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As I suggested, I think the Wizards acquired both Davis and Young, both former all stars, in order to develop the group of young players they are assembling. The Wizards are loaded with 1st and 2nd round picks. If they draft deftly, they may be contenders be the time Embiid moves on. Any team thinking of acquiring Embiid should have a more thoughtful plan than "he'll put us over the top".

Yes, I'm with you, dude. And, there could be another historical loser franchise, besides just the Wizards, that wants to chase the 8th seed in the short term while putting veteran former stars around its developing youth.

Washington got AD for 1 late first and one fake first (ie probably won't convey). I don't think the 6ers would trade Joel for that sparse a package, at this point, but I do think there are teams that would consider trading for him, if that's all he costs.

Fake or not, it's not that far off... Joel at the Denver games missed 467 games... He would have missed the Jazz and Kings game. So that should be 469 games Missed...

Joel Embiid out for Sixers-Thunder on Monday... That would make it 470 games missed by Joel Embiid...

Joel Embiid has not played since Feb. 28 due to a right oblique strain. The Sixers have continually professed hope that his return was nearing in recent days...

When did playing over 50% of your career become a good thing? Do you agree that his unavailability is why we have not won a title under Joel... The lack of chemistry because he's unavailable... I'll give you something that is less than 50%... I don't give the Sixers a chance at all of winning in the 1st round. We could lose in the play-in... The chances of the Sixers winning a 1st round series IMHO, is 0%... They are not beating the Pistons, Celtics, or Knicks... Just maybe if someone was available more, the wins reflect differently, and they are higher in the standings. And their is consistency with the team in general... But this in and out the lineup for a huge number of games is not sustainable or a winning way... 485 played and 470 not played, regardless of how you want to put it is not good... It's still a 50/50 flip of the coin if he's available or not... 50.78% PLAYED and 49.22% NOT PLAYED...

i already said it didnt matter to you guys but you still decided to septuple down on the negativity

my point was that outsiders and now even some sixers fans will do anything to tear him down even if it isnt real.  Microcosm of his career, that went viral and was on ESPN.  I dont care about the percents they were wrong and didnt fact check and just ran with it.  50, 45, 40, whatever.  Hes still the best talent this team has seen since before i was born and weve decided to go down with the ship.  If you abandoned ship then whats the panic over?  Theres nothing to be done to change us from this course. 

he started at a 200 game deficit and beat that.  No comment on that... just negativity...  At this point even if we did go on a run to the ECF theyd still detract from it.  From "no ECF" to "only one" or "no finals"  the goal post always shifts for people that are contentious.

Its okay to be negative, this team has put us all through hell.  But to do it so constantly is poison.  We are .5 out of the 5th seed and Detroit just lost Cade.  Very real possibility with guys coming back that we play Cleveland and then if we win a tight series we get Detroit without Cade.  Dream a little.  This has been a weird season in an era of weird seasons.  No team in the east is a world beater except the Celtics.

The point of sports is to have fun and to dream big.  Right now things are looking okay, its not the time to melt down over Joel every single day.

Do i think we are likely to win a series?  No.  Can we?  Absolutely.  Do i think we could win two?  Absolutely if things break right.

Im a dreamer.  Pacers went on a run last year.  Why not us?  Why cant we ever be happy?  We are overdue.  Again in all likelihood it wont happen but what if?  a chance at playoff Harden and then Tobias and then the Celtics?  Who would say no to that?


DREAM BIG COWBOYS COME ON.  You are counting games that someone is not playing while we are 13-11 since the george suspension without 4/5 starters for a lot of it.  Come on thats lame as hell man

We are gonna get smacked vs OKC and then the race for the 5 seed is ON.  We have an easy schedule with our most important game remaining likely being against Charlotte.  Get excited about something because i am ready to get hurt again lol

A bottomless confidence in absolute stupidity that is rooted in extreme groupthink.

We all have stupid takes, but when it comes about through extreme groupthink, it becomes codified as if it was Einstein's e=mc^2.

I appreciate the response. IMO - what you are describing is most fan bases that invest in their teams. Eg NY, Boston, Chicago etc rather than a St Louis or Tampa etc type of fan base.  The difference between a Philly fan and a NYC or Boston fan is our lack of arrogance which can be misconstrued as ignorance or stupidity. Our lack of arrogance allows us to embrace the underdog or be more forgiving. You would have to grow up in Philly to understand and I mean Philly, not a burb.

Need them to step up as Wheeler ages and. Ola continues his cliff dive.

Spot on. Nola has looked better but he's spent most of the spring in the WBC team so we haven't seen him much. I hope he does better than last year, but couldn't get eyes on some guys with the WBC.

Mr Krukster - you and I have never had a disrespectful moment although we’ve disagreed on several topics, so I am asking this in all sincerity:

As someone Philly born/bred/live and probably die (although been all around the world), I want to understand what you mean by “Philly dumb”?  You’ve used this term numerous times but I’ve. It seen or remembered the actual definition.  Asking this and hoping you get a chance to answer rather than the from someone you’ve beefed with.

A bottomless confidence in absolute stupidity that is rooted in extreme groupthink.

We all have stupid takes, but when it comes about through extreme groupthink, it becomes codified as if it was Einstein's e=mc^2.