Buddy Hield is EXACTLY what the 76ers need, what are Pacers trying to do?

Buddy Hield is EXACTLY what the 76ers need, what are Pacers trying to do?

First trade of the trade deadline day I’m your host Andrew select with me is Dave defor we’re going to be breaking down all these trades here on the athletic MBA shows YouTube page First Trade buddy heel to the Philadelphia 76ers for Marcus Morris fing cork M and

Three second round picks Dave how did this deal strike you when you heard about it I mean I would love it if Joel embiid was healthy uh buddy hee is is exactly the type of player that Philly has needed around embiid and and especially now with maxi this is a very

Good trade for Philly when they’re fully healthy question is is embiid coming back buddy heeld is going to be a free agent this summer my assumption is that darl M and and the Sixers have been able to have conversations with Buddy heeld and his team they probably have an idea

That they’re able to retain him they’re gonna have his bird rights so this could be a move that if if embiid’s back this year and he’s going to be healthy pushes them in the playoffs this year but I think potentially this sets him up for a

Run next year when you’ve got a fully healthy embiid who hopefully isn’t being pressed by a 65 game sort of limit to to win Awards and he can make it through a whole season healthy he’s never had a shooter like buddy hee playing around him ever and with his improved passing I

Think Buddy heal’s life he his shot diet will be the easiest of his life too so this is a win-win for Buddy hee and and for the Sixers the Indiana part of this I don’t love but I guess they got some picks they they got some picks for a guy

Who had already vocalized that he did not want to be in Indiana and which is UN unfortunate to me because I I feel like Buddy’s he’s not like the reason but he’s like a piece of he’s like a small piece of the pie as to why this Indiana team’s been good because he

Takes seven threes a game and shoots 38% and like the gravity is there for him and it really does help that that team function and I’m interested to see what they look like after this deal because they got worse today this is about it’s about asset management for them and I

Get it but also it’s like a little bit disappointing because he’s part of the reason why they had so much juice and and I agree I love it for the Sixers I think this is a deal that is really helpful to them you have to have a

Healthy embiid but you have Tyrese Maxi who has like shot the lights out this year from three then you add another 40 plus perc shooter to the I know he hasn’t been that this season but like we all know buddy heeld when he’s wide open

Is going to be a 40 plus percent shooter on this Philadelphia 76ers team it just gives embiid more space and it gives them one more shot maker it allows them to play the way they want to play I I love it for them uh also another thing

To love is FK and cork M finally got his finally out the FK out of there good job it’s uh it’s just funny you know that this is this is kind of it happens but if you’re if you’re Philly you have to go for it if there’s even a chance that embiid can

Come back and if MB comes back and he can play in the playoffs like this is this is a really great deal also to me I think the Sixers if they do believe that he’s coming back which is kind of signals that they think he is I don’t

Think he do this he’s not because of the expiring contract of but he healed you got to do more because this isn’t quite this isn’t get you to the Boston level in my opinion this isn’t even like I I know Milwaukee’s been weird but like in

The playoffs like I think you just have to have more you know we’ve seen the Sixers go to the playoffs time and time again can’t get past the second round push all in this is if you believe that to me I believe that this is Joel embiid’s best

Season and maybe the best is he’s going to be push all in don’t do this like half measure buddy heel trade like it’s a good deal like but I don’t want to like overblow it because it doesn’t push them into like favorites in the East or anything like that like it makes them

Better and it makes them more interesting but this isn’t quite this isn’t quite it in my opinion like they need to continue to push in and it it could even help them stay afloat while Joel’s out you know to push more in and then just like have this roster that’s

Actually ready to compete because in almost any given series they’re going to have the best player but the roster isn’t quite there yet in my opinion even without embiid and especially now with Buddy heel they have enough offensive talent to to bum hunt like they should

Be able to stay in the mix for the for home court in the in the East just because they’re gonna play enough bad teams in the East right I mean I make the joke all the time that they get to play the Wizards 14 times a season I

Mean it is true they play like the bums of the NBA a lot and so with maxi and heeld and Tobias Harris I think that’s enough to keep you afat is do they have enough defense defensively to stay afloat when embiid’s not out there and

Then are they going to be able to ease embiid back or is it going to be a situation where it’s like oh crap we’re the six seed Joel’s coming back hey we need you 35 minutes a night right away because I think that’s also a mistake

They need to ramp him up if he does come back this season uh I think I’m I’m with you that they need to do a little bit more my concern is putting your chips on the table now instead of this summer yeah if if embiid’s not going to come back you’re

Going to have more options on the table this summer it might be better to just say hey look all right we got buddy in house we’re gonna bring him back for sure maybe there’s someone else but if there isn’t someone that’s gonna move the needle like big time and I mean

Someone better than buddy hee even then then maybe you keep the powder dry if this is in embiid’s not going to be ready you keep the powder dry you try to do something this summer but I’m with you like embiid is he’s at the peak of

His powers who knows how long he can maintain this just given his you know his physical issues you kind of got to go for it if he’s gonna if he’s G to be ready and they’ve been very vague about this knee procedure and the injury in the first

Place and you have to wonder is this a little bit of subterfuge and maybe it’s not as bad as as we’re making it out to be and he’s back in six weeks don’t know yeah I don’t know either I have I have doubts but I hope that he can come back

Because I do think this version of the Sixers and it’s it’s been a journey for Sixers fans to get to this version of the Sixers but this version of the Sixers has a chance to really make some noise if Joel embiid is healthy and then again from Indiana’s side this is just

They’re worse they’re worse and it’s just a way to acquire some second round draft picks which you know I’m not a huge fan of this I’m not a huge fan of this I don’t like it I I kind of want I think in I think it’s a weird trade after getting Pascal cakam

Like going all in and then you’re and and then it’s like no no no we’re gonna do some Asset Management like if you’re in just be in like if you’re all they have enough youth that it’s okay if you lose buddy healed for nothing I I think

This team I want to see them push to try to get home court in the playoffs not go backwards I I just I care maybe I care too much about playoff appearances and and having a good product to put out for your fans but I think it should be

Important for teams like the Pacers to make the playoffs regardless this is not this is not a team that should have a championship or bust mentality yeah it’s not they’re only two they’re only two games back of Philly yes withred embiid and they’re they could be in that for four

Five matchup and with the Knicks all banged up if the Knicks can kind of stay in that position which you know they’re they’re ahead enough games of these two teams that they could like would it be impossible for Indiana to go and beat the Knicks if they’re not fully healthy

Like no but now ienzo has been cooking though I I don’t I don’t know um Dante d venzo as your number one guy in New York looking pretty good so they might have it sometime we don’t know what New York’s gonna do today so like that’s all

I mean that’s all fair like they could get better today too but you know it could could the Pacers Make some noise I don’t know they got a little bit worse today so don’t love it from their end hey we will have every single trade on

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The Athletic NBA Show react to Buddy Hield being traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Philadelphia 76ers.