looks like kyrie, lillard, and maybe giannis ???


i wonder where the actual data point on the graph would be? center of the forehead? center mass of the picture?

Lillard/McCollum/Plumlee all improved and POR in the ****ter. Axing Stotts now?

bink! thanks guys

I want him to get stronger, but not all yoked. Won't matter anyway he's destined to have a top-end of a Pau Gasol body, bottom end prolly Marc

philly has now won 6 of their last 7 when embiid plays. And he still hasn't even played a game of 30 min yet, because of the minutes restriction.

Coincidentally, in the game that embiid sat against the Wizards, Okafor ended his streak of DNP-CDs and played 35 minutes. And the 76ers lost.

GOAT/unGOAT

Embiid/Simmons/Noel as your young core in the post. Still desperately need NBA quality guards and wings, but as a reminder they have

* Their own 1st round picks 2017-forever
* Right to swap 2017 1sts with Sacramento
* Lakers 2017 1st (1-3 protected)
* Sacramento's 2019 1st (unprotected)
* OKC's 2020 1st (heavily protected)
* A net of eight different 2nd round picks from 2017-2021

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Dunno if you guys have heard of him but here is a cool BBallBreakdown video of the GOAT passing big man:

It's more than that. He is actually good on offense and will end up being a better version of Al Jefferson on offense. The problem he is one of the laziest defensive players I have ever seen. He never gets in a defensive stance, he half-asses everything. Doesn't even try to box out. I just don't understand why he doesn't show even a little effort.

I am a huge defender of Hinkie, as many of you know, but this is the one pick that never made sense to me. I honestly thought they would rob the Knicks in a trade down and take Porzingis. Taking Okafor made no sense. There were rumors ownership pressured him into taking Okafor but who knows. Regardless of what happened he deserves a lot of crap for that pick because it made no sense at any point.

I don't know if you are ironically using the word coincidentally, but ironically i think the word that fits the context is ironically.

IRONICALLY.

how is it ironic that they lost the one game where the ****ty player got 35 min and the really good one didnt play? unless you are on some real meta sht

Some deep leveling going on here

jokic/gobert containment thread plz. embiid im still cool with tho

Randle is going to stick with the sixers. Dude can ball

We are just righting the ship because everyone and their mother is talking Staps/Embiid/KaT when there are two guys playing far better right now. Embiid gets a pass because he has GOAT equity and is fun as hell. We should just rename the thread to jokbertbiid.

Giannis is now leading or near leading the bucks (can't be bothered to check) in all 5 major stats AND field goal percentage

NBA is excellent quality right now

kind of weird how we already know who the two finals teams are going to be, but it doesn't stop the rest of the league from being awesome.

Russ and Harden still worth watching basically every night. So many young killers like Embiid/Staps/Giannis/Parker/KAT/Jokic/Gobert/Brow that are all super fun to keep track of. Spurs still great. Lots of high quality teams that play good basketball like the Raps/Celtics/Clips/Jazz/Grizz. NBA is the best man.

The playoffs will be awesome, and I don't think Cle/GS is a guarantee by any means.

I would go down on a long man if some team in the West could miraculously beat GSW, in particular if it were Beard or GOATbert.

Lol that 2019 unprotected sac first...where did this come from? That could be really good. What are the odds boogie's even on the team then?

Sixers took Thompson and Landry's contracts and all their firsts so Kings could clear cap space to give money to Rondo

this gets funnier each time i read it

The Sixers took on like $13 million in contracts for two seasons (Landry and Thompson). They got Nik Stauskas, pick swap in 16 and pick swap in 17, and an unprotected 2019 1st round pick.

From a cost/benefit perspective it might have been one of the best trades of the past decade. The Celtics got more in return in their trade but they also had KG and Pierce to trade. The Sixers gave up nothing.

Not that this matters, but from a business perspective, Hinkie saved the Sixers ownership a lot of money. They would always be at the minimum during his three years, but he traded for salary at the deadline to reach the minimum. And, there was a loophole in the CBA where you only have to pay the player for the games remaining in the season. So he usually saved 1/2 the money he traded for. Usually resulted in saving the Sixers owners $3 million/year. Considering how well he did from an asset and a cost minimization perspective the owners really ****ed him over.

Stauskas has now moved from "contract they took" to "asset they got"? I think he was always kind of straddling the line.

What kind of odds on betting the finals won't be Cavs v GS?

Also, rubio + Shabazz trade rumors for a guard to start until Dunn is ready. Knight? Dragic?

Tempted to mention Rondo but lol Rondo

Well Rubio is better than Knight and Rondo and Dragic has a huge deal with lots of years left- not something you want when they're gonna have to pay Lavine/Wiggz/KAT soon.