2024-2025 Sixers Season

[bigegypt0417]

if they can't manage to be 40-30, there will be issues we don't know about yet...

this team if playing to their ability should win 50+

If not...this team will need to be blown up.

[xogfog]

And now Embiid is doubtful with illness for tonight vs. Heat...

[zambonir]

I feel like the issues we know about are already more than sufficient to sink the season. Especially since losing in the first round like last year or in the second like so many others still won't be success.

I mostly mean the injuries, but also the obviously persistent organizational dysfunction, which starts with Harris but falls on Joel too (since it's a player's league), and seems unaffected over the past few years by the changes at the GM and coach level.

[xogfog]

I'm almost willing to tank the season too, I mean, Maxey will be back sooner than expected, and maybe they'll right the ship, but I kind of look at this like the first season the Phillies had Pete Rose, it paid off the next year. This team, with time together on the court and improvement around the edges between this season and next should make them title contenders the following year.

I also think Embiid is not getting good sleep with a newborn. So maybe that will improve too.

[phillychuck]

Who had the "Jared McCain will be the best player on the Sixers this year" prop bet at 10,000:1 against?

[MichaelJackSchmidt]

McCain will be better than a healthy Maxey, in my opinion.

[bkeich]

I feel like the issues we know about are already more than sufficient to sink the season. Especially since losing in the first round like last year or in the second like so many others still won't be success.

I mostly mean the injuries, but also the obviously persistent organizational dysfunction, which starts with Harris but falls on Joel too (since it's a player's league), and seems unaffected over the past few years by the changes at the GM and coach level.

I think at this point losing in the first round is starting to look like a dream. Winning the lottery might be more realistic goal.

[xogfog]

The Sixers, who had a lead at halftime and looked very good, fizzled in the second half scoring a total of 16 points in the third and 17 points in the 4th. Unacceptable.

[zambonir]

Statistically you're not wrong. You still have to think the team will gel/get everyone on the court and play up to their potential, but can they actually do load management or survive another round of injuries and get into a playoff seed, let alone win a few rounds?

As things stand now, if it's still the same in January, you'd almost have to tank, and hard, since the 2025 pick is only protected 1-6.

[phillychuck]

McCain will be better than a healthy Maxey, in my opinion.

Not unless they broke Maxey in the offseason. McCain is a slightly better shooter (as long as Maxey is taking a handful of step-backs every game) but Maxey is better in the open court, better attacking the basket, a better ball handler, and way better on-ball defender right now. That's a lot to make up.

[MichaelJackSchmidt]

I'm comparing Maxey as a rookie vs McCain as a rookie. McCain is further ahead than Maxey was at this point.

[zambonir]

Everything is great

Sources: Maxey challenged Embiid over tardiness

[bigegypt0417]

At some point it has to be determined if you're moving forward with embiid...his new contract may mean you're entering Ben Simmons territory...ok, that's a stretch but embiid could be the issue.

[phillychuck]

McCain will be better than a healthy Maxey, in my opinion.

I'm sorry, I certainly didn't read that as McCain, as a rookie, will be better than Maxey was, as a rookie.

He will have better numbers, and it's interesting that Nurse isn't hesitating to play him.

[zambonir]

As ever it's not clear whether it will be the Sixers who determine it, or Joel who determines it. But it doesn't sound like the meeting or the Maxey/Joel dynamic is too heated. Still, at the end of the day it's the same old same old. He is the Franchise and that's been true of all the good and all the disappointment, even when there have been other factors (and disappointing teammates).

Joel doesn't currently have an newborn, btw. His son is four and his wife is pregnant. Depending how pregnant (he revealed it in September) that's another way he can miss some games with a good reason!

[MichaelJackSchmidt]

Sorry, my post was a bit rushed and didn't clarify. I am wondering if McCain as a rookie being better than Maxey can reasonably translate into a theory that McCain has a more significant upside for his career than Maxey

[bigegypt0417]

So i think Maxey is the third star on any team he plays for...as the centerpiece of a team...not so much.

I think Maxey is being judged for being pushed in to a role he isn't really built for.

McCain seems to be better than his draft position but he certainly has some upside...not sure it's to the level of Maxey but he's looking like a steal where we got him.

[dicemen99]

Everything is great

Sources: Maxey challenged Embiid over tardiness

Shocking.

They should cut Joel a little slack, though. I'm sure he wouldn't be late unless he had a bellyache, headache, or something like that.

[el-pietro]

Number one pick?