2022-23 Sixers Thread
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Best bet: the Bucks lost. Occam’s Razor. Seriously, this is very much not typical of Giannis.
Giannis Antetokounmpo: Didn't mean to knock over ladder, only work on free throws after 'horrible night'
Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo argued with an arena worker and sent a ladder toppling over as he tried to shoot practice free throws after Friday's loss at Philadelphia, during which he shot 4-for-15 from the line.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo: Didn't mean to knock over ladder, only work on free throws after 'horrible night'
Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo argued with an arena worker and sent a ladder toppling over as he tried to shoot practice free throws after Friday's loss at Philadelphia, during which he shot 4-for-15 from the line.
thanks for finding his version of the situation. It's not a huge thing to me, and I'm an avowed Sixers fan. With those those caveats, I find Giannis's explanation to be a load of crap. The event was over. This was not practice time. As a NBA player, he has a right to the court during warmups and during the game. After that, he doesn't have any rights to be able to practice on the court if the facilities personnel have things to do with the court. He then exacerbated things by pushing the ladder out of the way/knocking it over after the facilities personnel told him they had work to do.
Harris is down. From the looks of it he’ll be out for the remainder of the game.
My son says to me last night “THIS team is so much more fun to watch.”
Really curious how this team preforms when everyone is back. I admit, I am with my son. This team is fun to watch. Playing hard on D, hustling on the offensive glass, BIG Paul Reed minutes, etc. Wonder if that all goes away when Harden & Embiid are back.
Really curious how this team preforms when everyone is back. I admit, I am with my son. This team is fun to watch. Playing hard on D, hustling on the offensive glass, BIG Paul Reed minutes, etc. Wonder if that all goes away when Harden & Embiid are back.
The team has certainly played better than I expected. I wish that Maxey wasn't injured as well, as it would have been nice to get him going the way he was playing in preseason. But between his work ethic, his conditioning, and his skill set, he should be able to achieve his form not long after he's cleared.
Harden and Embiid seem to prefer a half-court set, though both will hit somebody that releases on a shot if they get the rebound. Both of them have a tendency to hold the ball too long, which bogs down the O and also limits the options their teammates have if/when they pass the ball.
Doc isn't dumb, and I'm sure he sees the difference in the play. Whether he can modify things once the aforementioned return remains to be seen.
I surmised that Harden might come off the injured list fat. Thoughts?
Edit: saw some replays. Harden looked to be in decent shape. Still, 4/19.
I watched about half of the game. He played better than I expected for having been out for some time. He made some nice step-back 3s. He was the best passer on the Sixers, though a few of his passes kind of handcuffed his teammates. I wasn't happy with his shot selection at the end of the game, but if any of those shots go in, I would have been celebrating.
It was concerning that their half court offense did seem to be inconsistent in its approach, though that's been the case for years. When Embiid is down low and they attack the basket and/or pass the ball out for open jumpers, the O works. When they stand around and wait for Embiid or for The Beard to sink a long jumper, the O sputters, depending on whether or not the aforementioned are hitting their shots.
certainly did poorly down the stretch (though I thought Embiid was fouled on the inbound pass). But the Sixers have done quite nicely in OT, and win easily.
Yeah, luckily the Lakers shooting went frigid. The turnovers in the 4th were horrendous, and Doc needed to call some timeouts to calm it down some.
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