Sixers bracing for Milwaukee Bucks; Paul Reed is back to B-Balling; best role for Mo Bamba

Sixers bracing for Milwaukee Bucks; Paul Reed is back to B-Balling; best role for Mo Bamba

Bracing for the bucks Paul Reed is B balling and what’s the best role for moamba we’ll talk about that and more next on lock on 76ers you are locked on 76ers your daily Philadelphia 76ers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day Thank you for making locked on 76ers your first Liston every day we are free and available wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube part of the lock on podcast Network your team every day this episode is to you by prect the easiest and most exciting way to play

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76ers Riding Solo today my partner can’t make it we’ll be back tomorrow the dissect tonight’s game but I want to preview tonight’s game tonight the 76ers play the Milwaukee Bucks and this is a vital game y’all vital game you know right now the Milwaukee Bucks are in third place in the Eastern Conference

The Sixers moved up to six because of Miami lost last night the 76ers are in sixth place they’re in they have a 36 and 29 record whereas the Milwaukee Bucks are in third place but they’re tied for the Eastern Conference best record with the second place uh Cleveland Cavaliers at 42 and

24 and on paper you look at this game as a game that where you say the s 76ers are going to get demolished all right you look at the 76ers they scored less than fewer than 80 points in their last two games the first time that that has happened since the 201819 Detroit

Pistons um the 76ers have struggled mightily as of late without Joel embiid but this is one of those games that get interesting because of the scheduling guys that’s what they say now Doc Rivers is the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks um the bucks um are coming off of

A a 4 game road trip out west out in California and the Bucks didn’t exactly play extremely well in those four games now when you look at it the Bucks lost three of those four games the last one that they lost they lost two days ago to

The Sacramento Kings 129 to 94 right now I’mma go over these this road trip right at first they they started again against the Golden State Warriors they were both raced by The Warriors now the Warriors been struggling right so they lost 125 to 90 to the Warriors then two days

Later they two days later they lost a heartbreaker to the Lakers 123 to 12 to right then they go and they defeat the Clippers that was the Joel I mean that’s a Joel that’s the Doc Rivers James Harden game we all know the drama those two had last year when doc was the

Sixers coach and James was you know the Sixers uh starting point guard so uh the Bucks win that game 124 to 117 and then they go to Sacramento which on paper you look at it like all right they should beat the Kings and then like I told you they got

Boat rates 129 to 94 so you would think that a team after playing that way are licking their chops to play the 76es correct well the thing that gets me is the first game back from a road trip is typically one of the hardest games to play and the

Reason being is you know you’re coming from the West Coast you’re coming back here to coming back to Milwaukee right guys typically got in yesterday morning after that long flight their sleep is a little messed up and you typically are a little out of sync you know you’re in a

Fog for the beginning now knowing doc probably they probably of course they didn’t have practice yesterday they may not have shoot around this morning you know I haven’t looked at it yet um and they just go to the report to the gym whereas the 76ers you know was there

Yesterday had practice this and that the Sixers are yes they’re in a funk but at the same time you know these are one of those things where it could be a little interesting now do I expect to 76ers to win this game no I don’t but I think

That it could be interesting because of the schedule right and it was one of those things that could be interesting because of the schedule now the Bucks are two and 0 against the Sixers this season you know tonight’s matchup will be the final game between the two teams

Now most recently Milwaukee defeated the Sixers 119 89 on February the 25th the Bucks also knocked off the Sixers on the opening night at fizer form 11 18 117 back then the teams were so even so a Win Thursday will give Milwaukee its first season sweep of the Sixers since

The 2020 21 season what right so the Bucks own a nine to3 record against the Sixers since to started as season right now we’ll see what’s going on now Giannis in order for the Sixers to win we all know they got to stop Giannis Anthony Cooper he had 30 points on in in

Tuesday’s loss against the Kings and it’s just one 30o game away from matching the 39th he had last season for the most 34 game point games in the season fourth career I expect them to get 30 tonight right you know I expect them to continue that streak I do I do

So when you look at it right now you know they’re last five games they’ve been two and three but their last 10 games they’ve been seven and three I’m talking about the bucks now how do these teams match up right how do they how do they match

Up from you know uh the standpoint of points per games and this and that now here we go the teller the tapes so to speak right so the Bucks are averaging 120.5 points compared which is you know fourth in the NBA compared to the Sixers 11 15.3 14th and we talk about um

Opponent’s points now the Bucks give up points they they’ve yielded 117.0 points to opponents where the Sixers are a little bit more stingy at 112 point eight right off uh the offensive rating the Bucks are fifth in the league with offensive rating at 11 18.4 the Sixers are tied for 133 at

1167 defensive rating uh this is where the Sixers get a little Edge a little Edge the Sixers are 114.1 compared to 115.2 for the bucks right now the thing is I looked at this and this the thing that really stood out to me is that you look at the continuity of The rosters

Right we know that Chris Middleton is is hurt he’s been out for a while but you look at Giannis Anthony Cooper played in 63 games started in all 63 games as he’s played right Brook Lopez started in 63 games Malik Beasley played now Brook Lopez played in 63 games as well starting all

Of them Malik basley 64 games 64 starts Dame Lillard 61 games six 61 starts Jay Crowder 35 games 19 starts now you know he’s in there for Chris Milton and so when you look at this continuity that they have compared to the 76ers you don’t know who’s starting from game to

Game outside of Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxi right this is the reason why I believe that the Sixers you know don’t have it they just don’t have the continuity and then all these guys are veterans Jay Crowder 12th year Giannis 11th season right uh Brook Lopez 16th

Season Malik bzy eth season um Dame Lillard 12 and you look at Dame stats right you know Dame is is balling Dame is averaging 24.4 points right which is lower than what he did in in in Portland but it’s still good and 6.8 assists right then

You have Malik Ley 11.4 points right um then you have you know Giannis um antipo 30.8 points 11.2 rebounds 6.4 assists you have uh you know Brook Lopez 12.5 points 5.3 rebounds and then you have Jay Crowder who you know basically just comes in and you know does the dirty

Work uh six points 3.5 rebounds so you know I think it’s going to be a tough one for the Sixers you know this team has a lot of continuity they do a lot of pretty good things and um you know again is it out there for the taking it is but

I just think that the Sixers team I mean I wouldn’t be surprised it’s a close ball game I wouldn’t be with all the things I said but I just don’t think that this Sixers team is quite capable of beating this team I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a blowout but I also

Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a close game it’s just it’s one of those type of things I you know and and the only reason why I’m saying a close game like I said before is because of the bucks um you know playing all these tight

Matchups and and it’s I I just feel like it’s going to be um um it’s just going to be uh they’re going to be sluggish it’s it’s just going to be a a a ugly it could be an ugly game for them it just could I that’s what I think that’s exactly what

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Where Paul settled himself in and when Joel embiid was here he you know he he stabed himself as a as a quality backup player right and then he goes into the starting lineup and it’s been a little bit of inconsistencies and everything like that well you know it’s also been one of

Those things but one of those things where you realize that Paul plays a whole lot better coming off the bench then he us starting and um he started the last three last four games he’s been playing well the first one he started and then the other three came off the bench

And his stats in those four games he’s averaged 15.3 points he’s averaged 9.3 rebounds he’s averaged uh 2.5 blocks 1.5 assists and one still he’s shooting 53.1% from the field now get this he’s shooting 55.6% on three-pointers now he’s doing all this while averaging 26.9 points now again again last four

Games with one start in that game Paul has been balling and he’s you know he’s been a guy that kept a man couple games he was a major reason why they defeated the Knicks two games ago Paul was a major reason he’s a reason why you know

You know they they looked okay against uh the came back back against the New Orleans Pelicans right now he he’s had 17 points against Memphis 11 rebounds and he’s had three blocks he came right back against the Pelicans and had 17 points 11 rebounds and three blocks that’s not a

Misprint same stuff right then he had against the Knicks um when they won that game he had 13 points he had seven rebounds and he had four blocks now in the last game he had 14 points eight rebounds he didn’t block a shot but he had two steals two steals right and he

Was shot six for eight from the field that game so the efficiency was there he shot 75% from the field so ball Paul Reed has been playing well and um you know I I think that he’s solidifying himself as a quality backup in this he is he is you know he’s a little

Undersized I think to be a starter like for him you have to have a certain type of lineup get out and goes maybe a situational starter but as a backup he’s a great change of play Pace guy especially for Joel and B now you know you some people will say that you know

In order with Joel and beat out you need a better starting center maybe a bigger guy I’m not gonna argue with with that I mean I think that they messed up by not being able to get Andre drumond right I do but Paul Reed his role coming off the

Bench doing what he can do being explosive getting buckets doing everything I think is will benefit the Sixers right and it’s crazy because when you look at it we all know that Tyrese Maxi is coming back we all know that Tyrese Maxi is going to get paid right

But right now the only two players under contract past this season is Paul Reed and Joel embiid so you know moving forward he’s a quality guy that they can utilize and the thing I’m going tell you about Paul you know Paul’s one of those guys who you know you look at the

Athleticism and you see the things he does and everything like that and you say like wow I didn’t know he could do that but the more you talk to him you realize like this guy was a a guard coming up then he became a small forward

And then he goes to college and he becomes a power forward and now he’s with the Sixers and he becomes a center right but um you know yeah but for the most part you know Paul Reed is extremely athletic and he has like hand

He can handle the ball he can do a lot of things that you don’t expect from a big and then you realize he can do all that because he was wasn’t a big he became a big in the NBA so you know more power to be ball Paul he’s been playing well and

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Paul Reed is balling Paul Reed is doing everything that he’s doing how we going to keep Mo bomba Incorporated right what are you going to do to keep Mo bomba like being the guy and and all that other stuff me personally I think he needs to continue to be in the starting

Lineup like and I also say that of course it makes sense to say that because I just came back and said Paul Reed is playing Better Off the Bench but I noticed something moamba when he starts he plays that role a little well right he has more energy in

Tune and it’s not like a competition thing between him and Reed like you would think it would be right you would but it just seems like he’ll come in there he’s not really involved in the offense but he’s doing energy and hustle plays he’s doing all the little things right he knows that

Paul Reed is going to get more minutes but at the same time he’s out there just doing the little things he’ll get a couple blocks so R protect but I feel like for him and Tyrese Maxi said this that he likes starting talking about moamba because his body is still hot he

Can do certain things and it works out well for him and Paul is better coming off the bench so when we talk about a role that’s the best role for him right now now again when Joel and beid comes back if he comes back if he comes back

You know I think that moamba has to go back to being the third string center right Paul Reed has to continue doing what he’s doing and mo may not get playing time but as of right now I feel like he is better suited to start over

Paul and I feel like but Paul has to be the focal point right I mean you look at Mo Boma he’s extremely athletic he does a lot of things he’ll surprise you you know the one thing is um his motor isn’t always there it’s not what you want it

To be like you know I mean he’s he’s one of those guys that you look at and you you’re wild at his athleticism I mean he’s like 7 foot 230 PBS he has like an extremely long Wings span like S10 so he’s a guy that you look at and you’re

Always saying I want more from him I want more from him I see the potential I need more from him right um but he’s also a type of guy that let him feel like he’s involved as long as he feels like he’s involved everything’s going to work out and like so the last

Couple games like when you look at it you know that one game where Paul Reed started and mo Boma didn’t like I I felt like he was underutilized right so he comes off the bench he comes off the bench he plays 4 minutes and 28 seconds

He didn’t get a shot attempt he had a rebound two rebounds one assist right um he was a plus two in those four minutes but what does it mean right in four minutes and like to me it was like I just didn’t feel like it was a good

Decision to do him that way right I just didn’t feel that way but then the next three games you look at it he comes off the bench the next three games right and again he’s not a guy that’s going to score a lot of points to do anything but

What he did was he averaged 3.7 points in those three games he averaged one block he averaged three rebounds right he shot 55.6% from the field and he did all this by averaging 18.3 minutes now Paul Reed played the majority of the minutes played more minutes than him but he felt

More like he was a part of the game and he gave you a little bit more now again they don’t run plays for him they don’t do this they don’t do that for him he’s out there but he has a role and I feel

Like that is the best role for Mo bomo I do I feel like incorporating them this way is the best thing for him and the best thing for the Sixers it is now there was a couple times where you see him slide out to the per rmer to the

Corner and he’ll like hoist up a three-point shot I mean he can make that shot now you know it doesn’t always fall but he can make that shot he does have that range so I feel like we can see that but at the same time when you have him starting with Kyle

A um Tobias Harris tyres Maxie and Kelly UB which has been the L recently is enough Firepower out there for where you look at it and you say hey look big fella you just got to block shots you got to run the floor you gotta and you gotta um basically alter

Shots grab rebounds and that’s what he’s been doing so to me that’s the best role for him and work out other things now before the Sixers we going to talk about the Sixers to be successful Tobias has to get a little bit more involved we talked about this yesterday for them to

Win the night he also has to uh get more involved but he but but they have to get him involved but he has to get himself involved buddy Hill has to show us what he showed us in the beginning he came here like I was raving over buddy I’m like

Yo you know they told me all he could do is shoot he was taking guys off the dribble he was doing a lot of other things then all of a sudden after the allstar break he comes back and you don’t see any of that anymore so Tobias and Buddy have

To get out of these slumps that they’re in they gotta play well now again is it as a structured as a buddy Hill or Tobias Harris would prefer no it’s not this is like a lot of plays Ain’t being ran guys just getting out there alling like

Freestyling so I get all that but right now when you’re under man like this you got to adapt and these two players have to Kelly UB doesn’t have a problem adapting nah you know he doesn’t now of course Maxi has the ball in his hand you know so does Kyle lry so does

Campign so these three they these two guys got to get with it they got to adapt I it you know shooter you come off like pin Downs you do all types of stuff boom C you know things like that catching shoots um or or dribble handoffs all that right Tobias you know

He’s more of a structured offense passing passing you know this is looking for nah dudes ain’t doing that right now but Tobias adjusted before people forget He adjusted before so it’s time for him to adjust again the bias has to adjust he really does so he needs to do that in

Order for them to be successful and for him to be successful because right now what’s going on isn’t working at all not at all right before I go I want to talk about lock one again now it’s also available on Amazon on Fire TV in the free Fire TV channel

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Locked on 76ers cohost Keith Pompey previews the Sixers’ Thursday night matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. He also talks about the solid recent play of Paul Reed. And he concludes this episode by discussing the best role for Mo Bamba and saying Tobias Harris and Buddy Hield must step up vs. the Bucks.
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