0fficial 2017-2018 NBA Postseason Thread....NBA Finals Cavs vs Warriors 0-4(dubs back 2 back champs)

Yo real talk. Ever since we picked up Bellini and llasova, between them Reddick, Saric and Convington ..every night at least 2 or 3 been shooting the lights out. Ben just finds them, and now Fultz does the same thing with the second unit.

Maybe we should sit Embiid until Miami figures out how to deal with that dilemma.
Them were some great pick ups. I said it at the time y'all got them. Bellinelli and Llasova didn't get cut because they wer bad players. Them boys can ball. I didn't think they'd get significant minutes for y'all though but they have to now. Especially in this series. They pose mismatches on that perimeter.
 
The problem is that Embid makes them a worse team. Nothing to do with his talent but like you said the days of the bigs posting up are gone
But he hardly ever post up so how does he make them a worse team? He can get anywhere on the court cans can shoot it from almost anywhere so just when they worried about him posting up he will hit a big J in their faces.
 
Damn I forgot he was a 76er....did he win ROY too....might be confusing him with MCW.
Philly has stunk for a looooooooong while my man. Which is why i laugh at these guys calling it a success after drafting bust after bust for over a decade. Blind squirrel gonna get a nut at some point.
 
Philly has stunk for a looooooooong while my man. Which is why i laugh at these guys calling it a success after drafting bust after bust for over a decade. Blind squirrel gonna get a nut at some point.
I still laugh at them trying to call this shit a "process" like it was some masterful thing. Them dudes literally sucked for 10
Years and only got Embid and SIMMONS out of it. I'd be embarrassed to even utter that phrase.
 
I still laugh at them trying to call this shit a "process" like it was some masterful thing. Them dudes literally sucked for 10
Years and only got Embid and SIMMONS out of it. I'd be embarrassed to even utter that phrase.
It was a process and let’s not forget it still not over because they have more draft picks coming. Sam Henke was masterful with the plan although the basketball was awful to watch.

They got more than Simmons and Embiid. They also have cap room to sign a Lebron is he chooses to come here. The dude from duke was suppose to be better than he actually turned out to be
 
The problem is that teams have exploited whiteside lack of lateral movement for two years now.

Spo has done everything in his power to try and scheme around Whiteside lack of lateral movement and inability to guard the perimeter.

he needs to DO BETTER THEN
you don't have enough talent on that roster to just decide to not play him
period.
 
It was a process and let’s not forget it still not over because they have more draft picks coming. Sam Henke was masterful with the plan although the basketball was awful to watch.
What was the plan? To suck year after year? You can't say it's masterful when you have wasted years of basketball and draft picks.
 
Philly has stunk for a looooooooong while my man. Which is why i laugh at these guys calling it a success after drafting bust after bust for over a decade. Blind squirrel gonna get a nut at some point.

I still laugh at them trying to call this shit a "process" like it was some masterful thing. Them dudes literally sucked for 10
Years and only got Embid and SIMMONS out of it. I'd be embarrassed to even utter that phrase.
Fam..that is the process. You dont win shat in this leauge with "good" players. You need Great players. So unless you gonna find the Greak Freak or Donovan Mitchell late in the first aka try the draft perfect game...you better take as many shots as possible...and most of those shots need to be at the top 3 picks.

Shit..like doggish said, we still got a lottery pick this year and another 1st, and four second round picks.
 
Fam..that is the process. You dont win shat in this leauge with "good" players. You need Great players. So unless you gonna find the Greak Freak or Donovan Mitchell late in the aka try the draft perfect game...you better take as many shots as possible...and most of those shots need to be at the top 3 picks.

Shit..like doggish said, we still got a lottery pick this year and another 1st, and four second round picks.

:ssshhh: You know what thats all about man... Just let it flow my Brethren... :yes:
 
Fam..that is the process. You dont win shat in this leauge with "good" players. You need Great players. So unless you gonna find the Greak Freak or Donovan Mitchell late in the first aka try the draft perfect game...you better take as many shots as possible...and most of those shots need to be at the top 3 picks.

Shit..like doggish said, we still got a lottery pick this year and another 1st, and four second round picks.
But it's not a process. You guys sucked year after year until you hit. It wasn't great scouts. It wasn't some genius plan. You guys said we are gonna suck and pick the best prospect we can. For all that sucking you only ended up with Simmons and Embid. I agree you need stars but you also need to draft them. I just don't feel you should have to suck for 10 years in order to make the playoffs. That's crazy.
 
What was the plan? To suck year after year? You can't say it's masterful when you have wasted years of basketball and draft picks.

That was part of it. But making deals with other crappy teams was a part as well. For example when we drafted Fultz last year. We actually used Sacramentos pick to trade up to 1.

Also this year. We have the Lakers pick, and if that didn't convey, we would get Sacramentos unprotected pick next year.
 
But it's not a process. You guys sucked year after year until you hit. It wasn't great scouts. It wasn't some genius plan. You guys said we are gonna suck and pick the best prospect we can. For all that sucking you only ended up with Simmons and Embid. I agree you need stars but you also need to draft them. I just don't feel you should have to suck for 10 years in order to make the playoffs. That's crazy.

We only sucked on purpose for 5. The other 5 we just sucked.... :lol:
 
So unless you gonna find the Greak Freak or Donovan Mitchell
But you passed on both these guys.. Instead you literally tanked entire seasons and grabbed the consensus best guy available. Theres nothing strategic or genius about that. You guys kept throwing shit on the walls and waited for something to stick. Look man, congrats that it finally looks to have paid dividends.. Just stop calling this shit some stroke of brilliance when it was in fact a disgrace that the league has since put plans in place to stop.
 
That was part of it. But making deals with other crappy teams was a part as well. For example when we drafted Fultz last year. We actually used Sacramentos pick to move up to 1.

Also this year. We have the Lakers pick, and if that didn't convey, we would get Sacramentos unprotected pick next year.
Getting extra draft picks aren't the problem. It's what you do with those picks is where the problem lies. And let's be honest. You guys hit on Embid and Simmons.......but it's finding guys like Saric, Covington.....signing Reddick...llasova..Bellini...them moves didn't involve tanking or the process or whatever y'all want to call it.
 
Stash assets and draft picks while remaining under the cap

Don’t forget Saric was part of the process too
Man that sounds like just sucking until you get good player. The process would've been shorter if you drafted better players. I don't commend y'all for fielding a team but them moves didn't require tanking. Well Simmons and Embid did.
 
Stash assets and draft picks while remaining under the cap

Don’t forget Saric was part of the process too

Yup. That too. This is the timing aspect of building a team. Again you dont want to be good enough to be at the back end of the lottery. No one wants to give the Sixers credit for considering that.

130-103 Bruh... 17 straight wins... All that matters :yes:
Yes sir... :yes:

But you passed on both these guys.. Instead you literally tanked entire seasons and grabbed the consensus best guy available. Theres nothing strategic or genius about that. You guys kept throwing shit on the walls and waited for something to stick. Look man, congrats that it finally looks to have paid dividends.. Just stop calling this shit some stroke of brilliance when it was in fact a disgrace that the league has since put plans in place to stop.

Everybody missed on them though fam. Either your some brilliant basketball savant, or arrogant as hell if you expect to find that gem year in and out. The process is like an admission of your limitations and building layers of insurance for those limitations. Draft high, makes deals with other crappy teams, and stash some talent until the right time.
 
That was part of it. But making deals with other crappy teams was a part as well. For example when we drafted Fultz last year. We actually used Sacramentos pick to trade up to 1.

Also this year. We have the Lakers pick, and if that didn't convey, we would get Sacramentos unprotected pick next year.


Congratulations
However let's not kid ourselves
You used a ton of picks to get to this point
And missed on a ton
You cats are acting like you just didn't draft Noel and okafor and shit lol

Like you said Bam Bam Bam we here!

It was a normal road to this point and I'm glad it's working out
 
Congratulations
However let's not kid ourselves
You used a ton of picks to get to this point
And missed on a ton
You cats are acting like you just didn't draft Noel and okafor and shit lol

Like you said Bam Bam Bam we here!

It was a normal road to this point and I'm glad it's working out
Okafor was suppose to be better than he is
 
:ssshhh: You know what thats all about man... Just let it flow my Brethren... :yes:

You right bruh. I remember explaining accurately who we would keep, cut or trade based on my understanding of the process. Thats when cats thought we was cutting talent all willy nilly and too early.

Cats didnt rock with it then, so they wont now. But explaining shit isnt even necessary to enjoy the ride... :yes:
 
Everybody missed on them though fam. Either your some brilliant basketball savant, or arrogant as hell if you expect to find that gem year in and out. The process is like an admission of your limitations and building layers of insurance for those limitations. Draft high, makes deals with other crappy teams, and stash some talent until the right time.
No. Im not brilliant or a savant.. But neither is the cac Henke that you guys are pretending had the master plan. Thats kinda the point im making. Tanking seasons after seasons isnt a stroke of genius. Its making a mockery of the league while hoping you hit on one or more of the lottery picks you took a dive for.

Lets be honest, You guys LUCKED up and got the #1 pick in a year with a consensus #1 stud in Simmons.. Hes the reason its paying off.. and for all talk about Embiid being a generational talent the fact remains that he aint playing today. So again, this entire thing was far from a master plan and more of a decade+ of incompetence that you lucked up and got the #1 pick the year Simmons was on deck. Period.

Again, props on the playoff berth... i just wish you guys would stop pretending Henke did something special.
 
But it's not a process. You guys sucked year after year until you hit. It wasn't great scouts. It wasn't some genius plan. You guys said we are gonna suck and pick the best prospect we can. For all that sucking you only ended up with Simmons and Embid. I agree you need stars but you also need to draft them. I just don't feel you should have to suck for 10 years in order to make the playoffs. That's crazy.

They sucked for 10 years and will have enough picks to be great for 25 years. Lebron probably has a max of 5 more years at top performance. If he stays in the east Philly will have enough to battle against him until he retires. This process will be talked about decades. The only other team that will close to them will be Boston.
 
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