On Get Up, Vince Carter, Alan Hahn and Adrian Wojnarowski talk through the Philadelphia 76ers’s struggles in Game 7.
0:00 More Game 7 heartbreak for the Sixers
0:40 Stephen A. Smith wants James Harden to do what?!
1:30 How much of the blame is on James Harden
4:00 James Harden set to leave the 76ers?
6:30 Kendrick Perkins’ tweet about Doc Rivers’ future
11:00 What’s next for Doc?
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47 Comments
Embiid is hurt but he has to act like he's not hurt and it didn't affect his game just like so many people are acting. It's weird and controlling to act like what's going on is not really going on. SMH … What's so wrong with telling the truth???
I think he sold the game in vegas
James Harden doesn’t have family in Houston. Just strippers.
James tried and punched them in the mouth first game give him credit
Philly fans cant blame this loss on Ben Simmons. Yall really thought yall was goin win with Harden 😂😂😂😂
Imagine he goes back to Houston and finally goes back to the finals and potentially win with wemby and jalen green and jabari smith 😮
I thought it was Simmons ?????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷🏾♂️
What if he was orthodox Jewish? Bet he wouldn’t say nothing.
Stop disrespecting Harden greeny 🤦♂️ maxey is not the 2nd best player on that team
I would never want James Harden as my teammate.
Note what they said after G6, Embid: I didn't get the ball in the last 4 min. Doc: We didn't trust each other enough. Harden: No, we trusted each other. Well, it's obvious that the whole team has spilt ideas about the loss of G5. How will they not hesitate in the court? More importantly, the way Embid plays has made him MVP, no doubt about it, but at expense of Harris and even Harden. Most of the time in a game, Embid doesn't play as the 1 but more of the 4 or 3, which totally gets Harris out of the game. One of the reasons why people are amazed by Embid's performance is that he almost can do 1-5's job. But he doesn't seem to be interested in palying center. He likes to have the ball at the high post, dribble, and then gets the ball stolen or he takes a mid-range jump shot. It's OK when he is rolling. But once he misses his jump shot, there will be no offensive rebounds, there are no guys as big as him in their team. And even on top of this, Embiid is niether very skilled at nor does he want to do pick and roll. So you will see him get the ball at the high post, and then dribble untill he couldn't and make a difficult jump shot while other teammates are surrounding at the three point line watching him miss. I have so many screen shots that can prove this, I really, really don't understand why nobody has analyzed the game at this angle. I mean, sometimes Embid seemed to be the point guard, isn't it weird for you guys or for any sane basketball fans?
On the other hand, Harden now mostly controls the pace on the court and passes the ball to the right person. Regardless of how others think of him, he is not a selfish player, so when Embiid calls for the ball in the high post, he will definitely try to give it to him. However, from the perspective of a great point guard, sometimes passing to Embiid is a mistake. So Harden sometimes hesitates, which is also why Embiid doesn't get the ball. If you watched Embiid's positioning in the last four minutes of Game 6, you can see that he was not standing in his dominant low position. Embid is not Jokić, neither a point guard (while I am not sure if he knows that as he just made a statement that he would improve his dribbling ability during the summer after G7). How can it be reasonable to pass him the ball when he is not at the right place at the last minute?
Sixers fans really thought Embiid and Harden were Moses and Dr. J
Where all those people now who kept saying Embiid deserves the MVP this season? Gets hurt (as usual) and misses game 1, doesn't show up in game 7, and throws his teammates under the bus. Yep that's MVP behavior in my book 🤪 Doc Rivers been living off that 1 ring for 15 yrs now. Kendrick Perkins will always simp for Doc and it's why Perk is terrible at this analyst job. He's incapable of being objective.
Stephen A should learn a thing or to from a guy that actually played professionally……. s. Perkins !
Doc rivers coaching style doesnt really fit Harden and embiids game. Maxey Harris james harden and embiid ironically needed an offensive minded coach with balll movement like mazzula and bostons core needs doc rivers. Philly ball movement was attrocious and it was your turn my turn rather than playig to win. Thats why Harden and Embiids numbers were so bad scoring wise. They werent put in a situation where they were at their best. Doc rivers is still a good coach but issue is he doesnt know where to put players at their best position and get them there like a erik spolester
Doc needs to go he always loses when he has a lead even when he has such talented rosters. Harden isn't that guy when it counts although he did win them to games vs bos he's just inconsistent as always. Embiid stopped playing at mvp level these playoffs idk if it's cause he's injured or he choked but 6ers need to make some big moves to finally get out of the 2nd round.
Ill say this, game 7 was bad but James harden did win 2 games for them in the series – embiid needed to step up with a 40-15 game but ends 4-15 FG, cant blame the others if you dont step up
Embiid fumbled last night but Ill still stand my ground that the sixers were never good enough to be champions.
James harden isn’t that guy anymore. And even when he was that guy he’s always been someone who shrunk in the playoffs. Embiid needs a second mvp or close mvp star to truly contribute for the championship. Lebron has AD, Tatum has Brown, Even jokic has Murray. Who’s Embiid’s next best player, Harden? Maxey? These guys aren’t as good as the second best of other teams.
Toronto sent 'Nurse' home. I wonder whether they are now perusing to get 'Doc'tor instead??? 😂
Harden wants to get back to Houston where there’s no expectations to win much. Him taking less money was his out not a sign of his commitment to winning in Philly. Harden quiet quit 3 years ago 🤷🏾♂️
Once the flop rules changed, Harden's superstar status was exposed for what it was. Fake. Trash
Everyone neatly ignoring the fact that Embiid once again blamed his teammates.
76ers needs to recruit Allen Iverson as Joel Embiid’s second guy on the court.
It’s the only way for the Sixers to get to the finals.
U either as a player gonna show up or show down. The coach not on the court.. Bottom line Harden and Embid didn't come to win game 6 or 7. Embed never took over the game like a true MVP. Maybe If he didn't get MVP he would have been playing with a chip on his shoulder. Tatem showed up to win hands down. If he had to score 100 yesterday he would have.
these days… so very inconsistent.. I'm not trying to say it was different back in the day, but how in god's earth can someone be so inconsistent. Harden, a hall of famer, in what universe do u suddenly come to a game and forget how to play completely!!!
Tatum can play. Sixers let him win the series when he outplayed your mvp
Doc should get fired just for throwing Simmons under the bus, then he tried to lie about it. he is horrid he has been fired so many times you know why
Without harden, there wouldn't be a game 7. Probably sixers would have been swept without harden.
I didnt Even watch the Game as a SIXERS FAN I KNEW WHAT TOO EXPECT. Clean out the Entire House except for Maxy and reed and house Jr…everybody else Must Go F*ck the Process!!!!! I am disgusted
Harden is jinxed, period.
Doc Rivers gets a pass again.
Idk Why they keep pushing this harden back to Houston story 🤦🏾♂️
Why would Harden go back to Houston? Can someone PLEASE enlighten me..
The ghost of Sam Hinkie strikes again. The Sixers will never win. They cheated the game for high draft picks and don’t deserve a title. They could’ve had JT but picked Fultz instead. Then JT smokes them year after year. Karma is a b****. 🙌
When I seen a report b4 this series as a Celtics fan and a doc fan , doc compared this sixers unit to his 08 championship Celtics squad. And when I heard that I said “ 🙃🤔😳🤨” stop it , and not because of TALENT , mind set and the difference between Paul and KG in comparison to the mind and Demeanor of harden and Joel , cmon doc
Joker should have won the MVP
"Politically correct" MVP😂
These loses from my sixers aren’t on the coach. They gave up and didn’t execute at all because they shot poorly for 2 games straight.
Didn’t drunky(excuse me, Perkins) win a title with Doc in 2008, loyalty always spill out, no matter what
Harden should be taken off the top 75 list he's a choke artist when everything is on the line 👌🏼
Williams, Bud, Nurse fired but Doc stays? 🤔
KP can say Embiid and Harden QUIT so it's not Doc's fault
But one has to wonder why Doc's super stars always "QUITS" in game 7?
Embidd
Philly ran outta gas but on the plus side you got a repeat of the bubble which alot to say since some ppl say that was not a hard championship to win smh 🤦 😴
As long as Doc is around there will be no belief from the players that they will come out on top when a series goes down to the wire. Not necessarily Doc’s fault, but the mentality has to change. Give Sam Cassell a chance as a HC and for God’s sake get Tobias’ horrible contract off the books
I feel like harden might retire soon
I'm convinced harden is folding for the bag