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See you in ten years

You know someway, somehow,  through sheer luck they are going to go on a run and pull me back in this year only to lose horribly in the first round.

NN has to change the offense.  It cant be Embiid centric, cuz he doesn't play.  He needs to have more of a motio offense which would force more passes and stop all the dumb @$$ unnecessary dribbling and iso.  There is a time for that, but not as their primary set.

Maxey stops playing defense as soon as a player gets by him.  He just stands there doing absolutely nothing.  Guys getting offensive rebounds cuz he's just standing there watching.  He has to be engaged like the rest of the players.  They're in a zone, he's outta position so someone goes to help him and he just stands watching as Theis goes down the lane.

I agree; the offense has to change.  The players have to execute better and must be  held accountable.  When you are small and is not a good shooting team  you have to move, hustle to hopefully get good shots. Everyone needs to crash the board. Stop taking stupid shots when none of your teammates are near the basket.   Since we are so small, the coach has to preach collective rebounding.

On defense, if you are going to play small, the players need to move their feet and box out on defense.    They need to be pesky and hustle a lot more then they are right now.    If players are unwilling then they need to be benched.   

However a lot of the sixers issue seem to be culture/identity related.  They don't know who they are!!  If they do, then they certainly not doing it and are not being held accountable.

That one handed bs that's all the rage in the NBA, trynna avoid contact instead of drawing contact.

Incredibly frustrating.  This team has no identity on Offense-  Too much ball dribbling and ISO.  I don't Know why George and Maxey and Embiid feels like they have to take all the shots.. and bad one at that too..


I blame the coach!

I am hoping for a win!  But with the way this team has been playing it will probably come down to the final seconds.

We have no 1st round pick in 2022, 2025 and 2027.

Our only hope is for Reed to live up to his promise to be an All-Star next season.

If not, this process will end with Joel demanding a trade next offseason.

I agree that Reed, Bassey, and our young players need playtime to develop. However, we need to have a coach or a system that would allow these players to do that. Unfortunately, I don think Rivers is that coach; he failed us this year by not developing Reed and Bassey during the regular season. Instead, he threw Reed through the wolves during the playoffs.  Although Reed played well, imagine what could have been if the coach had instilled confidence in not only Reed and Bassey by playing them throughout the regular season.

We need to let Rivers, Harden unless he is on a team-friendly contract, and Tobias go.

I learned, and I hope our front office learned as well as the fact that James Harden is no longer a difference-maker; he cannot carry nor can he lead a team to victory anymore. He is not worth the max deal contract; not anymore.   We should let him walk and invest the money in more athletic, young talents.

I wonder the same thing!!! How do you only play Bassey for 5 minutes? 

Doc does not know how to think outside the box and this is the reason why we can't win a championship with him.  We lose this series and I am done with Doc at this point.


During the entire season, he completely failed to develop Reed and Bassey.  This is a major faux pas in my book.  He has to go after this season

I am oK with the trade.  I wish we did not give them Drummond, Curry plus 2 first-round picks.  I would have liked this trade better if Patty Mills was included.