That would be disappointing given that Simmons is out. I’m hopeful that the Celtics will run circles around the slow Sixers. My guess is the Celtics win the series in 5.
I don't quite get this. He's an 81% ft shooter, aren't we much better off not fouling him?
I think it’s more about staying aggressive on defense and not allowing easy buckets no matter how many fouls you have than a “Hack A Embiid” strategy to make him take free throws
I agree personally, was just trying to be relatively unbiased lol. Embiid doesn’t consistently try hard enough.
You have to wonder if the whole team checks out and says we want to go home and get out of this bubble. Also, Brett Brown is coaching for his job potentially this series. Will be interesting if that changes the motivation for the team if they want Brown long-term. If they don't, well they'll check out anyways.
Philly went 29-2 this year at home. The Celtics clearly catch a break having to play them in the bubble.
Getting fouled 18 times, and many more uncalled fouls on top of that, will wear anyone down.
Exactly, there’s a body-blow aspect to it, especially with a guy like Embiid who is stretching it conditioning-wise to play 36 good minutes. But mostly it’s just the fact that Embiid gets guys in foul trouble; it’s what he does. Having that not totally destroy your rotations and talent level is a big deal.
You're usually pretty good putting together fake trades that make sense for both teams.
This is my concern as well, though that Toronto game (I know I know, SSS) was quite impressive in terms of showing an ability to rise to the challenge and execute.
It works for the trade and I see a fit on the Warriors but that's a lot of extra dough for even less spacing than Horford provides. The 76ers need more shooting period. Imagine Klay on that team...
The Simmons for Booker trade could have made sense pre-bubble. No way now.
Agreed. If he's going to require surgery, better he has it now than after what we hope will be a long playoff run for the C's.
He twisted it a week ago against Portland then missed the following game against Phoenix. He played 14 and 23 minutes in the final two games, so while he's supposed to be fine, we don't really know for sure.
The header picture they chose is just choice. I absolutely loved that moment.
Perkins says a lot of things out of his arse. Embiid played in Friday’s meaningless 40-pt win over Houston and was all over the place while defending like it was a playoff game, diving out of bounds, etc. He’s about as 100% as he’ll ever be.
It took me awhile, but I finally figured out who Smart's facial expression reminds me of in that picture.The header picture they chose is just choice. I absolutely loved that moment.
The more I look at Marcus's face, the funnier it becomes. That, and the fact that Embiid flopped like he was a 300-pound Neymar out there when a guy half his size gave him a little push.
The half-smile of "ok, time for a business decision", one involving mild violence, also gives me a ring of...
All we know is September.
Thybulle showed he can hang with Tatum. Celtics have enough motion they can free him off him a decent amount but I thought Thybulle was again impressive tonight
Boots are standard for sprains, no matter how severe. The crutches are more concerning.
