Pretty dumb statement. His teams have been good enough win a 2nd rd. He wasn't good enough and didn't elevate the players around him to win. Sixers have lost to basically every team in the east
Raps
Atl
Knicks
BOS
Miami
There's no excuses. He simply doesn't perform well enough to help his team win a 2nd rd playoffs, hence lack of playoff success. He can win all the regular szn awards he wants, he isnt a first ballot.
His teams have been good enough to win 2nd round? LOL clearly not.
He has had multiple playoff series where he averaged 30+ or was flat out dominant impact wise on/off splits, and they lost.
His best teammate for most of his career was Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris. The same Ben Simmons who quit on his team during a playoff series and refused to look at the rim.
Getting past the 2nd doesn't mean shit if you don't win it all. The only reason Jokic made the finals just ONE time was because he had the easiest path in NBA history playing a bunch of low seeds, and he also had a guard who balled out and carried WELL beyond the level of anyone Embiid had played with...
This post was edited by Sixers on Apr 13 2026 07:39am