76ers are not going to make the finals as a 4th seed, let alone as a 5th/6th seed which is more likely with their recent play. People should not underestimate the importance of seeding in the playoffs. In the past 20 years, not counting the shortened 1999 NBA season, only the following teams made the NBA finals as a 4th seed:
2006 Mavericks (who actually finished 60-22 with the 2nd best record in the west, so they should have been the 2nd seed under the new seeding rules), 2010 Celtics, 2018 Cavaliers. None of them won the finals. The only 4th seed or lower that won the finals in the modern era was the 6th seeded 1996 Houston Rockets who had an all-time great in Hakeem, and also traded for Clyde Drexler mid-season, so their seeding didn't reflect their true potential at all.

While past performance is no guarantee of future results, I do trust it more than people repeating "the 76ers are built for the playoffs, blabla". They have no players like Hakeem/Drexler, no Dirk, no Paule Pierce/Ray Allen, no Lebron. They have absolutely no one on their team you can trust to have the ball in theirs hands in the clutch.

Ben Simmons is useless in half-court offense, and Embiid will simply get doubled and throw up an ugly turnover.

Shooting 55% or better in every game?

I think not.

This post was edited by Sixers on Jan 19 2020 06:52pm

Shooting outside 0.638 of a foot?

I think so.

But Tatum could never score 20+ a game at that efficiency shooting inside because he's not strong enough and sure as shit can't body people in the post like Simmons can.

Highest contested shot in the game is in the paint, yet not everyone can handle scoring through contact.

Good thing the season is only half over....

And good thing the difference between the #2 seed and the #6 seed is a whopping 2 games lmao...

Won't disagree tbh

Tatum is dogshit finishing at the rim (when he can actually get there and isn't fumbling on the the drive)

If only the 76ers could play the Knicks and Bulls the remainder of the season, they’d be all set to take control of the 2 seed

Can see you’ve conceded the 1st seed at this point 😉

This post was edited by Giannis on Jan 19 2020 09:40pm

Why you so down on Tatum all of a sudden lol

He's frustrating to watch

Literally been Kobe'd with his shot selection.

His control of the ball is that of a 5 year old amputee girl. Turns the ball over in transition and misses easy layups constantly.

In summary, basically the bitg of the Celtics

Tobias Harris is shooting 44% on 79 threes since Dec 21st. Only Ingles, Svi + Galo are shooting better on more looks. 4th quarter Tobi is at 52% from deep and leads the team with 75 points over the stretch. Only 3 turnovers in 100 fourth quarter minutes. Feed. The. Beast.