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The Juggler

RiotZact said:

Wow. Trying not to overreact but if they lose when the best 3 players put up that kind of stat line, things aren’t looking great. Every problem that has held this team back from being a championship contender the last few years was present in this first game back. How does someone score 53 and you completely refuse to clamp down on him? He could have had 45 and the Sixers would have won handily, but no. Hopefully Shake and Richardson will contribute more in these remaining 7 games and it will fix some of the problems, but I’m not as optimistic as I usually am. 

What a frustrating game. That fucking guy couldn't miss. 

RiotZact

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

Wow. Trying not to overreact but if they lose when the best 3 players put up that kind of stat line, things aren’t looking great. Every problem that has held this team back from being a championship contender the last few years was present in this first game back. How does someone score 53 and you completely refuse to clamp down on him? He could have had 45 and the Sixers would have won handily, but no. Hopefully Shake and Richardson will contribute more in these remaining 7 games and it will fix some of the problems, but I’m not as optimistic as I usually am. 

What a frustrating game. That fucking guy couldn't miss. 

He really couldn’t. But like the commentators were saying, why isn’t someone on him like white on rice the second he crosses the half court line? He was the only threat they had and he was still being guarded as if he was just any other guy on the court. I haven’t noticed this personally, but several articles I’ve read about last night‘s game mentioned that this team has regularly let one guy beat them. Like I said, I have never noticed that pattern myself, and maybe those writers are just overreacting, but if true it’s yet another thing to add to the list of problems that refuse to go away year after year (like turnovers, horrible job finishing close games, Ben’s refusal to shoot etc.) 

The Juggler

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

Wow. Trying not to overreact but if they lose when the best 3 players put up that kind of stat line, things aren’t looking great. Every problem that has held this team back from being a championship contender the last few years was present in this first game back. How does someone score 53 and you completely refuse to clamp down on him? He could have had 45 and the Sixers would have won handily, but no. Hopefully Shake and Richardson will contribute more in these remaining 7 games and it will fix some of the problems, but I’m not as optimistic as I usually am. 

What a frustrating game. That fucking guy couldn't miss. 

He really couldn’t. But like the commentators were saying, why isn’t someone on him like white on rice the second he crosses the half court line? He was the only threat they had and he was still being guarded as if he was just any other guy on the court. I haven’t noticed this personally, but several articles I’ve read about last night‘s game mentioned that this team has regularly let one guy beat them. Like I said, I have never noticed that pattern myself, and maybe those writers are just overreacting, but if true it’s yet another thing to add to the list of problems that refuse to go away year after year (like turnovers, horrible job finishing close games, Ben’s refusal to shoot etc.) 

It's been so long you might not remember, but yeah, guards especially have gone off on us this year. I think Ben was on Warren a lot on Saturday. Not one of his best defensive games, that's for sure.

Hopefully they bounce back tonight....it's a home game!

pjhawks

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

Wow. Trying not to overreact but if they lose when the best 3 players put up that kind of stat line, things aren’t looking great. Every problem that has held this team back from being a championship contender the last few years was present in this first game back. How does someone score 53 and you completely refuse to clamp down on him? He could have had 45 and the Sixers would have won handily, but no. Hopefully Shake and Richardson will contribute more in these remaining 7 games and it will fix some of the problems, but I’m not as optimistic as I usually am. 

What a frustrating game. That fucking guy couldn't miss. 

He really couldn’t. But like the commentators were saying, why isn’t someone on him like white on rice the second he crosses the half court line? He was the only threat they had and he was still being guarded as if he was just any other guy on the court. I haven’t noticed this personally, but several articles I’ve read about last night‘s game mentioned that this team has regularly let one guy beat them. Like I said, I have never noticed that pattern myself, and maybe those writers are just overreacting, but if true it’s yet another thing to add to the list of problems that refuse to go away year after year (like turnovers, horrible job finishing close games, Ben’s refusal to shoot etc.) 

It's been so long you might not remember, but yeah, guards especially have gone off on us this year. I think Ben was on Warren a lot on Saturday. Not one of his best defensive games, that's for sure.

Hopefully they bounce back tonight....it's a home game!

maybe it was a bad idea to have mostly forwards and centers on the roster?  and the guards they do have are pretty average outside of Richardson

RiotZact

pjhawks said:

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

Wow. Trying not to overreact but if they lose when the best 3 players put up that kind of stat line, things aren’t looking great. Every problem that has held this team back from being a championship contender the last few years was present in this first game back. How does someone score 53 and you completely refuse to clamp down on him? He could have had 45 and the Sixers would have won handily, but no. Hopefully Shake and Richardson will contribute more in these remaining 7 games and it will fix some of the problems, but I’m not as optimistic as I usually am. 

What a frustrating game. That fucking guy couldn't miss. 

He really couldn’t. But like the commentators were saying, why isn’t someone on him like white on rice the second he crosses the half court line? He was the only threat they had and he was still being guarded as if he was just any other guy on the court. I haven’t noticed this personally, but several articles I’ve read about last night‘s game mentioned that this team has regularly let one guy beat them. Like I said, I have never noticed that pattern myself, and maybe those writers are just overreacting, but if true it’s yet another thing to add to the list of problems that refuse to go away year after year (like turnovers, horrible job finishing close games, Ben’s refusal to shoot etc.) 

It's been so long you might not remember, but yeah, guards especially have gone off on us this year. I think Ben was on Warren a lot on Saturday. Not one of his best defensive games, that's for sure.

Hopefully they bounce back tonight....it's a home game!

maybe it was a bad idea to have mostly forwards and centers on the roster?  and the guards they do have are pretty average outside of Richardson

He really needs to start proving himself on offense as well. 

The Juggler

SHAKE AND BAKE!

Ben Simmons needs to be much better than this though. 

RiotZact

The Juggler said:

SHAKE AND BAKE!

Ben Simmons needs to be much better than this though. 

Yeah not pretty by any means but if nothing else hopefully it’s a big confidence booster to the 2 starting guards that were non-existent in the first game. 

The Juggler

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

SHAKE AND BAKE!

Ben Simmons needs to be much better than this though. 

Yeah not pretty by any means but if nothing else hopefully it’s a big confidence booster to the 2 starting guards that were non-existent in the first game. 

Shake, especially. This was in line with how he was playing before the pandemic. Richardson wasn't great offensively. Inefficient scoring.

Jojo was his usual dominant self though.

Schedule's pretty easy for the next while. Like to see them get on a little roll heading into the playoffs...

RiotZact

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

SHAKE AND BAKE!

Ben Simmons needs to be much better than this though. 

Yeah not pretty by any means but if nothing else hopefully it’s a big confidence booster to the 2 starting guards that were non-existent in the first game. 

Shake, especially. This was in line with how he was playing before the pandemic. Richardson wasn't great offensively. Inefficient scoring.

Jojo was his usual dominant self though.

Schedule's pretty easy for the next while. Like to see them get on a little roll heading into the playoffs...

Yeah Shake more so for sure, but I like to see Richardson at least have a little bit of confidence after not even noticing he was there except on a few bad turnovers last game. 

Joel seems determined. I’m usually in the camp that’s harder on Embiid and more forgiving of Simmons, but Simmons looks way too passive. I can understand playing the 4 on offense might take some getting used to, but what happened to the lockdown defender that he had been all season? 

The Juggler

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

SHAKE AND BAKE!

Ben Simmons needs to be much better than this though. 

Yeah not pretty by any means but if nothing else hopefully it’s a big confidence booster to the 2 starting guards that were non-existent in the first game. 

Shake, especially. This was in line with how he was playing before the pandemic. Richardson wasn't great offensively. Inefficient scoring.

Jojo was his usual dominant self though.

Schedule's pretty easy for the next while. Like to see them get on a little roll heading into the playoffs...

Yeah Shake more so for sure, but I like to see Richardson at least have a little bit of confidence after not even noticing he was there except on a few bad turnovers last game. 

Joel seems determined. I’m usually in the camp that’s harder on Embiid and more forgiving of Simmons, but Simmons looks way too passive. I can understand playing the 4 on offense might take some getting used to, but what happened to the lockdown defender that he had been all season? 

A lot of the issues this team has will erode if Ben will simply take jumpers to create more spacing. I don't think he has taken one in these two games but he does, at least, seem to be floating around that corner three spot way more than before. Having Shake man the point duties in the half court offense more and more should help with that. He was just not right last night. Foul trouble early. One of those games. He needs to be better. 

RiotZact

Embiid has been such a beast. With that in mind, how the hell is Houston going to guard him? Their tallest starter is RoCo. Hopefully he used to get some reps in guarding him in practice 😂. 

The Juggler

Good ol' Roco. I miss him and Dario

eeriepadave

They better not lose to Washington

The Juggler

eeriepadave said:

They better not lose to Washington

Emiid did not allow that to happen.

Some people were expecting him to be out of shape after quarantine. Dude has been a god damned beast thus far. 

RiotZact

Simmons should be fine. MRI came back clean and he’s day-to-day. 

The Juggler

RiotZact said:

Simmons should be fine. MRI came back clean and he’s day-to-day. 

...bu then again, aren't we all?

RiotZact

The Juggler said:

RiotZact said:

Simmons should be fine. MRI came back clean and he’s day-to-day. 

...bu then again, aren't we all?

Unfortunately no. I’m out indefinitely. My ass is cracked. 

Poncier

RiotZact said:

Simmons should be fine. MRI came back clean and he’s day-to-day. 

Dislocated kneecap, but it popped back in on its own.
I'd venture he's out 2-3 weeks at a minimum.

pjhawks

Poncier said:

RiotZact said:

Simmons should be fine. MRI came back clean and he’s day-to-day. 

Dislocated kneecap, but it popped back in on its own.
I'd venture he's out 2-3 weeks at a minimum.

Andruw Bynum had the same thing. Now hopefully Ben physique will make it not a long term problem.

Poncier

pjhawks said:

Poncier said:

RiotZact said:

Simmons should be fine. MRI came back clean and he’s day-to-day. 

Dislocated kneecap, but it popped back in on its own.
I'd venture he's out 2-3 weeks at a minimum.

Andruw Bynum had the same thing. Now hopefully Ben physique will make it not a long term problem.

Yeah, you'd think Simmons will have an easier road to recovery than Bynum, if not then he's done till after the start of next season.