Maxey Changed His Hair So He Could See The Vision-The Official 2024-25 Sixers Season Thread
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He's getting older but he's been averaging 20ppg since the new year started, this would be dumb to give up on him not even a year into his contract
What did y'all expect out of a 3rd option?
Dorian Breh
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I expected him to be better than Kelly Oubre! Kelly gets the same statline as PG when PG sits!
PG is a superior player to KO in terms of shooting, handle, playmaking and wing defense (although Kelly is good here)
PG is currently the only ball handler we have to take stress off Maxey.
If y'all wanna make a leap over half a season where we've been devastated by injuries and having over 30 different starting lineups then go ahead.
Morey's reputation will be in the toilet and no other stars will come here
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Dorian Breh
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PG doesn't play like a superior player to Oubre
In 2k ratings obviously he is
In lifetime stats obviously he is
In 2025 it is not obvious
It looks to me like there's a choice between PG and Yabusele upcoming. Only one of those guys is showing any heart for Philly.
I mean if that's your opinion brother ain't nothing I can really say about that
JoelB
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It depends. Golden State was one of the destinations PG wanted to go to before Philly. If he wants to end his career playing with Steph over Biid, who would blame him? He got his money.
Personally i like PG, but i would trade him for 2 swisher sweets if it allows us to give Yabu a 3 year deal in the summer.
15/6/3 over his last 10. Shooting 50/40 I wanna see yabu have a bigger role
Dorian Breh
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JoelB
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Yeah but hopefully they let Morey go at the end of the season
So if you keep Yabu and trade PG for whatever as you say, the Maxey - Joel combo plus depth option is still not enough, we basically saw this last season. Joel will not play enough games which will lead to us over depending on Maxey who isn’t good enough to will the team to a consistent winning record. Unfortunately we actually do need a 3rd star type player to offset that and take some pressure off Maxey.It depends. Golden State was one of the destinations PG wanted to go to before Philly. If he wants to end his career playing with Steph over Biid, who would blame him? He got his money.
Personally i like PG, but i would trade him for 2 swisher sweets if it allows us to give Yabu a 3 year deal in the summer.
15/6/3 over his last 10. Shooting 50/40 I wanna see yabu have a bigger role
If y’all don’t like this dynamic, unless you think McCain can be that 3rd star you can’t get rid of PG unless it’s a player like Jimmy coming back in return.
JoelB
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Thats what PG was supposed to do, but he's stuggling to stay on the court year 1 of his contract. 2 unreliable max players cant be the recipe for success. I dont expect to find someone with a higher ceiling than PG, but at this point id rather just have some continuity with our roster
Yabu is showing he can play a full season and hit 40% from 3.
McCain will help Maxey a great deal (Maxey being on ball made it easy for Jrue to shut his shyt down in the 4th), but im not going to expect too much out of a sophomore that missed 3/4 of his rookie season.
We're in a tough spot, im not going to act like there is an easy trade to fix our situation.., but i'd rather lean into the youth movement. Ricky had 8 assists vs Boston last night
...what else can these guys do if given time? If we had McCain i think we beat Boston and Denver last week...even with no PG or Embiid.
I can't argue against y'all opinions if that is what y'all feel is best.Thats what PG was supposed to do, but he's stuggling to stay on the court year 1 of his contract. 2 unreliable max players cant be the recipe for success. I dont expect to find someone with a higher ceiling than PG, but at this point id rather just have some continuity with our roster
Yabu is showing he can play a full season and hit 40% from 3.
McCain will help Maxey a great deal (Maxey being on ball made it easy for Jrue to shut his shyt down in the 4th), but im not going to expect too much out of a sophomore that missed 3/4 of his rookie season.
We're in a tough spot, im not going to act like there is an easy trade to fix our situation.., but i'd rather lean into the youth movement. Ricky had 8 assists vs Boston last night
But I will say that something I constantly have said over the years is that Philadelphia fans give up on their players far too quickly and are so quick to run them out of town. It's the one thing I really don't like about our fan base. And then we complain about not having continuity.
I was the Ben Simmons defender, I was the Tobias defender and now it seems I'm gonna be the PG defender for as long as he's here. Whoever the 3rd option is for the Sixers they inevitably become the scapegoat for who is the problem and the cycle continues
Dorian Breh
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Both Simmons and Tobias were supposed to be 2nd options
Maxey becoming the second option, despite Rivers best efforts to stunt his growth, doesn't change the expectations that came with the deals those two players signed
George - Is he supposed to be the second or third option? Surely he was intended to be the second option on every other team that has acquired him. Surely his salary is that of a second option, not a third option.
If we look at "third options" with max salaries, there is always an expectation that they are capable of being the #1 option on any given night. It doesn't always work out that way, but that's the expectation. When Bosh went to Miami he had been the #1 option in Toronto for years. When the Nets had their big three the expectation was any of those guys could be a #1 option
Paul George isn't a Draymond Green third option. He got signed to a max contract in order to be a superstar capable of taking over games. Maybe not every game. But some games.
He's scored thirty or more points 4 times this year. Darius Garland is more productive. Austin Reeves is more productive. Demar Derozan is more productive. PGs stats aren't that much better than Mathurin.
Thats not the caliber of players he was signed to be in the same tier as.