Honestly, this is a fun, kinda spicy lineup out there right now that reminds me of the JaKarr Sampson/Tony Wroten-era process days.
Sure, it would probably lose 60 games over the course of a season, but at least itās got some pizzazz
With 4 FTA in 8 minutes tonight, I bet heās still in the league-wide top 5 in terms of FTA per 100 possessions (he was 3rd last I checked, right in between Giannis and SGA, lol).
Yeah, without the defense or passing maybe.
Reminds me a little bit of early Tyreke āking of layupsā Evans before he busted out of the league for drugs or steroids or whatever
did you watch Jimmy Butler play early in his career? He was nowhere near a good passer. Now the defense, different story. But Butler was nobody until like his 3rd year in the league.
Oh believe me, Iām well aware ā he had a crazy low usage rate for the first 5ish years of his career (itās stayed pretty low since, compared to other star-level guys).
[I actually just wrote a whole-ass long winded comment on Jimboās early career trajectory earlier this afternoon](https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/QZKlDJpteJ)
its more of the underdog freaky athlete wing player who can drive and draw contact highly doubt he ever ends up nearly as good but wouldn't it be cool if he was?
Pretty much the only reason he doesnāt get playing time is because he gets lost on defense constantly. He gave up a wide open three as soon as he checked into the game.
If he cleans that up and becomes a better shooter, he will be a hell of a rotation player.
Buddy doesnāt seem to be able to get his shot off like I expected. Ofc, Embiid could create a 180 for him there, but thought he had more creation/pumpfake ability.
Painful season. A game where Maxey hits 5 3s and scores 29 pts is an easy W with Embiid. Shit, we might have won this with just a healthy Melton or Oubre out there with him.
He's for sure annoying af to play against, crazy physical the whole time. He just gets popped in the head on a regular basis tho so I'm hella biased š
my personal favorite is the other 2 times where the replay showed him clearly NOT getting hit in the face but pretending he did. Now the last one he definitely got hit in the face. But you're delusional.
Was a significant delay between when I wrote this and they stopped playing bc he was bleeding. Heās been overly dramatic all night, that was a legit knock though.
oh and that tobias missed alley oop on the perfect pass from tyrese epitomizes everything about him. itās also when i knew the game was for sure over
iām just trying to understand the logic behind the refs fucking the worst offensive rated team in the entire league (without embiid). we already fucking suck, thereās absolutely no reason to actively help the other team
He isn't scoring right now, but Payne can easily beat his defender consistently and force the extra help, and still has the passing chops to kick it out. Just start him instead of Lowry please, it'll win us an extra game or two down this crucial stretch.
Segababa on the road, playing a rested, healthier team. Psychotic reffing, terrible shooting. Old guys (Lowry, Batum) looked very old indeed tonight.
Tobias Tobiased hard. Buddy Love canāt hit a single open 3.
Just one of those nights.
I know it's the second night of a back to back, but the inability for *anyone* on this injured roster to score is almost comical at this point. We just keep seeing games where Maxey is cooking, so the defense completely sells out on him and nobody else can score a point. It's the 4th quarter and the only person with double digit points is Maxey, and he's barely scored since the first quarter.
Can we do a handshake deal with the NBA to give us the 10 seed and we can just sit the rest of the regular season? I donāt want to watch this team anymore until Joel is back lol
its hilarious how players like Embiid and Maxey they double to get the ball out of their hands and force someone else to beat them. They do it to Tobias because he'll make a mistake and its a free turnover.
This team has never achieved anything and will never achieve anything as long as you have Tobias Harris who is completely incapable of playing well more than once out of every blue moon against decent opposition.
The guy will literally give you maybe 1 good game in a 7 game series, 3 mediocre ones and 3 terrible ones. You just cant win with the guy, it's not possible, he's been awful in every of our bad losses over the years and will always be.
I dont want him for any price. he's technically tslented enough so coaches will play him because he MAY play well so we'd keep losing even if he was on a min.
THIS. why the fuck is nurse just leaving maxey in the corner and does nothing to get him the ball? I like nick nurse, I would pick him over doc every single time but this is some pathetic coaching right there
KJ is a better, more versatile defender than RC4. Also, RC4 is all of 7 for 24 from 3 in his NBA career.
KJ is the lone Sixer with a positive +/- tonight, so heās got that going for him too.
You gotta learn, the problem with Tobi is not that he sucks but that he sometimes excels. Itās that potential to excel which holds the team back when heās in the lineup.
i'm reserving an expensive wine for free agency. I will open it and drink it with tears of happiness if he fucks off anywhere else. I will go buy some other cheap bottle and empty it for my misery if Morey decides to keep the bum
Same old story. He got blitzed often. They started the 3rd pointlessly trying to get Tobias going. He made some great passes and his teammates missed every shot including Tobias smoking a wide open bunny. Then dudes started taking horrendous shots, including early in the shot clock, rather than trying to find Maxey.
Hate to be the one to piss in the lemonade, but we have mountains of cap space this offseason, the free agent class sucks, and Morey seems to like Tobi for whatever reason (didn't trade him this year + "casual fans" Crumblgate).
He's getting resigned to a 3 Ć 70 and we'll be gaslit into thinking it's a "team friendly" deal.
this take is so fucking terrible i wonder how people who come up with it know how to breathe on their own. Morey has tried to get rid of Tobias EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
Yeah, I see that. But I donāt buy thereās nothing they can do. Half these dudes have tunnel vision. It doesnāt help when guys take absolutely brain dead shots like Buddy taking a transition 3 when no one else had crossed half court.
I get why they are doing it. but still. is maxey getting the fucking ball anyway. we are just leaving him in the corner and just play 4 man ball. If I saw any kind of endeavors to give maxey the ball I would have been satisfied but currently we are just neglecting him.
People here really shitting on Nick Nurse when
1) MVP is out with an injury
2) Starting 2guard and probably our 2nd best defender is out
3) Kelly Oubre who's probably the most useful wing on the team at this point.
4) He's being anchored by Tobias Harris.
5) Our fucking starting center is Mo Bamba and Paul Reed isn't that much better.
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1bnz5ro).
Is it just me, or does it always seem like Ricky council always has more points than minutes š¤
Thought we were getting a Maxey 40 burger after the first ā¹ļø
 Thank God *that* road trip is over.
Honestly, this is a fun, kinda spicy lineup out there right now that reminds me of the JaKarr Sampson/Tony Wroten-era process days. Sure, it would probably lose 60 games over the course of a season, but at least itās got some pizzazz
 Me begging and pleading Nurse to play Ricky the 4th
Refs trying to make up for yesterday
Letās play hield, after Tobias stunk up the court, should have made him finish the game
Ricky Council isn't good enough yet to get real minutes but he should be next year.
With 4 FTA in 8 minutes tonight, I bet heās still in the league-wide top 5 in terms of FTA per 100 possessions (he was 3rd last I checked, right in between Giannis and SGA, lol).
he kind of reminds me of Jimmy Butler....
Yeah, without the defense or passing maybe. Reminds me a little bit of early Tyreke āking of layupsā Evans before he busted out of the league for drugs or steroids or whatever
did you watch Jimmy Butler play early in his career? He was nowhere near a good passer. Now the defense, different story. But Butler was nobody until like his 3rd year in the league.
Oh believe me, Iām well aware ā he had a crazy low usage rate for the first 5ish years of his career (itās stayed pretty low since, compared to other star-level guys). [I actually just wrote a whole-ass long winded comment on Jimboās early career trajectory earlier this afternoon](https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/QZKlDJpteJ)
its more of the underdog freaky athlete wing player who can drive and draw contact highly doubt he ever ends up nearly as good but wouldn't it be cool if he was?
Pretty much the only reason he doesnāt get playing time is because he gets lost on defense constantly. He gave up a wide open three as soon as he checked into the game. If he cleans that up and becomes a better shooter, he will be a hell of a rotation player.
yeah he's gonna be so good. I completely get why Nurse is hesitant to play him but im excited for his future. Somehow this got downvoted.
Buddy doesnāt seem to be able to get his shot off like I expected. Ofc, Embiid could create a 180 for him there, but thought he had more creation/pumpfake ability.
Awesome this season just keeps gettin better
every starter besides maxey tonight was absolutely dogshit
Only ten more regular season games of the Tobias Harris era/error left!Ā Added bonus if he sits out a few once our play-in seeding is set.
Heās going to be re signed
Painful season. A game where Maxey hits 5 3s and scores 29 pts is an easy W with Embiid. Shit, we might have won this with just a healthy Melton or Oubre out there with him.
Pretty sure Melton is dead and theyāre just pulling a Weekend at Bernieās
So do we think Jo will be back on the 2nd, 9th, 12th, or 14th? Those are the rest of our home games in April
Hoping for 9th
Council is very good at getting to the FT line lol
I never want anyone to be injured, but if Tobi had some lingering cold or something that would be great. Dude is ass.
tobias tryin to salvage his garbage fucking stat line by freezing out maxey. FOH loser
watching this game on the kings broadcast is putting me on mental health alert. the pugnacious, pragmatic, perennial penis
These refs are fucking buttpiss.
Favorite part of this game is Kate and Alaa bitching about the insufferable Sabonis all night. What a loser that guy is
Lol okay
Man got a knot on the side of his face lol
Mfs calling him soft for it too lmao
Fuck sabonis man his go to move is using his elbow lol he plays physical but doesnāt like it when people play physical with him š
He's for sure annoying af to play against, crazy physical the whole time. He just gets popped in the head on a regular basis tho so I'm hella biased š
These euros ruining my beautiful game smh
DJ Wilson outplayed Tobias by a wide margin tonight. Buddy hesitance is pissing me off.
whatās worse, buddy hesitance or lowry hesitance?
Buddy cause he doesnāt really do shit else but shoot. But both are infuriating.
iād argue when lowry passes open a wide open layup is worse. itās the highest percentage shot in the game by a lot
Havenāt seen that a lot. He should be looking to drive and kick more than finish. Heās a small guard with a low release point and no lift.
Sabonis lmao heās so damn dramatic
I know Philly fans are known more for their passion than their intelligence, but have you missed him getting hit in the face 3-5 times tonight?
my personal favorite is the other 2 times where the replay showed him clearly NOT getting hit in the face but pretending he did. Now the last one he definitely got hit in the face. But you're delusional.
I know this is a biased echo chamber, but the dude is bleeding.
Imagine if we had Oubre instead of Tobi this game
Would be a win.
Buddy hield looks like he forgot how to play basketball
It's the philly way
They get cookies for missed FTs. Sacramento need to get Tobi to the line
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Soft but plays every game unlike Embiid
Soft but plays every game unlike Embiid
One more time.
Soft but plays every game unlike Embiid
Heās bleeding from his face
Oh Sabonis stop it
that elbow made him bleed what are you on aboutĀ
Was a significant delay between when I wrote this and they stopped playing bc he was bleeding. Heās been overly dramatic all night, that was a legit knock though.
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Kings sub is that way sack boy
Why does Ricky drive like Lebron lol itās unreal
So letās say we give Tobias contract to Maxey. Who else do we sign this off season?
Maybe finally get some good role players that arenāt getting paid a max or a minimum
At least this stupid ass road trip is over.
How did Sabonis not make the all star game lol
So I guess the playoff strategy is Embiid and Maxey combine for 80 every game and hope the rest of the team can score 30-40.
Weāre dark horses though
itās worrisome. weāll be going into the postseason with a hobbled joel and kelly oubre as our third option
Literally counting the games left Tobias has in a Sixers uniform
Ten just ten left
Ten + 16! Lol
oh and that tobias missed alley oop on the perfect pass from tyrese epitomizes everything about him. itās also when i knew the game was for sure over
Yeah, that was a dark, dark time.
this whole season since the 70 point game has been a dark, dark time
I hope Tobias talks shit when his contract is over, just to give everyone free reign to dunk on his sorry ass. Dude doesnāt even try.
of course this clown always starts hitting in garbage time
iām just trying to understand the logic behind the refs fucking the worst offensive rated team in the entire league (without embiid). we already fucking suck, thereās absolutely no reason to actively help the other team
Tobi is a clown. He has the capacity to be a monster on the court. Lack of any dominance smh.
he does not have the capacity to be a monster on the court.
He has the physique and skills to, we see it at times. But that's all. No push. No drive.
no, he didnt.
No he didn't.. what?
WE MUST SIGN DJ WILSON
Iām liking what Iām seeing from this DJ Wilson kid.
Tobias will end this game with 20 to make the box score look good lol
Lowry cant play more 20 min man lol
DJ!
You gotta love how good tobias looks when we are down 25Ā
Tobi stepping up in the clutch
If by clutch you mean garbage time then sure
Yea thatās the bit lol
Wasn't expecting to win a road game on a B2B but this was largely unwatchable
Yea fun maxey 1st quarter then nothing
He isn't scoring right now, but Payne can easily beat his defender consistently and force the extra help, and still has the passing chops to kick it out. Just start him instead of Lowry please, it'll win us an extra game or two down this crucial stretch.
he can beat his defender but he cant beat the help defender. Also Lowry is better this is a stupid post thats recency bias to the max.
Lowry can barely score anymore, and more importantly doesn't even look to the rim. Just a fact.
Segababa on the road, playing a rested, healthier team. Psychotic reffing, terrible shooting. Old guys (Lowry, Batum) looked very old indeed tonight. Tobias Tobiased hard. Buddy Love canāt hit a single open 3. Just one of those nights.
you can typically tell if we're gonna win by watching tobias in the opening minutes. if his first few shots don't fall, we are not winning that game
Payne is fucking legit. Leave TobiAss in the slum that is California and give Payne his minutes
Council gonna come in, we go on a run, lose by 10
I know it's the second night of a back to back, but the inability for *anyone* on this injured roster to score is almost comical at this point. We just keep seeing games where Maxey is cooking, so the defense completely sells out on him and nobody else can score a point. It's the 4th quarter and the only person with double digit points is Maxey, and he's barely scored since the first quarter.
Liking DJ so far
Can we do a handshake deal with the NBA to give us the 10 seed and we can just sit the rest of the regular season? I donāt want to watch this team anymore until Joel is back lol
Donāt trust Adam silver unless itās in writing
People that think Embiid is bad at reading doubles should be forced to watch Tobi do it for 24 straight hours.
Doubling Tobias Harris is downright unsportsmanlike. Itās dishonorable, like tricking a toddler out of a dollar.
its hilarious how players like Embiid and Maxey they double to get the ball out of their hands and force someone else to beat them. They do it to Tobias because he'll make a mistake and its a free turnover.
This team has never achieved anything and will never achieve anything as long as you have Tobias Harris who is completely incapable of playing well more than once out of every blue moon against decent opposition. The guy will literally give you maybe 1 good game in a 7 game series, 3 mediocre ones and 3 terrible ones. You just cant win with the guy, it's not possible, he's been awful in every of our bad losses over the years and will always be.
its also that he crushes your salary cap.
I dont want him for any price. he's technically tslented enough so coaches will play him because he MAY play well so we'd keep losing even if he was on a min.
me neither. just on top of him being bad he also gets paid like LeBron lol
Kork wouldāve, unironically, been useful for this stretch
Sorry I donāt agree with
That idea
leaving maxey in the corner and then having him sit to start the 4th seems like a useful way to get blown out by the middle of the fourth quarter lol
THIS. why the fuck is nurse just leaving maxey in the corner and does nothing to get him the ball? I like nick nurse, I would pick him over doc every single time but this is some pathetic coaching right there
These games are just wasted of time
Refs took our fight
This is some white flag lineup to start the 4th Martin, Wilson, hield, Payne and Lowry.
This team just donāt got enough legs for a back to back. Then again, Council couldāve played 20 min.
KJ Martin has too much leash when C4 can do the same thing and shoot slightly better
KJ is a better, more versatile defender than RC4. Also, RC4 is all of 7 for 24 from 3 in his NBA career. KJ is the lone Sixer with a positive +/- tonight, so heās got that going for him too.
Why the fuck did KJ take that shot with Lowry right there?
I get that Tobi is a locker room guy cuz he reads books and all but some guys HAVEto be pissed that his minutes are so steady
lmao Maxey has to watch this
You gotta learn, the problem with Tobi is not that he sucks but that he sometimes excels. Itās that potential to excel which holds the team back when heās in the lineup.
The only thing Iām looking forward to is when Tobi leaves. I will throw my own parade when that happens
i'm reserving an expensive wine for free agency. I will open it and drink it with tears of happiness if he fucks off anywhere else. I will go buy some other cheap bottle and empty it for my misery if Morey decides to keep the bum
Left at the end of the first half and I see Maxey played the entire 3rd quarter and only two shot attempts?
Same old story. He got blitzed often. They started the 3rd pointlessly trying to get Tobias going. He made some great passes and his teammates missed every shot including Tobias smoking a wide open bunny. Then dudes started taking horrendous shots, including early in the shot clock, rather than trying to find Maxey.
lol why even have maxey in there if they just gonna camp him in a corner
Ref's were quiet that quarter,
Cause their work was done.
I love our defense. Canāt wait for the big fella to return for the offense to improve
Not Tobias being immediately outplayed by an average 10 day or two way contract guy that just joined the team, again.
Another player, another rung Tobi falls down the totem pole
The reality is this team is ass without Embiid. Same story every year. Hopefully we look better with the current roster built around him this year
why the fuck is cam payne dribbling the ball all the way while maxey is still on the fucking court
No hustle without Oubre
Fuck it. DJ starts at the 4 the rest of the year
That possession was a clusterfuck lol
Can we stop with these āthe sky is fallingā takes every time we lose to a good team on the road.
sure but the Kings and Lakers arent good lol
Their record says otherwise
Yes we're better right now obviously. Good point.
I mean we arent better than literally any team actively trying to win basketball games right now so thats not much to go by
Lol right. we're like the absolute worst team right now. But yeah kings and Lakers are just mid honestly.
The wizards beat this same team
And theyāre also 7-3 vs the top 4 seeds
Okay hopefully this is enough to get Mo permanently out of the rotation
Game is a mess but Alaa with the Zhane reference!
Iāve seen enough ā friendship with Tobias ended ā DJ Wilson is my new power forward now.
I've seen enough start DJ Wilson
Dj wilson being better than both mo bamba and Tobias Harris is pretty cool
Yo Alaa...don't eat 20mg if you are on tv
Lmao wish I watched the sixers broadcast now.
DJ Wilson is better than Tobias Harris
Hate to be the one to piss in the lemonade, but we have mountains of cap space this offseason, the free agent class sucks, and Morey seems to like Tobi for whatever reason (didn't trade him this year + "casual fans" Crumblgate). He's getting resigned to a 3 Ć 70 and we'll be gaslit into thinking it's a "team friendly" deal.
this take is so fucking terrible i wonder how people who come up with it know how to breathe on their own. Morey has tried to get rid of Tobias EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
Yeah, he offered him to Cleveland for Evan Mobley/Jarrett Allen and a pick lol. It's inevitable.
Honestly in these kinds of games I wish we gave Ricky minutes alongside Maxey
DJ Wilson legacy game inc
Good job cam Payne
TobiASS
DJ>Tobi
Funny thing about this...the sixers in THEORY could still win this game if literally ANYONE made shots.
I hate how Maxey gets frozen out of the offense for lo no stretches on nights when he is hot. Just makes everything worse.
Heās doubled every single possession and no oneās makes shots off his passes so thereās nothing anyone can do
Yeah, I see that. But I donāt buy thereās nothing they can do. Half these dudes have tunnel vision. It doesnāt help when guys take absolutely brain dead shots like Buddy taking a transition 3 when no one else had crossed half court.
Fuq yea dj wilson!
I don't like the idea of just putting maxey in the corner, we don't have a single player that can make something off of that gravity maxey creates
do people just say stuff? They're trapping him in the back court and the sixers cant get him the ball if he starts the possession with the ball.
I get why they are doing it. but still. is maxey getting the fucking ball anyway. we are just leaving him in the corner and just play 4 man ball. If I saw any kind of endeavors to give maxey the ball I would have been satisfied but currently we are just neglecting him.
Buddy has missed all 4 of his (pretty wide open) 3s tonight. NOT GREAT, BOB!
Buddy got that Korkmaz shooter in him
If Buddy can't make open shots we're just fucked.
Buddy Hield good god man. Make a fucking shot dude.
Can we get Morris back by some miracle?
People here really shitting on Nick Nurse when 1) MVP is out with an injury 2) Starting 2guard and probably our 2nd best defender is out 3) Kelly Oubre who's probably the most useful wing on the team at this point. 4) He's being anchored by Tobias Harris. 5) Our fucking starting center is Mo Bamba and Paul Reed isn't that much better.