76ers Should Have Joel Embiid Just Sit Till Playoffs?

76ers Should Have Joel Embiid Just Sit Till Playoffs?

What’s going on everyone so the Philadelphia 76ers I mean they’re cooked uh they just took another loss at home against the Memphis Grizzlies yes the Memphis Grizzlies who have uh basically been terrible all year uh they only have 22 wins well they had 21 going into this

Game uh and the Philadelphia 76ers I mean they’re without Joel embiid uh for who knows how long still Tyrese Maxi is under uh concussion protocol uh he’s what that best dayto day uh he’s probably going to miss time he’s missed two straight games Sixers are on a two- game losing streak they’ve officially

Fallen into the playin as the seventh seed uh they’re only half a game ahead of the Pacers for the uh falling into the eighth seed and I just I don’t really see an answer for Philadelphia um honestly at this point do you even bring uh Maxi and Joel and Beck I mean

Seriously because chances are right you’re probably going to fall into the play in regardless unless like Joel embiid comes back in the next like two or three games but at that point you probably are rushing him back to the point where you’re going to run the risk

Of him getting hurt again and if you get into the postseason without Joel embiid or the playin without Joel embiid guess what you’re not winning anything anyway right and tyres Maxi with the uh a concussion protocol right like do you want to rush him back and then he you

Know whatever something happens to him and now you’re again cooked so to me it’s like take your time with these two I know it’s frustrating I’m sure many sixer fans are probably extremely frustrated but luckily you have a very good cushion right like so they they

Have a five game cushion over the Bulls and a seven game cushion over the Hawks even without Maxi and Joel embiid I think it’d be really tough for the the Sixers especially with what they have like 18 games left something like that right I I think it’ just be very hard

For them to to fall into that ninth or 10th so even if you get the eighth right like you you have two chances to to try to get into the the postseason with a healthy Joel embiid and healthy Tyrese Maxi my only concern is just like I mean

If they’re fully healthy then fine bring them back cuz you also want to give them a couple games to kind of you know get their feet under and and kind of know work things out before they just jump into a playin game or jump into the postseason but to me I

Don’t want to if I’m the Sixers you don’t want to rush them back and the season be dead right like especially if you’re probably going to be a playing Team regardless now could you still win a couple games and potentially put yourself in a position to maybe you get

The six seed right like the Knicks the Knicks have a ton of injuries they’re missing a bunch of guys they’re sinking fast so they could be in a good spot to to maybe uh overtake some of those teams um especially if Maxi and Joel embiid come back now chances are they’re

Probably going to bring them back sooner rather than later especially Maxi which is fine but again to me kind of give these two guys some rest let them heal their bodies let them heal everything tell them like hey get ready cuz we got

A we got a lot of work to do right and then you just get into the post season you’re probably playing the Celtics or the Bucks anyway so and you got to go through those teams regardless if you’re going to win so you know if you can beat

Them you’re not going to catch them so you’re not going to have home court regardless so you’re going to be on the road no matter what so you might as well just again healthy Joel embiid healthy Tyrese Maxi at least gives you a chance against all those teams right and in the

Meantime you can kind of let everyone else get get in a rhythm right allow all of them to kind of step up and have and kind of be forced to have to play in bigger roles right to which you know they hopefully that translates when everybody comes back

Right like Tobias Harris was terrible in the Memphis game he was three of 12 from the field only had eight points in 35 minutes he’s got to be better than that if they’re going to have a real chance but my my thing is is that like allow

Him to kind of work through that stuff figure things out right kind of get guys like buddy healed and you know Batum and Reed and Payne and UB and Martin and all these guys allow them to kind of step up and play significant roles and kind of

Get in a rhythm and build some confidence if they can rattle off a couple wins and that could put yourself in a good position to where now they start feeling confident maybe you even have a little momentum going into you know Joel embiid and Maxi returning and you’ve rattled off some games like

That’s that’s kind of my thoughts on it because again I just how long is Joel embiid going to be out for right let’s say he comes back towards the end of March right like let’s say I don’t know let’s call it the like the Clippers or the Lakers game

So March 22nd or 24th right like let’s say say let’s call it the the Clippers game right you’d have five games in the in the month of March and you’d have what seven games so you’d have 12 games total if he came back for that Clippers game that first Clippers game because they

Play the Clippers twice coming up right okay maybe you could rattle off some stuff but you still have between now and then uh you have six eight games and which you could end up losing all eight games right but you got the Pelicans coming up I I don’t think that

They’re going to beat the Pelicans I just don’t especially without Tyrese Maxi maybe Maxi comes back for that game but I think realistically you’re probably not going to have him and then you lose to the Pelicans then you got the Knicks twice I think bare minimum

You could beat the Knicks at least one of those times which give you one win probably L to the Bucks I think you could beat the Hornets so there’s potentially two wins um You probably lose to the heat Suns and Lakers but you know you never know you get somebody

Step up big right Miami the Lakers even the Phoenix Suns those three teams do have like their their issues and their questions and and lack of showing up during the regular season you know so could you win maybe one or two more of those games so let’s

Say you win three out of the out of your next eight or whatever I think you’re still probably in that seventh or eighth spot right maybe Maxi comes back at some point during that time but again it’s just at this point all you’re trying to to do is just tread

Water because I just I like what what’s the best case scenario if everyone comes back right best case scenario let’s say you bring back let’s say Maxi comes back for the Pelicans game okay fine and you rush back Joel embiid best case scenario you’re playing for the fifth maybe the

Fourth seed you’re game and a half at of Orlando the Knicks in the Heat Knicks you probably could overtake unless they start getting guys back Miami you know they could be kind of hot and cold at times although they’ve been playing better as of late uh Orlando

They’ve been playing solid they’re on a five game win streak um they’re kind of cruising right now could you catch Orlando the way they’re playing and if I’m not mistaken Orlando actually has a pretty easy schedule the rest of the way so maybe you could fight for the fifth

Or sixth seed and avoid the play in which that would be good don’t get me wrong but what what version of Joel embiid do you get do you get like an 80% Joel embiid right and then do you run the risk of him getting hurt again like

He doesn’t have the best injury history and all that just to like squeeze into the six seed where I just think you may be able to get into the six seed regardless at the Nicks keep playing the way that they’re playing right now and I just I don’t really think that they’re

Going to fall into the ninth or 10th I don’t I mean five games in the next 20 it’s really tough right it’s a lot of and you’re not talking about two teams in the or the Bulls I don’t really see seven games I definitely don’t see them

Losing but like cuz not only do the does Philly have to lose five games but the Bulls have to win five games and that’s just to break you even like I just that’s a lot to to kind of squander there and you have some very favorable

Games coming up right so you get kind of through this grueling stretch of uh of March and then you get into get in April right like the Grizzlies they’re probably tanking at that point and calling it a season and trying to to get uh you know draft pick Spurs probably is

Sitting wimy at that point trying to get a draft pick Pistons same thing magic if they already have the four seed locked up right do they do they even play guys maybe they sit everybody and the Brooklyn Nets they might be tanking for draft seating right so you may be able

To Rattle off like you have 20 games left can you win seven of them right like go seven and 13 cuz the Bulls would have to go basically 12 and8 are the Bulls really going to go 12 and8 or no they’d have to go 13 and

Seven right cuz cuz I if I’m not mistaken the Sixers have the tiebreaker right so are the other Bulls really going to go that are they really going to win that many games I I don’t think so you know where you only have to can you just win seven

More games can you just get to like 42 wins that’s not asking too much because again I just don’t see the Bulls doing that if the Pacers overtake you then who cares right like again you just got to win one game get a healthy Joel embiid

Get a healthy Tyrese Maxi and I think you just live with the results cuz I just again they they joal embiid played and and tried to appease everybody and they rushed him back and now look now you’re in this position because you lost embiid and now you lost

Maxi now you’re on a two- game losing streak right can you just rattle off a handful of wins here right like can you beat just the terrible teams let’s say if you beat the Pistons the Spurs the Grizzlies there’s three um the Hornets is four right and then let’s say raptors

Five and um you know maybe the Nets and the magic that’s six and then have like some surprise win between you know the heat the caves the Clippers the keing the Clippers again um you have the the Lakers the Suns and the heat right like I I definitely think that they can win

One more game out of those guys just get hot and I just think that that might be the best course of action for them because again if Joel embiid comes back and he’s not healthy 100% Joel embiid I don’t think you’re going anywhere right like if Joel embiid ends up getting hurt

Again you’re not going anywhere right so to me it’s like what are your other options here you either force them back and you and you rush them and like what does he look like or he gets hurt again or yeah you just let him rest you accept that you’re a playin team

This year and you you try to play your way out of the play right and get into the postseason and then take your chances I I don’t know what else the I don’t know what the other options are right like again if Joel embiid is Health like let’s say he he tests

Everything he’s good 100% like let’s go then fine bring him back right but if he’s not and he’s kind of like iffy and it’s like ah you know like let’s you know we may be able to get the six like to me it’s just like it’s not worth it

Don’t rush him back just to get the six seed I’d rather you keep him healthy because even if you get the six seed and Joel embiid ain’t ready guess what you’re not going anywhere you’re not beating any of the top teams without Joel embiid being good right like you’re

Not beating the Celtics or the bucks or maybe even the Cavs if Joel em be isn’t good so those are my thoughts but anyway as always this is a discussion I pass a question on you let me know your thoughts and opinions down in the comments below you agree with me you

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The Philadelphia 76ers are cooked with both Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey out. Should the Sixers just rest Joel Embiid until the playoffs or NBA Play In?