Quote (Sixers @ Nov 21 2024 04:09pm)
What does being a former MVP have to do with the player he was that season?
Embiid has never had a guard play great consistently in the playoffs, until Maxey last season lol. And even then, Maxey disappeared in the elimination game.
James Harden and Ben Simmons, two guys who notoriously disappear in the postseason, were his best guards. Even going really far back (before Embiid was in his prime) for the half a season that he had Jimmy, he wasn't really that great in the postseason either.
Jokic, as great as he is, only wins in the playoffs when Murray plays at a superstar level. When they had their title run, Murray went nuts and put up absurd numbers. As Steve Kerr called him, the "head of the snake" for the Nuggets. That's what it takes as a big man you gotta have a guard who can create and get buckets consistently like Murray did. Without Murray, Jokic got swept in the first and second rounds both MVP seasons lol.
So anyway, you gonna change your pfp when embiitch leaves/gets kicked out of philly?