*** -- PROCESSING Your Philadelphia 76ers -- ***

The Juggler

RiotZact said:

The Juggler said:

Lol...report out saying Rich Paul is demanding Maxey be included in any Mr August deal as he wants both of his clients out of Philly. 

Fuck this shit...unless it's for Dame. 

I don’t know the ins and outs of this sort of thing, but this can’t be okay by the league. He’s literally telling Maxey to cancel charity events he was supposed to do in Philly. What a cancer on the sport. 

Yeah I saw that...

pjhawks

cp3iverson said:

I saw it happen with Anthony Davis.   Rich Paul poisoned the market and destroyed any leverage the team had to find their best offer.  

Good for the player i guess but bad for sports. 

Nerlens Noel is suing Rich Paul so he seems shady.

Wobbie

“The Process” is officially a failure.

The Juggler

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

Wobbie

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

The Juggler

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Jearlpam0925

https://twitter.com/shamus_clancy/status/1432811946194214912?s=19

Jearlpam0925

Absolutely love this man:

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1433067490481946626?s=20

The Juggler

Jearlpam0925 said:

Absolutely love this man:

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1433067490481946626?s=20

Was just coming here to post this. 

If anything, at least this team is right up there with both the TO and Buddy Ryan era's as interesting/frustrating/entertaining as fuck all rolled up into one. Never a dull moment. lol

Jearlpam0925

I like this one even better:

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1433074232443944964?s=20

He gets to act like he's defending Ben while scapegoating via the use of Philly fans, but ultimately is saying Ben is a puss who isn't putting the work in to be better. Basically - "They can't boo me because I'm a fucking beast. You, Ben, are no beast."

The Juggler

Chris Brousard now saying Ben is complaining the Sixers haven't used him properly or developed him properly. 

Are you fucking kidding? I feel as if the Sixers overly coddled his ass. The fucking guy refused to put in the work to develop any semblance of an outside shot. Ugh..


He also mentions CJ McOllum as possible trade. SIGN ME UP. 

Jearlpam0925

Of course they coddled him, they did everything in their power to utilize his skills and let him do what he's best at - no one even booed this fucking man his entire time here until this year. People - the organization, fans, everyone -  were completely patient, even too patient. Until it was all truly on the line and he came up completely lame.

Hell, it wasn't even booing. This dude is just shoved so far up his own ass. It's not like he doesn't shoot in practice, the fucking guy just has the yips. The same yips leads to him being up said ass and completely absorbing social media. Because I don't even recall the boos as much as I remember this:

https://youtu.be/C7_rlnjt5MY?t=201

I think the unfortunate thing is if you really want any significant return for Ben then you have to include Maxey. Sucks, but it is what it is.

The Juggler

Great point about the boos. He's the only player I can think of that got fucking cheered for making one out of two foul shots. 

tempo_n_groove

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Stop it.  Please stop trying to justify the process...

If they can win a chip I will give them partial credit.

The Juggler

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Stop it.  Please stop trying to justify the process...

If they can win a chip I will give them partial credit.

I don't have to justify it. Nobody guaranteed a championship...the point was just to acquire star players to put them in position to win one. I don't see why that is so hard to understand really. lol

tempo_n_groove

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Stop it.  Please stop trying to justify the process...

If they can win a chip I will give them partial credit.

I don't have to justify it. Nobody guaranteed a championship...the point was just to acquire star players to put them in position to win one. I don't see why that is so hard to understand really. lol

They tanked at the chance of acquiring a possible talent?

They could have just scouted better?

I know what you mean but everyone else under the sun sees it as a failure because it is.  Hell, with all the draft picks they had I could have got at least 1 right...

The Juggler

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Stop it.  Please stop trying to justify the process...

If they can win a chip I will give them partial credit.

I don't have to justify it. Nobody guaranteed a championship...the point was just to acquire star players to put them in position to win one. I don't see why that is so hard to understand really. lol

They tanked at the chance of acquiring a possible talent?

They could have just scouted better?

I know what you mean but everyone else under the sun sees it as a failure because it is.  Hell, with all the draft picks they had I could have got at least 1 right...

Joel Embiid is one of the best players on the planet, dude. 

Whether or not the gms and coaches drafted poorly after Hinkie left in 2015 is another story and it is unfortunate. But the 2 or 3 years they were really bad got them a few lottery tickets and they landed their superstar with one of them. That was literally the point. OKC's doing the same thing right now. 

pjhawks

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Stop it.  Please stop trying to justify the process...

If they can win a chip I will give them partial credit.

He changes the argument to suit the current status of the Process. Originally it was to win a championship.  Now that they still have not gone further in the playoffs than they did before the Process started the argument has changed to it was to acquire stars.  After they trade Simmons they will most likely then have 1 star left after what 8 years of the process?  And that 1 star can't stay on the court. But yea Trust the Process. 

tempo_n_groove

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

The Juggler said:

Wobbie said:

“The Process” is officially a failure.

Lol...not quite, my friend. 

yeah, it is. you have one #1 left from your bazillion picks.

And he's a top 5 player in the game, who just put up one of the best season's in franchise history. They were a 1 seed who underachieved (because of Ben) but this was pretty much the only team since Dr J left (almost 40 years ago) who had a legit chance to win it all. The whole point of tanking a few years was to get that kind of player or players that would put them in that position. As currently constructed, they're still a top 2 or 3 seed in the East right now anyway. 

Plus he just signed an extension so....yeah it's far from over. 

Stop it.  Please stop trying to justify the process...

If they can win a chip I will give them partial credit.

I don't have to justify it. Nobody guaranteed a championship...the point was just to acquire star players to put them in position to win one. I don't see why that is so hard to understand really. lol

They tanked at the chance of acquiring a possible talent?

They could have just scouted better?

I know what you mean but everyone else under the sun sees it as a failure because it is.  Hell, with all the draft picks they had I could have got at least 1 right...

Joel Embiid is one of the best players on the planet, dude. 

Whether or not the gms and coaches drafted poorly after Hinkie left in 2015 is another story and it is unfortunate. But the 2 or 3 years they were really bad got them a few lottery tickets and they landed their superstar with one of them. That was literally the point. OKC's doing the same thing right now. 

I love Embiid and what he has become.  Love it. Top 10 for sure.

You don't think I'll give OKC shit too?

Since the one and done era I see 2 outright stars in the NBA now.  That's Davis and Kyrie.  You can make an argument for Wall and a few others.

That being said I think it is by far too difficult to draft a one and done player and tanking doesn't really do you any favors.  I mean Embiid wasn't a #1 pick and he's better than the 2 who were.

I enjoy the back and forth though.  Keep it comin'.

Johnny Abruzzo

The franchise was in a decades-long stint of mediocrity, briefly becoming a good, but not great, team at Iverson's peak. They are much closer now to winning a championship than at any time since the mid-80s. This franchise is not a superstar magnet like the Lakers so The Process was the best way to give them a chance to bring a parade to the city. Having a super-talented and super immature "superstar" that choked in such a massive manner in the playoffs was a rough way to derail last season, but it is what it is.