The Greek Geek Vs. The Turkish Terror, Bucks @ Sixers 3/29 7:00pm EST

[phillynative]

The defense isn't great with Embiid either, but it can have stretches where it looks good. Embiid came back in the game and the Bucks it felt like scored on like 10 straight possessions. Couldn't get momentum because they couldn't get any stops.

No one on this team can stay in front of their man

[76ciology]

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I hate to say it but its pretty much this. We want tight games and learn from then but we also want to be winning them.

[brannigan73]

Smiley face was a no show

He looks so much happier out there when Harden isnt playing and putting up 32 point games. We should have traded for Haliburton not a washed up old man like Harden. What's he like only the 29th ranked player of all time? See how it works Bum?

[nitocobola]

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I hate to say it but its pretty much this and these kind of experiences is what we want.

he's a basketball genius.

[Arsenal]

The defense isn't great with Embiid either, but it can have stretches where it looks good. Embiid came back in the game and the Bucks it felt like scored on like 10 straight possessions. Couldn't get momentum because they couldn't get any stops.

IMO Embiid should focus less on offense in order to conserve his energy to anchor the defense and rebound. Let Harden or Maxey carry the offense.

I agree. Hopefully after this year he no longer cares about 30 ppg and the MVP.

Now that we have other scorers, we need him to consistently dominate on D ala Tim Duncan.

[Murray_17]

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I hate to say it but its pretty much this. We want tight games and learn from then but we also want to be winning them.

Signed by Doc "It's never my fault" Rivers

[mjkvol]

Giannis reminds me a lot of Jordan in terms of how he competes. Truly a great basketball player and probably the best overall player in the game right now. Milwaukee vrs Phoenix 2.0 will be your finals this year. The fact that we can hang with both of those teams speaks a lot about where we are going if we can continue to improve this roster. We're right there. Great game tonight! Tough L.

This is how I saw it as well. Great game that we very well could have won, but Giannis is a monster, and what makes him the best player in the game is the way he competes with games on the line, much like Jordan, as you said.

But what the hell kind of plays were those out of time outs by Rivers? Contested ISO's, that's the best he could draw up? We all talk about moves that need to be made on this roster, but I'm not sure there could be a more important move than replacing Glenn, but it sadly won't happen.

Solid games by Harden and Harris, who is more and more doing the things necessary and getting away from the ISO stuff. Green played well, but his flagrant might have been the turning point. Niang finally hit a couple of big 3's but was otherwise a negative factor. Maxey couldn't get a thing to drop, and Thybulle was virtually invisible.

One good thing Glenn did was finally benching Jordan - I'll take Millsap in a heartbeat.

[76ciology]

The defense isn't great with Embiid either, but it can have stretches where it looks good. Embiid came back in the game and the Bucks it felt like scored on like 10 straight possessions. Couldn't get momentum because they couldn't get any stops.

IMO Embiid should focus less on offense in order to conserve his energy to anchor the defense and rebound. Let Harden or Maxey carry the offense.

I agree. Hopefully after this year he no longer cares about 30 ppg and the MVP.

Now that we have other scorers, we need him to consistently dominate on D ala Tim Duncan.

Or replace Thybulle for a big who can play defense, rebound and play with Embiid, then just slide Embiid to PF where we can max his talent on offense and also possibly create mismatch.

[Bum Adebayo]

I gotta admit Giannis is great, he is clutch too.

[Embiid P]

Giannis reminds me a lot of Jordan in terms of how he competes. Truly a great basketball player and probably the best overall player in the game right now. Milwaukee vrs Phoenix 2.0 will be your finals this year. The fact that we can hang with both of those teams speaks a lot about where we are going if we can continue to improve this roster. We're right there. Great game tonight! Tough L.

This is how I saw it as well. Great game that we very well could have won, but Giannis is a monster, and what makes him the best player in the game is the way he competes with games on the line, much like Jordan, as you said.

But what the hell kind of plays were those out of time outs by Rivers? Contested ISO's, that's the best he could draw up? We all talk about moves that need to be made on this roster, but I'm not sure there could be a more important move than replacing Glenn, but it sadly won't happen.

Solid games by Harden and Harris, who is more and more doing the things necessary and getting away from the ISO stuff. Green played well, but his flagrant might have been the turning point. Niang finally hit a couple of big 3's but was otherwise a negative factor. Maxey couldn't get a thing to drop, and Thybulle was virtually invisible.

One good thing Glenn did was finally benching Jordan - I'll take Millsap in a heartbeat.

I still would have preferred Reed over Millsap. It's like Doc learned NOTHING from the first game against the Bucks smh.

[mjkvol]

If you're going to give the ball to Embiid in for the win situations, it has to be 5 feet and in. You can't do iso ball with a 7'2 center 18 feet from the basket. Not going to work. Otherwise, let Harden or Maxey create.

Exactly what I was thinking before the last play. It either has to be a Harden 3 or Embiid in the low box, not him starting at the 3-point line. Hell I hated the 3 that he made, clutch as it was. That shot misses and everyone is saying 'what the hell was that?'

[76thBearCub]

This team shows flashes of brilliance but I think lacks nuance on offense and discipline overall.

[Iverson Armband]

Hell, Embiid even tried posting up at the 3pt line tonight down the stretch and turned the ball over. That should never happen.

[mjkvol]

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I hate to say it but its pretty much this. We want tight games and learn from then but we also want to be winning them.

Doc sounds about as deep as a lot of Alaa's analyses.

[Arsenal]

IMO Embiid should focus less on offense in order to conserve his energy to anchor the defense and rebound. Let Harden or Maxey carry the offense.

I agree. Hopefully after this year he no longer cares about 30 ppg and the MVP.

Now that we have other scorers, we need him to consistently dominate on D ala Tim Duncan.

Or replace Thybulle for a big who can play defense, rebound and play with Embiid, then just slide Embiid to PF where we can max his talent on offense and also possibly create mismatch.

It would need to be a stretch-5 who can switch and defend the rim. Someone like Horford or Kleber.

Extremely hard to find.

It's what the theoretical upside of Paul Reed could be.

[phillynative]

We dont have a starting wing. Having to play Niang in the clutch against Giannis and Middleton because Matisses is not being guarded on the other end hurts us even more defensively. Does any of the other top teams not have a starting wing?

Not a fan of Doc or Morey


Going into the playoffs with championship chip aspirations without a starting wing, backup PG or a Backup Center is mindblowing to me. Maybe Embiid should hint at leaving so he can get a complete team around him like Giannis did.

[shlo]

The defense isn't great with Embiid either, but it can have stretches where it looks good. Embiid came back in the game and the Bucks it felt like scored on like 10 straight possessions. Couldn't get momentum because they couldn't get any stops.

IMO Embiid should focus less on offense in order to conserve his energy to anchor the defense and rebound. Let Harden or Maxey carry the offense.

I agree. Hopefully after this year he no longer cares about 30 ppg and the MVP.

Now that we have other scorers, we need him to consistently dominate on D ala Tim Duncan.

I don't think he's capable of dominating on D in the same sort of way that Giannis can. Also - there's just too much work for one man to do. The Sixers have terrible team defense. Maxey is a terrible defender. Harden is a terrible defender. Tobias is an average defender. They rely on Niang's threes, but he's also a terrible defender

[phillynative]

Giannis reminds me a lot of Jordan in terms of how he competes. Truly a great basketball player and probably the best overall player in the game right now. Milwaukee vrs Phoenix 2.0 will be your finals this year. The fact that we can hang with both of those teams speaks a lot about where we are going if we can continue to improve this roster. We're right there. Great game tonight! Tough L.

This is how I saw it as well. Great game that we very well could have won, but Giannis is a monster, and what makes him the best player in the game is the way he competes with games on the line, much like Jordan, as you said.

But what the hell kind of plays were those out of time outs by Rivers? Contested ISO's, that's the best he could draw up? We all talk about moves that need to be made on this roster, but I'm not sure there could be a more important move than replacing Glenn, but it sadly won't happen.

Solid games by Harden and Harris, who is more and more doing the things necessary and getting away from the ISO stuff. Green played well, but his flagrant might have been the turning point. Niang finally hit a couple of big 3's but was otherwise a negative factor. Maxey couldn't get a thing to drop, and Thybulle was virtually invisible.

One good thing Glenn did was finally benching Jordan - I'll take Millsap in a heartbeat.

I still would have preferred Reed over Millsap. It's like Doc learned NOTHING from the first game against the Bucks smh.

Doc said Paul Reed had a tough go with Giannis last time he played against him but nothing can compare to how Giannis voilated Milsap the whole time he defended him this game.

[Arsenal]

We dont have a starting wing. Having to play Niang in the clutch against Giannis and Middleton because Matisses is not being guarded on the other end hurts us even more defensively. Does any of the other top teams not have a starting wing?

Not a fan of Doc or Morey


Going into the playoffs with championship chip aspirations without a starting wing, backup PG or a Backup Center is mindblowing to me. Maybe Embiid should hint at leaving so he can get a complete team around him like Giannis did.

I agree. Our biggest roster hole is not having big, athletic 3&D wings.

Thybulle is too small and can't shoot. Green is too small and washed.

Combine that w/our lack of adequate backup bigs and we'll be lucky to get out of the 2nd round.

[Arsenal]

IMO Embiid should focus less on offense in order to conserve his energy to anchor the defense and rebound. Let Harden or Maxey carry the offense.

I agree. Hopefully after this year he no longer cares about 30 ppg and the MVP.

Now that we have other scorers, we need him to consistently dominate on D ala Tim Duncan.

I don't think he's capable of dominating on D in the same sort of way that Giannis can. Also - there's just too much work for one man to do. The Sixers have terrible team defense. Maxey is a terrible defender. Harden is a terrible defender. Tobias is an average defender. They rely on Niang's threes, but he's also a terrible defender

Disagree. Embiid has been a totally dominant defender before. He still is now in spurts. Just can't be all the time because of the massive offensive load, which was in large part due to the epic offensive failure of young socialite.

Need to rebalance his efforts back towards D now.

If we plugged a good 3&D wing into the starting lineup and moved Maxey into a high-usage 6th man role, our D would be fixed along w/our bench offense.