Quote (Sixers @ Mar 30 2023 12:32pm)
Are we talking about Embiid, or the 76ers as a team?
Embiid always performs when hes out there, hes great in the playoffs. But how many superstars are making a deep playoff run relying on Ben Simmons as your second best player? Lol
They all can't have a clutch closer like Middleton carrying the clutch moments to a Championship. Half a year of Jimmy Butler was nice, and that realistically would have been their year if Kawhi wasn't a God damn machine that season destroying everyone. They just happened to cross the best team in the league in the second round, instead of the ECF's, but still played them better than anyone else did.
Bro you can’t dog on Tatum or Jokic for playoff performance when Embiid has done absolutely nothing to prove his dominance in the playoffs. Having individual stats does not cut it, you would say the same thing for Jokic or Tatum (even when they both have achieved more in the playoffs)
Embiid has had Butler and now Harden which are better players than Middleton ever was even at his peak. He has to get it done in the playoffs or people are just going to keep clowning him. People were putting Simmons in top 10 All-NBA conversations too so don’t act like he was always considered a bum. Philly mismanaged their talent, Simmons and Embiid wanted to share the same spots offensively. Should’ve cashed in on Simmons or Embiid to get better fitting pieces but hey we have been over these terrible moves by Philly FO many times.
This post was edited by MildSambal on Mar 30 2023 12:25am