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Re: The Playoffs Thread 

Post#741 » by ProcessDoctor » Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:57 pm

Sixersftw wrote:This is completely wild and I'm too afraid to make any prognostications. I will say, I'm legitimately not afraid of anyone in the West.

(stares off into the distance as Kawhi's shot plays on repeat)


How sweet would a revenge series be?
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Post#742 » by the_process » Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:16 pm

Very important to win the next two games and finish ATL off.
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Post#743 » by zaz102 » Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:16 pm

ProcessDoctor wrote:
Sixersftw wrote:This is completely wild and I'm too afraid to make any prognostications. I will say, I'm legitimately not afraid of anyone in the West.

(stares off into the distance as Kawhi's shot plays on repeat)


How sweet would a revenge series be?
I was hoping for Jokic vs Embiid which would have been another cool match up as well. But obviously that's very unlikely.
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Re: The Playoffs Thread 

Post#744 » by ProcessDoctor » Sun Jun 13, 2021 10:17 pm

If Kyrie and Harden are out the next 2 games, it’s over.

It’d be nice to wrap up Atlanta ASAP, but also consider the time it’ll take for Danny to heal. He’s still a key role player for us IMO. Might not be back until late in our series against BKN/MIL.
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Post#745 » by Sixteen » Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:13 pm

Sixersftw wrote:This is completely wild and I'm too afraid to make any prognostications. I will say, I'm legitimately not afraid of anyone in the West.

(stares off into the distance as Kawhi's shot plays on repeat)


I was just telling my brother this (Celtics fan lol) yesterday. If we get out of the East, we legitimately have a chance to bask in the Process haters tears. Oh how sweet would that be
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Post#746 » by PhillyRocks1 » Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:47 pm

The problem was never the process, it was the processor.
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Post#747 » by Murray_17 » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:07 am

I mean, why would a team that never was healthy the entire season suddenly be healthy in the playoffs?

This was a likely scenario in some moment
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Post#748 » by youngcrev » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:13 am

PhillyRocks1 wrote:The problem was never the process, it was the processor.


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Post#749 » by ExplosionsInDaSky » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:14 am

My hatred for Brooklyn grew exponentially once they acquired Harden. It just wasn't fair once that happened. I'm not gonna say that I root for injuries, but I certainly don't feel bad for them at this time. None of the injuries they suffered are career threatening, but hopefully they last long enough for Milwaukee to bounce them from the picture. At that point, it would create a final four ALL deserving of a trip to the finals and a shot at a ring.
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Post#750 » by Sixerscan » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:33 am

The Danny injury is bad, obviously, but hopefully it stops the guys from getting cocky and thinking the series is over. Need two more good performances to close it out.

I do think there's a possibility that in the future people could look back on this Sixers team and think the offense was underrated. Like yeah it was only 13th during the regular season but that was dragged down by how much time Embiid missed and the Sixers inability to get another center that is a good offensive fit with Simmons.

Now that Embiid is playing and logging playoff minutes, the offense has been churning points. Against bad defenses of course, but I don't think the Nets have that much better defensive personnel than the Hawks, and the Bucks aren't exactly blowing them out of the water with offense especially in the half court. Sixers aren't a historically great offense like the Nets are when healthy but there's some evidence here that they're better than what people give them credit for.

We'll see, hopefully they get relatively good health luck the rest of the way and get to show what they can do. All you can ask for at this point.
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Post#751 » by Arsenal » Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:37 am

The stars are lining up in our favor... our destiny is at hand...

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Post#752 » by Skates » Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:06 am

youngcrev wrote:
PhillyRocks1 wrote:The problem was never the process, it was the processor.


:eek1:


It was the Collarer and all of the douches that put him in charge in the first place.
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Post#753 » by Stanford » Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:10 am

Embiid is definitely putting up best player on a championship team numbers, and he hasn't done that previously.
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Re: The Playoffs Thread 

Post#754 » by ExplosionsInDaSky » Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:10 am

Arsenal wrote:The stars are lining up in our favor... our destiny is at hand...

#TrustTheProcess


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Post#755 » by ExplosionsInDaSky » Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:51 am

Not keeping Mikal Bridges will haunt us.
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Post#756 » by Murray_17 » Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:48 am

Sixerscan wrote:The Danny injury is bad, obviously, but hopefully it stops the guys from getting cocky and thinking the series is over. Need two more good performances to close it out.

I do think there's a possibility that in the future people could look back on this Sixers team and think the offense was underrated. Like yeah it was only 13th during the regular season but that was dragged down by how much time Embiid missed and the Sixers inability to get another center that is a good offensive fit with Simmons.

Now that Embiid is playing and logging playoff minutes, the offense has been churning points. Against bad defenses of course, but I don't think the Nets have that much better defensive personnel than the Hawks, and the Bucks aren't exactly blowing them out of the water with offense especially in the half court. Sixers aren't a historically great offense like the Nets are when healthy but there's some evidence here that they're better than what people give them credit for.

We'll see, hopefully they get relatively good health luck the rest of the way and get to show what they can do. All you can ask for at this point.


I been really baffled at the stuff the Bucks are doing in offense against the Nets, it's like suddenly they forgot how to play. A lot of it is Giannis too, he's has been taking jumpers the entire series....

If they keep playing like that and the Nets cannot get healthy, i really like our chances
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Re: The Playoffs Thread 

Post#757 » by davesilver » Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:05 am

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:Not keeping Mikal Bridges will haunt us.


Not Brett’s best move but hey at least we have Matisse
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Post#758 » by Murray_17 » Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:14 am

tbf, without the Bridges trade we cannot make the Tobias trade so basically that changes our entire line up.

Probably we keep Jimmy and or Redick too.

I don't like the "what if" stuff so who knows
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Post#759 » by HotelVitale » Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:22 am

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:Not keeping Mikal Bridges will haunt us.


Shake it off, bud, every team makes a ton of draft mistakes along the way. Plus Bridges turned out to be more or less the best version of himself, and one of the picks we got for him turned into 1/2 of the Tobias trade. Nothing to feel that bad about.
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Re: The Playoffs Thread 

Post#760 » by XtremeDunkz » Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:26 am

I'm feeling hopeful..I can taste it.... I'm ready to be hurt... I've never felt like we could actually win.. until now....

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