Embiid and the 76ers have won 4 of their last 5 (barely lost to us). Great for the Nets pick. Simmons might be back within the next couple months. They have been playing great since Noel returned.
Not possible. We have a losing culture.
The fact that we suddenly had a massive influx of talent including a 7'2 pterodactyl who can shoot 3s is irrelevant, the fact that once the talent assembled got healthy they improved dramatically is irrelevant. Nope the Sixers are winless regardless of wins this year because of culture.
What is a losing culture? ROFL if you don't know then you obviously have one, it's not something idiots make up because they can't logically refute losing games to acquire a Center who had an off night and went for 21 and 14.
This guy serious?
You won 50 games over the past three seasons and had 3 shots at a good NBA center, you finally stumbled across a really good one, and you're suddenly under the impression that there was never a culture of losing?
It was well worth that 3 years of being a laughing stock. You're so close to that elusive championship now. Its just around the corner.
I'd gladly take three years of a "culture of losing" for Embiid. I don't think I've ever seen a player with such little experience that is as good as him. Embiid has a chance to be a perennial all-NBA first team player.
And that doesn't even address the roster flexibility. Philly is in the running for any star that hits the trade market.
Id take 3 years of developing younger players to develop a very strong playoff roster. What you've said and what I've said are two very different things though, even now.
The end game has to be winning lots of basketball games. And Philly aren't close to that. You're trying to build a team that wins a trophy, not a bomb shelter with assets and young prospects.
Embiid is the one move of theirs throughout this whole "process" that has been successful.
You cast your eyes over the main producers and contributors to the Philly team and the guys that really excel in the advanced statistical categories and there are 3 constants with a win share over 1.
Joel Embiid (Big tick - Young 22 year old superstar)
Ersan Ilyasova (29 year old veteran rebounder/3 point shooter in the ryan anderson mould-hmm)
Gerald Henderson (29 year old veteran guard-hmm)
So, other than Embiid, has philly's young roster really progressed to the point of being recognized as a playoff maybe from being dog crap last year? Or have they just added a couple of reasonably good, savvy veteran basketball players that have contributed to some wins over inexperienced opponents?
I put to you that if you take Henderson and Ilyasova out of that lineup, Philly return to being just as awful as they were last year.
