[Meditated StatesParticipant]

 Will Phillys trade give them the edge in post season or do they just match up poorly?

 

What is it that is causing them to struggle vs the Celtics?

[holefillers1Participant]

Coaching.  Brett Brown is a system coach with his motion offense and insists on switching everything on the defense.  Brad Stevens just laughed and called high P n R to get his guys wide open shots or goes right to the mismatch in the post.  This happened all night with no adjustments from the Sixers 

[BKGingerSnapParticipant]

Every time the 76ers plays Boston, I swear the team plays much better with McConnell on the floor instead of Simmons. Boston can always dictate the tempo of games against philly so Philly’s fast break game dissapears and Simmons weakness in the half court really shows. Additionally, Boston has 4 good wings (Tatum, Brown, Morris, Hayward) who can switch on Simmons, Harris, and Butler. Finally, Embiid still really struggles guarding Horford on the perimeter and Horford still has those wily veteran moves that Embiid really doesn’t see from any other big man in the east. Its a terrible matchup for Philly.  

[juves4783Participant]

2 for 7 from the FT line was horrid too.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

 

 Brett seemed lost on it too. Gordon was left open for the open J too much too. AGREE THEY TAKE ADVANTAVE OF BEN EVERY GAME. I though Sixers needed to trade him to deal with Celtics or make him play PF against them.

[BeastMode716Participant]

 established in Phila & you can tell his players luv & respect him 

But he’s got way too much talent now to just run the same system w/ no adjustements & his rotations make little to know sense 

Jimmy Butler & Tobias Harris are 2 of the Best P&R studs in the NBA & u got 2 Monsters in Embiid & Simmons & they run almost No P&R’s 

I’m Not saying Brown is Phila Jackson but Phila Jackson had Tex Winter to establish the system & make adjustments — 

Sixers should really consider hiring an Asst to handle that role & Brown can continue to do what he is clearly great at which is dealing w/ the individual personalities 

B/c u can’t keep adding All Stars & get the same results vs your top competition in your conference 

[OhCanada-Participant]

 Simmons game is alot like Lebron’s because he doesnt make a difference off the ball and is basically a one man offense in terms of creating for others. He’s a player that needs to be built around in order to be effective. This pushes Embiid to the perimeter.

The best thing he can do off the ball is become an offensive rebounder and the 76ers try to take advantage of this alot. They have him stand under the opponents rim while the opponents are taking free throws in order to create a mismatch with the other teams gaurd pinned down there and they have Embiid play on the perimeter and Simmons stay under the rim as the primary offensive rebounder in halfcourt sets. However this is not playing to their strengths.

Embiid as skilled as he is needs to operate out of the low post/highpost areas and be surrounded by shooters.

Butler is too big to be running around through screens and creating space as an off the ball shooter like JJ Redick. The 76ers are really underusing him offensively sticking him in a Robert Covington role. 

And Embiid isnt perfect either. He falls in love with that jumpshot and floats on the perimeter. I think part of that is actually the 76ers gameplan errors as well. He also seems to get discouraged alot more than I remember.

[halfdecayedParticipant]

 another W without Kyrie. Makes yo think smh.

[juves4783Participant]

i agree.  i seriously think ainge should consider building this young core and forgetting about the big 3.  the moment kyrie started making questionable return comments and AD’s dad got in the media, i would’ve shopped kyrie to the lakers or knicks for more young pieces.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

 They are horrible on road without him. Rozier is not a starting PG and shoots under 40% in like his 4th year still. Cavs had no one at PG last year and Terry never made them pay. Rozier is not very good. Streaky at best.They have not loss to OKC since Irving got there. They are 2-1 vs Raps with Irving being huge in those games. Will not win a game vs GOLDEN STATE without himg. Will not beat the new Bucks without him, he kills their PG. Trading Kyrie is settling for what you guys call middle of pack teams. Makes zero sense. But we talking about the Sixers here. They are not beating the Celtics,Raps, and Bucks this year. It wont happen. Celtics are likely to win east no matter the seeding.

[celtics1982Participant]

 The Celtics are one game over .500 with Irving on the road this year. During the last two regular seasons they are one game above .500 without Irving on the Road! Overall they are 33-18 without Irving the last two years including the playoffs and 24-3 at home without him. The road record if from the playoffs, where they went 1-7, yet LeBron was 1-5 in his last 6 road games. The Greek Freak went 0-4, road wins are crazy hard in the playoffs.

Rozier is a very good defender, elite rebounder for a PG, runs our offense very well, doesn’t dominate the ball, runs a more up tempo pace, and a streaky scorer. He plays better as a starter and shots over 40% when he starts. Also at 36% from deep. They beat the Bucks with Rozier last year and that is the same core as the playoffs.

You don’t want to get rid of Irving. Yet he needs to blend his style into our system better. For some reason we are basically the same team with him as without him. There is zero we can’t beat certain teams without him. Watch out if things click and we’ve seen flashes of it.

[celtics1982Participant]

 I love Embiid great player. Yet everytime he plays Horford he acts like Horford is a chump and gives zero respect. While also blaming the refs. I mean come on now, Horford has played some elite D on him. Embiid can take too long to make his moves, giving Horford time to muscle him up and challenge shots. Quick moves are unstoppable. Then he loves to go shot threes for some reason. Not that they lose because of him. He’s just not unstoppable when he could be.

The other big thing is the Sixers love threes and Boston can  guard them rather well. Then they double Embiid or other guys in the post off of Simmons. His lack of shooting allows them to keep more guys down low to cut off the driving lanes. It’s why McConnell changes things, you can run pick and roll with him, you need to respect his shot.

So yea in conclusion I think Brown gets out coached badly when playing Boston. Yet the pieces don’t  fit perfectly. Like Simmons would be perfect working in the low post to help run the offense. Yet with Embiid and now Butler, you can’t do that. They won’t be unstoppable until he can keep defenses honest. He doesn’t even need to be great, but he can’t not even take any either.

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

 They are 2 and 2 vs playoff teams this year without him. Brooklyn and Sixers who they always beat. Not exactly killing it vs good teams. Celtics a good team but no Chip happening without Irving. We all know that who know Basketball. Question is about the Sixers. Celtics have only lost 3 games in last 15 they are fine. Should Ben Simmons have the PG duties taken from him vs the Celtics if they meet in playoffs?

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