Legacy and Eastern Conference Supremacy | Official 76ers (#3) vs. Celtics (#2) East Semifinals Thread

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Embiid is going to get a majority of the blame from the fans and the media, and rightfully so, but at the same time this Sixers teams just don't have the pieces to maximize his talent

The Sixers do not have a dominant consistent playmaker to compliment Embiid, to get him in the spots for him to get easy baskets. This series showed how difficult it was for him to get past the Celtics defensive wall because he had to generate his own shots. Look what Lebron has done for Anthony Davis on the Lakers

On top of that, the Sixers have one of the worst perimeter defenders in the league outside of Melton, who is undersized. Only the Bucks have a worst perimeter defensive lineup. Joel has to do EVERYTHING for them defensively. So many times you had Jayson, Jaylen, Brogdon, and Smart consistently get in the paint so easily only for Embiid being forced to bail the Sixers out on the backline to block shots. He just does not have help offensively and defensively

Get the right pieces around him, and the Sixers would be in a great position
 

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So is what I said back then not true back then?

Or you just enjoy being your functioning autistic self?
No it wasn't true back then because I specified to you how much success Horford has had when defending Embiid, and you didn't wanna listen.

It seems like you just enjoy being wrong and when you don't want to admit being so you deflect with ad hominem.
 

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No it wasn't true back then because I specified to you how much success Horford has had when defending Embiid, and you didn't wanna listen.

It seems like you just enjoy being wrong and when you don't want to admit being so you deflect with ad hominem.

So he wasn't killing shyt when that post was made?

And I ain't hatting on Al at all. Been a fan of Al since he was at Florida. Props to him for doing something no one else in the league could really do.

I'm just pass the point of making 178 posts about how an elite athlete ain't shyt.
 
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