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.