Other Sports: The Philadelphia Seventy Sixers 23-24 Season Thread: Punt, Pass, Or Kick? Post Trade Deadline

[DancingPanther]

if the NBA is rigged...what match-up do they want in the finals for the most viewership?

i mean I could see wanting Boston-Knicks in the ECF..and Minny-OKC would be a good WCF(though not sure it would have great viewership)

Oh God Nuggets out of the West is a given. Silver probably doesn't care if it's the Celtics or Knicks, but either one of those is the hope I'm sure.

 

[Tripod]

You guys are silly.

The NBA wanted the Raps to win vs Philly? Or vs Giannis?

You guys had 2 of the most "shoot to draw fouls" guys in Harden and Embiid tge last few years and now have a top complaining coach....lol.

And even this year's playoffs, Knicks are 5th in FT attempts per game, Philly is 4th.

 

[Magua]

Embiid is the most difficult 1v1 cover in the league. Brunson is a 6 foot and change average athlete. Equating them as foul drawers is absurd.

 

[DancingPanther]

Embiid is the most difficult 1v1 cover in the league. Brunson is a 6 foot and change average athlete. Equating them as foul drawers is absurd.

Embiid forces fouls. Brunson draws them. One is a beast, and one is a p***y.

On a similar note, it makes no f***ing sense to me that no one complains about Giannis getting all his free throws, but they complain about Embiid

 

[Jack Straw]

Guys, guys… put some respect on Embiid’s name. Our dude can draw fouls with the best of them.

 

[trostol]

so should i be concerned the refs will do their best to help the Nuggets get back into the series?

 

[trostol]

between every trip down being a 3 attempt and soft calls this is gonna be a long night

 

[trostol]

had to turn it off..between the Wolves playing badly and the refs calling every little thing on them..its not a good night

 

[Tripod]

Crazy that Atl won the lottery from the 10 spot.

 

[Flybynite]

Crazy that Atl won the lottery from the 10 spot.

The #9 team also won and moved up to #3 (Houston) with the Nets 1st from the James Harden trade.

So the Nets have ended up trading away 3 different top-3 picks in the last 10 drafts.

Billy King traded away a bunch of 1sts/swaps for 36 year old Paul Pierce and 37 year old Kevin Garnett who helped the Nets win 1 playoff round. Those picks ended up giving Boston a #3 overall and #1 overall pick. Plus a #8 that was traded the prior year to Cleveland to get Kyrie.

Now the James Harden trade has resulted in one of those Nets picks turning into a top 3 pick for the team who got it.

(honorable mention that Billy King also traded away a future 1st the year before the Garnett/Pierce trade for a 30 year old broken down Gerald Wallace who played 1 season for the Nets with like 7 pts, 4 rebs a game) That future 1st? Turned into the #6 pick in the draft for Portland who took Damian Lillard.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

WNBA is going to be a better watch than the NBA soon.

 

[Shrike]

WNBA is going to be a better watch than the NBA soon.

As long as they don’t let NBA refs work WNBA games

 

[trostol]

i've moved on to other sports...that are truly..weird to watch and one a lil boring

 

[JojoTheWhale]

The Wizards are looking to get another pick per a bunch of sources. Assuming no star trade, I'd be shocked if Morey doesn't offer 16 for Advija.

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[JojoTheWhale]

The people determined to call Bronny not a prospect are just as embarrassing as the other extreme at this point. It’s a race to the shittiest take.

Everyone with eyes knew he wasn’t 6’4”. He’ll probably end up overdrafted because of the name, but there has never been an NBA draft class where he’s not a top 64 pick assuming clean medicals. The people out there doing the NBA draft content well go back multiple years into high school on these guys. Hell, the reason so many of them were so high on Maxey was high school tape. It sure wasn’t anything he did at Kentucky.

(Would the Lakers give me Max Christie for him if he lasts to 41? That’s a question I’d like answered too.)