Rody, to clarify, I quit posting on Celticsblog a while ago. Back in the day I had been the lone Celtic fan who thought Philly had a bright future and that Embiid would eventually get healthy.
People here were convinced he was the next Greg Oden. I took a ton of heat for playing devil's advocate and believing in Philly.
Embiid skipped a lot of games on minutes precaution last year, so it is not all smooth sailing yet. 63 games this year so it is always something with him. But you absolute could end up being right.
Man, 63 games is pretty great. We got less than 63 games from Kyrie and Hayward combined.
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We should add Kawhi too so we can be the "All-Injury Team". Including playoffs, Embiid played 71 games last season. Our hypothetical Big 3 of Kyrie, Kawhi and Hayward played a combined 70 games last season.
Oh, indeed. That makes such perfect sense. I should be thinking about it that way, instead of thinking that in the last three years, Embiid has played 94 out of 246 games, while Irving has played 185 and Hayward 156.
And, I should ignore the fact that Embiid's injuries are exactly the sort that end the careers of big men, while Hayward's was a fluke that similar players have recovered from, and Irving's is on par with injuries many other PGs have had and recovered from with success.
So glad you're back, to provide this kind of objective analysis and keep the rest of us in line!