2019-2020 Sixers Season/Offseason

zambonir 2019-11-17 17:53:05 UTC #123

Well, it's not necessarily the first time for everyone.

VoteForKalas 2019-11-18 11:16:35 UTC #124

Again, these roster and performance issues are NOT new

Most of the core of the roster have been here and played under Brown

Blame needs to be put on Brand as well - this is his roster and his bad cap management

bigegypt0417 2019-11-18 14:10:10 UTC #125

he seems to be making one pretty important change by not having Simmons and Embiid on the floor at the same time as often.

The sixers played a pretty poor Cleveland team yesterday but the difference was they did what they were supposed to when they play inferior teams.

Tobias Harris may be coming out of his slump...

phillychuck 2019-11-18 16:43:35 UTC #126

They played well versus Cleveland with Embiid playing short minutes and taking a secondary role. I also liked that Brett's rotation seems to be 10 or 11 deep now. I don't know how you can keep O'Quinn off the floor--he's really played well, and I'd personally like to see him get 15 minutes/game or so. Right now the non-ration guys (out of the 15) are

Zaire (in Delaware)
Bolden (in Delaware)
Pelle (buried on the bench)
Shayock (In Delaware, LEADING THE LEAGUE IN SCORING)
Milton (recovering from injury)

And I could see Milton getting rotation minutes once he's 100%. At some point in the season Shayock might provide an offensive boost.

zambonir 2019-11-19 06:01:26 UTC #127

Smart analysis if you subscribe. Basically makes the case that Brown's offense hasn't adjusted to the roster.

I notice Brown dismissed concerns about Simmons' shooting yesterday too. Implied it's not one of the top three things they want from him and that he grades out high on their internal analytics. Of course that could also just be spin.

bigegypt0417 2019-11-19 14:20:33 UTC #128

I think it's both valid and spin. Ben Simmons from all reports has at least the ability to shoot jumpers and if he ever wants to reach the peak of his talents, he's going to need to develop it even if it's 15 footers and closer.

bigegypt0417 2019-11-21 00:21:45 UTC #129

Ben Simmons hit a 3...in a regular season game!

http://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1197308044272488448

phillychuck 2019-11-21 01:35:14 UTC #130

Sixers gave up a 13-0 run to start the second half and a trailing a pretty poor Knicks team.

bigegypt0417 2019-11-21 02:47:32 UTC #131

Comeback win for the sixers...were down 17.

phillychuck 2019-11-21 03:56:34 UTC #132

Thybulle, Ennis, Scott, and Simmons were great. Scott hit two huge 3's late.

zambonir 2019-11-21 21:52:04 UTC #133

Interesting read. A few things jumped out:

Strong implication the locker room is glad Butler's gone.

The Sixers now have an 11-person player development department, separate from the game coaches.

zambonir 2019-11-23 05:31:13 UTC #134

Some classic Pop tonight (including some jokes). Post-game line was pretty cool, in addition to his moment with Brown it looked like he called back Simmons to be able to greet him.

zambonir 2019-11-23 19:33:22 UTC #135

kmc1019 2019-11-24 13:22:00 UTC #136

Since I am pretty quick to jump on the Sixers when they are underachieving, I will give kudos to this weekend's dominant 2 game performance.

Just annihilated the Heat last night and ruined Jimmy Butler's return. Career game from Butler's replacement Josh Richardson and pretty much great performances from the entire team, especially starting 5.

teabag259 2019-11-26 02:19:57 UTC #137

Embiid is scoreless through 3 quarters tonight in Toronto...

kmc1019 2019-11-26 03:01:07 UTC #138

Another disgraceful loss, Raptors score final 10 points of the game while Sixers are completely lost on offense down the stretch. Embiid zero points in 32 minutes. Embarrassing, underachieving performance.

phillychuck 2019-11-26 03:20:18 UTC #139

They played great for 42 minutes. Not a disgraceful performance, just a learning game--they need to figure out how to play better down the stretch with this group, and I'm confident they will. On Embiid, he clearly was not right tonight. -- He acted sick or hurt. Seriously, it's a regular season NBA game--they mean very little.

zambonir 2019-11-26 04:11:00 UTC #140

96-96 on the road against a top team w/ 0 points from their best player, they must have been pretty good to even get to that point, and certainly not disgraceful. Sounds like some poor execution at the end though. Gotta win these games in May certainly - but then again you can still lose three of them.

kmc1019 2019-11-26 11:57:26 UTC #141

I'll leave out the drama (note: do not post after watching your vaunted team give up a 10-0 run to end a close game against a less talented team):
-First trip to Toronto since season-ending loss, opportunity to exorcise demons and make a statement
-Raptors unquestionably less talented after losing Kawhi
-Great game from Josh Richardson and strong push off bench from Mike Scott are lone bright spots
-Team misses 4 consecutive free throws in crunch time
-Offensive execution on key positions with less than 3 minutes to go was brutal
-Final offensive series results in a terrible, off balance 3 point attempt by a double-covered Tobias Harris. Ben Simmons clearly loses awareness of clock, retrieves rebound 35 feet from basket and - with 5 seconds left - heaves an off-balance turnaround shot rather than heading closer to the basket or exploring other options
-Ben Simmons: 7 turnovers
-Joel Embiid: 0 pts in 32 minutes, missed all 14 shots and free throws

VoteForKalas 2019-11-26 16:52:27 UTC #142

If he is regularly getting sick and hurt along with acting tired, that should be again a glaring red flag.

The plan for the off-season and season was to figure out and implement a program to improve his fitness, diet etc. and I've not seen any evidence anything has changed so far.

This cost us HUGE in the playoffs last season; the 76ers need to get to the bottom of his issues and figure out a program to help him.