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

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.

Absolutely love this man:

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

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."

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 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 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...

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. 

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.