saric did some stuff in the post this series but he really had to work for it and didnt look super fluid down there he if improved that part of his game he cld def present an inside/outside issue for teams
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
one reason why the bucks were a tougher matchup for the celtics than the sixers despite being a generally worse team is the bucks cld match the celtics size-athleticism on the perimeter where the celtics just destroyed the sixers there, poor jj last night my lord
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
one fucked up thing abt the sixers roster is embiid really shd be the premiere rim runner in the league but they dont have anyone to put him in a pnr with since teams dont have to honor simmons shot and they dont have anyone else with playmaking chops, thats a situation where fultz cld really help, it was way too easy for the celtics to stop their attack and make them go to low qual tiring post up attempts from embiid
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
yep. Guess I'm pinning hope on Fultz being a str8 baller so I'm not as down on 6ers as a whole after this.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link
I haven't even texted my 6ers fan buddy after the last couple games cause don't wanna trigger him haha
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
lol
fultz is def hugely important to their future, after this season ive pretty much written him off as a superstar but i think he cld still achieve all star status which wld be fine for the sixers, if hes more in the solid starter/borderline allstar range it gets a lil deicer, if hes a bust they better just sign lebron
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
maybe if they strike out in free agency the sixers shd.......trade for kyle lowery
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
they need a player like him, hes only got two years left on his deal and if the raptors are willing to dump him for a shitty first the sixers can just absorb him into their cap space, downside is just theyd mss one summer of being a player in the free agent market
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
obvs the raps have to be ready to blow it up which im not sure really makes sense for them
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
on the other hand lowry is 32 and def fits the profile of a player who cld get very old very fast and hes not a long term solution for the sixers
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
itd be good for him to be in a little bit more of a supporting role too as weve seen him be overmatched as a star in the offs over n over
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
lowry would be good for them
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
thinking very big picture i feel like the best thing for the sixers offense would not be simmons learning how to shoot but simmons learning to be a force in the post. if simmons is the best big man passer in the league since lebron, and you think about where lebron is most deadly as a passer, i feel like putting simmosn down there w/ some shooters around him would be pretty deadly. of course, he has to be able to score 1 on 1 in the post and not just bcuz he got position on a guard who can't stop him. in this model saric would be a great fit but idk how embiid would work, you don't want him that far from the basket all the time. then again he's amazing as a pump and driver so maybe it would work.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
in a sense also the sixers have the same problem as a lot of teams which is trying to find guys who can shoot on offense but not give it all up on defense. bellineli was on fire vs the heat but his shooting cooled in this series and on defense he was getting demolished on every switch. they have 4 more years of covington at a pretty good number, they really need him to be that kind of guy.
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:01 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
RoCo picked a bad time to play absolutely terrible basketball
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 May 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
agree that simmons in the post makes sense but yeah what do you do with embiid--his skills on the perimeter have been severely overstated
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
yeah covington really flamed out in this series hopefully it's a one time thing. his defense wasnt even great which is his calling card. he just looked like he was in his own head.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
bellinelli, jj and ily were great patches but lagoon otm they became too reliant on them as top-of-the-food-chain scoring options instead of guys that open things up for embiid and simmons to go to work inside. the whole team really played like they anointed themselves too early.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:06 (six years ago) link
The biggest # for me is the inefficiency in Postups for 76ers -76ers .77ppp on postupsCelts at 1.2676ers also running ~10% more postups a game.— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) May 9, 2018
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
ben simmons needs a livingston type pull up 10 foot jumper/floater thingy
― 龜, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
also lowry has the local villanova connection / a pugnacious philly tude
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
76ers .77ppp on postupsCelts at 1.26
76ers also running ~10% more postups a game.
feel like these numbers are connected philly was forcing it in the post for lack of a better option where the celtics were using the post in the flow of their normal offense
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
im not a huge covington believer like even if his shot is falling he cant really credibly attack the close out, to be effective 3 n D really requires that extra element, imo hes prob best more as a situational player than a core contributor
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, May 10, 2018 2:22 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark
not just nova he's homegrown from north philly i think
― 龜, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
o nice
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, May 10, 2018 2:01 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hes just got to shoot better and make better decisions do decisive one dribble drives and so forth, his game is so undisciplined right now, he can def get there but its..................a process
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, May 10, 2018 11:24 AM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm, way too many possessions where boston took out their first option or two and just dumped it to embiid with 8 on the shot clock.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
the number of turnovers embiid makes from doing pointless shit is out of control, badly needs to hone his game down to stuff hes actually good at / get good at more stuff
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
im not worried about the 76ers yet. they need another year to develop and see what fultz has to really be able to see what they will be imo. pretty good results for year 1 of the current iteration all things considered. embiid REALLLY needs to drop 20 lbs he looks completely gassed at the end of every game
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
embiid needs to tone down the eurostep he's gonna break his foot again!!
― 龜, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
his TOs are so bad. theyre not the 'acceptable' type of young player TOs either.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1PqyJ_F4CM
lol i wonder if taps are a philly exclusive thing
― 龜, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
joel needs to get serious def stop fucking around
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
also needs to stop thinking hes cute talking shit online/in press conferences everyone in the league is gonna hate him, tho from a fans perspective it is pretty funny
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
simmons and embiids personalities seems like they cld end up clashing
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
you gotta know when to turn it off tho.xp
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, May 10, 2018 11:38 AM (nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
last night i saw some stuff that put this thought into my mind as well!
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
what was it
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
btw after the game when the teams were milling about congratulating each other and so forth simmons was smiling and being magnanimous and seemed like not maybe a total asshole, embiid had already fled
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
embiid missed simmons on a couple cuts to the hoop, one where he was wide open and simmons threw a little fit both times.
reddick snipping at mcconnell after he got in his precious way was a bad look too.
embiid walking away seemed kinda out of character to me? he was congratulatory on twitter after tho
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, May 10, 2018 1:23 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
To not run into give or take the best player of all time every post-season.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
yeah its just they have all these other big contracts even if they unload lowry theyre kinda still in the same boat just not as good
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:20 (six years ago) link
tho getting whatever they can for their guys going full rebuild and waiting out the contracts they cant move is prob the best plan, def a bitter pill to swallow when u finish first in yr conference, idk maybe masai can work some magic and rebuild the team on the fly w/o bottoming out, tough task in this case
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
The perspective of a Raptors fan like me is that it's never been as good as the past 4-5 years and finally there is some basketball at the forefront in Canada, to blow it up might send us back to the dark ages.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:24 (six years ago) link
could just shuffle the deck you know, lateral trades with other players stuck in similar situations?
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
Also Masai is very good and really in the end I blindly trust him.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:26 (six years ago) link
it's not his fault his top 3 players wet the bed when it matters most.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
At night I go to sleep and I'm smiling because I know that what I'll be dreaming of is Boogie signing to Toronto as a FA don't wake me up you monsters.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
man i would want NO part of boogie post achilles tear
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
yeah thats a might risky path, tho if you could get him on a two year deal with a team option for a third it might be a worthy hail mary for the raps, prob have to do a sign n trade with the pelicans for valanciunas + filler
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:32 (six years ago) link