76ciology wrote:youngcrev wrote:76ciology wrote:
Yup. You’ll see. Even coach Jim Lynam and Marc Jackson liked it. While Doc Rivers, who knows basketball than anyone of us here, run it.
If you know basketball it makes sense.
Ok, explain how it makes sense. And don't just cite twin towers set ups from previous eras, tell me what the advantage is. Because it seems to me you're sacrificing perimeter defense (and rim protection if Embiid is the guy you're asking to guard 4s), offensive spacing, and your transition game (both ways), all so that you can get a rebounding edge and a possible post mismatch for an inferior post player.
Hell, people freak out about fit with Simmons... Pairing Jo with Drummond gives you all the same problems (and then some) and none of the advantages.
I’ll give you the reasons, you’ll give me counter reasons and all will be theoretical if it will work or dont.
Just saying.. people were like “you’re crazy, we’re not gonna run a drummond and embiid frontcourt”. And look where we are.
*i repeat. Im not saying we play big as default.
So it sounds like even Jojo approve this
“We have been talking about it a lot,” said Rivers. “We had that practice the day after Christmas. It was a fun practice where the five bigs played the five guards in a scrimmage. It was hilarious watching the bigs handle the ball, but they won. But we like that lineup because Drum can do so many things with the ball as far as passing and Joel is Joel.”
Drummond had four assists as did Embiid, and the Sixers were actually a plus-5 with that lineup.
“When teams try to trap now, you duck Drummond, that is a big target,” Rivers added. “We didn’t have any guard play; we were down 10 I think. I said, ‘No guard play, let’s go big. We can’t go small. Let’s go huge.’ I thought it had a big impact on the game. Joel was so excited because he has been wanting it and when we did it, he was over the moon about it so it’s a lineup we can use.”
With Embiid and Drummond on the floor, the Sixers worked their way back into the game. It is something Embiid would like to see again.
“They were killing us on the glass, so I thought that was a great adjustment to kind of put some size out there because their two bigs were long and they kept getting to those 50/50 balls so I was excited,” said Embiid. “It was great and I think, in the future, that’s something that we should really look into because it really puts a lot of pressure on the opposite team.”
The good thing about the lineup is despite the two of them being big men, both have the versatility to play on the perimeter. Embiid can shoot and handle the rock, and Drummond is a good passer. They played off each other a bit.
“It was great,” Embiid finished. “I think that’s something that we can always use to our advantage especially because these days, I don’t really play like a center anymore. I feel like you can put me anywhere on the floor and I’m gonna figure it out from 1 through 5 so I thought it was great.”
Maybe we know more than Embiid and Doc. I dont know.