Quote (Giannis @ Dec 19 2019 06:23pm)
Problem with the 76ers is that when games are tight and defenses are clamped they just can't do very much. Stay home on Simmons and he tends to drive himself into trouble; Richardson and Harris don't have first steps and generally can only get off 17 foot pull-ups off pn'r (which Brown still doesn't like to run anyway); and Embiid gets murdered by competent double teams and his efficiency relies on either getting deep position against little guys or getting FTs from cheap-y fouls off pump fakes or arm swipes, and both of those get a whole lot less useful against decent and focused defenses (or in the playoffs). The offense as is relies on flow and finding little gaps, and when the defense isn't giving you those and is pressing up to take the Sixers off their rhythm, they've often been wilting. Not saying that's the whole issue but I think that's easily a bigger problem than the shooting in and of itself.
Not a bad analysis, though Harris and Richardson are a bit better in regards to creating their own shot than you're giving them credit for.
Embiid gets smothered by double and triple teams way too often, he also has been putting the ball on the floor and trying to get fancy way too often, and Simmons not being able to space the floor makes it easy to do that for the defense.
This post was edited by Sixers on Dec 19 2019 08:30pm