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

[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.

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

Oh, me too, Reed or Bassey. But since that doesn't seem to be an option with this blockhead coaching .......

[mjkvol]

Going into the playoffs with championship chip aspirations without a starting wing, backup PG or a Backup Center is mindblowing to me.

Add to that list a competent coach.

[Embiid P]

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 about Doc, but let's face it, the Australian diva put Morey in an awkward position this year. You could make the argument that he should have traded him sooner for several lesser players than Harden but I'm not sure that we'd be in a better position than we are now.

IMO our biggest need is a taller, longer, defensive minded better rebounding PF than Tobias. I will thus withhold my judgment of Morey until he trades Harris for said piece and better bench players.

[mjkvol]

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 about Doc, but let's face it, the Australian diva put Morey in an awkward position this year. You could make the argument that he should have traded him sooner for several lesser players than Harden but I'm not sure that we'd be in a better position than we are now.

IMO our biggest need is a taller, longer, defensive minded better rebounding PF than Tobias. I will thus withhold my judgment of Morey until he trades Harris for said piece and better bench players.

This. Morey came into an impossible spot and has done remarkably well with what he had to work with. This off season up to next year's trade deadline will be huge and will determine Morey's real value.

This idea that "we should have trade Simmons for Haliburton" is ridiculous IMO. That trade keeps us as perennial second round fodder,whereas taking a shot at a generational player like Harden, even at his age, and then building the right group around him and Embiid was the only real short term shot at a chip with Embiid still in his prime.

[snoop88]

Morey is the most overrated GM in basketball.

Dude willingly hitched his wagon to Doc Rivers. Put together the worst bench of all the playoff teams. Overpaid massively in a trade because of a personal obsession he has with washed up Harden.

Doc was already here when Morey came.

Brand capped the team, not Morey.

At least try to get your facts right

My facts are fine thank you. You are aware that Morey desperately tried to get Doc to Houston before they both accepted the Philly jobs?

[Rastas]

On the bright side, the Sixers should finish up 6-1. That’s a 52-30 record.

Just saw the two back-to-backs. Maybe 5-2.

Need to win out to have a chance at #1 seed. Tough w/2 B2B's w/one being @CLE. And another tough game @TOR.

Just rest your stars and go for 3rd - that should get you a 1st round with the easy beats - I mean the Bull's.

[stormi]

i was at a concert, but just got home and watched the highlights. seems like your typical sixers experience of late. big lead early, joel sits, team bleeds points and chokes away lead, joel comes back in and the sixers and their opponent go shot for shot in a close game until the end that concludes in a narrow loss.

from the highlight package it just seemed like the bucks answered every time we scored. you need competent defenders around joel and harden. that has to be plan a.

[XtremeDunkz]

Just watched the game

The replay rules are INCREDIBLY BROKEN.

We got screwed because the ball should have been ours side out of bounds with 1.7 left.

Or at the very least if you must jump it up, the clock should have been rest to 3.5 at the time of the block.

Just terrible.

Also Embiid continues to be so unclutch.

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[mjkvol]

i was at a concert, but just got home and watched the highlights. seems like your typical sixers experience of late. big lead early, joel sits, team bleeds points and chokes away lead, joel comes back in and the sixers and their opponent go shot for shot in a close game until the end that concludes in a narrow loss.

from the highlight package it just seemed like the bucks answered every time we scored. you need competent defenders around joel and harden. that has to be plan a.

You would have greatly enjoyed Glenn's two play calls with the game on the line.

[mjkvol]

Just watched the game

The replay rules are INCREDIBLY BROKEN.

We got screwed because the ball should have been ours side out of bounds with 1.7 left.

Or at the very least if you must jump it up, the clock should have been rest to 3.5 at the time of the block.

Just terrible.

Also Embiid continues to be so unclutch.

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The reason we don't get the ball on the side is that the play was dead with the goaltending call, so any subsequent action was irrelevant. Any time a review overturns a call, it's a jump ball. But the time thing was absurd.

[Sixercise]

Just looking again at the box score, how did I miss that the Bucks had more chances at the stripe than us?

[XtremeDunkz]

Just watched the game

The replay rules are INCREDIBLY BROKEN.

We got screwed because the ball should have been ours side out of bounds with 1.7 left.

Or at the very least if you must jump it up, the clock should have been rest to 3.5 at the time of the block.

Just terrible.

Also Embiid continues to be so unclutch.

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The reason we don't get the ball on the side is that the play was dead with the goaltending call, so any subsequent action was irrelevant. Any time a review overturns a call, it's a jump ball. But the time thing was absurd.

Yes I know. Which is why I said it's broken.

But like I also said. If the ball is dead, the clock should also be dead. There was 3.5 at the time of the block. The clock didn't stop until the ball went out.

The rule is a mess.

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[stormi]

i was at a concert, but just got home and watched the highlights. seems like your typical sixers experience of late. big lead early, joel sits, team bleeds points and chokes away lead, joel comes back in and the sixers and their opponent go shot for shot in a close game until the end that concludes in a narrow loss.

from the highlight package it just seemed like the bucks answered every time we scored. you need competent defenders around joel and harden. that has to be plan a.

You would have greatly enjoyed Glenn's two play calls with the game on the line.

Sounds like a clear call out of incompetence by Joel Embiid in the post game presser (final sentence).

[TheBallsDeeper]

i was at a concert, but just got home and watched the highlights. seems like your typical sixers experience of late. big lead early, joel sits, team bleeds points and chokes away lead, joel comes back in and the sixers and their opponent go shot for shot in a close game until the end that concludes in a narrow loss.

from the highlight package it just seemed like the bucks answered every time we scored. you need competent defenders around joel and harden. that has to be plan a.

You would have greatly enjoyed Glenn's two play calls with the game on the line.

Sounds like a clear call out of incompetence by Joel Embiid in the post game presser (final sentence).

That's a pretty big shot at Rivers and Jordan.

I like Embiids honesty, hopefully it fires everyone up. Hoepfully they don't do a Ben Simmons and quit on the team because an obvious error got mentioned.

[stormi]

The last time Joel distributed a "the game changed when" at the podium, the person on the receiving end never returned to the organization. We're another second round exit away from huge changes.

I'd recommend promoting from within. Cassell is one of the brightest young(er) minds in the sport. We've already let go of Monty Williams and Ime Udoka who are in charge of much more positive programs than here.

[eyeatoma]

The last time Joel distributed a "the game changed when" at the podium, the person on the receiving end never returned to the organization. We're another second round exit away from huge changes.

I'd recommend promoting from within. Cassell is one of the brightest young(er) minds in the sport. We've already let go of Monty Williams and Ime Udoka who are in charge of much more positive programs than here.

Cassell or Dave Joerger?

Could also go with the Dan Burke.

[76ciology]

Sixers now at the highly coveted 4th seed which is projected to face the mighty Chicago Bulls and then number 1 team in the east Miami heat.

*im using good adjectives to not offend other fanbase’s team

[MVP1992]

Been out for the day.

Just read the last page of this thread...

Bugger poop shyte

[76ciology]

Will be interesting if our GM and coach really thought Milsap is going to be our Giannis/Siakam slower (not stopper).

I personally want Reed or Bassey.

Can’t DJ chase Giannis on limited minutes then have Niang or Tobi at Portis or Brolo?

[76ciology]

3rd quarter. Bucks tried to get Biid in foul trouble by brolo attacking biid. Brolo also camping outside, Biid can’t help when Giannis drives to the rim because he is staying with Brolo around the 3pt arc

On the other hand, Giannis is on Thybulle and is roaming on defense and he can help whenever we drive to the rim.