We really only need to worry about Saric for the sake of this thread, as Hayward is not playing.

Exactly. How he was before his injury is not particularly relevant until he is back on court playing at that level.

[bakesale]

Sixers are the 2013 Grizzlies. They will coast in the second by virtue of the Celtics not having their star player, then they’ll be humbled by the Cavs or Raptors. But they can at least hang their hat on making the ECF..

LOL humbled by the Cavs or Raptors?

Philly have a superior offensive and defensive rating in the playoffs compared to Cleveland and Toronto. Toronto is struggling to get past the super inconsistent Wizards and Cleveland is barely beating Indiana and need Lebron to score 44 points and hit a game winner at the buzzer to beat them and you think they will humble Philly?

With Indy you can shut down Oladipo and you give yourself a chance. Who's gonna stop Embiid? Let alone Simmons, Saric, Redick etc who have all been balling.

[HotTubMike]

Watching MIL-BOS right now... I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Philly sweep... these teams really really lack top end talent (other than Giannis)... Boston due to injury.... Milwaukee just isn’t very impressive

[nurseryc]

Who’s an easier matchup for the Sixers out of the current Celtics and Bucks lineups? Who would the Sixers rather play next?

[eyeatoma]

Sixers are the 2013 Grizzlies. They will coast in the second by virtue of the Celtics not having their star player, then they’ll be humbled by the Cavs or Raptors. But they can at least hang their hat on making the ECF..

Except any form of the Grizzlies teams didn't have generational star talent... They had a couple of occasional all-stars (yes a DPOY in Gasol I believe), but this is a totally different situation.

[TTP]

Who’s an easier matchup for the Sixers out of the current Celtics and Bucks lineups? Who would the Sixers rather play next?

Given that the Bucks were one of the worst teams in the playoffs (only team in the playoffs with a negative net rating) and the Sixers just beat them by 35 in the last game of the regular season, I think we'd clearly prefer to play the Bucks. Not to mention home court advantage.

[reload141]

Who’s an easier matchup for the Sixers out of the current Celtics and Bucks lineups? Who would the Sixers rather play next?

Given that the Bucks were one of the worst teams in the playoffs (only team in the playoffs with a negative net rating) and the Sixers just beat them by 35 in the last game of the regular season, I think we'd clearly prefer to play the Bucks. Not to mention home court advantage.

This. Philly wouldn't want Boston they'd want to take advantage of Milwaukee, there is no one that can even contain Embiid slightly on the Bucks. Not to mention the coaching disparity between the Bucks & Boston.

Oh and yes, HCA.

[mithrandir17]

Lol at the Boston fans already trash talking about playing against the sixers but could not even close out a game.

[Ballerhogger]

The bucks will be the tougher series for the 76ers