GET UP | Sixers will be to the Eastern Conference Playoffs with Joel Embiid’s return – Chris Canty

GET UP | Sixers will be to the Eastern Conference Playoffs with Joel Embiid’s return – Chris Canty

More interesting as college basketball has been unbelievable we’ve been talking about Iowa’s win over LSU last night yukon’s win over USC women’s final four is set but Adrien wowski reported yesterday Joel mbid could be back as soon as maybe possibly this week for the Philadelphia 76ers so for all of those

That have critiqued the NBA playin tournament guys think about what we may have if the Sixers end up in the playin tournament which right now they’re 40 and 35 as the e seed so they would play Miami potentially in the first round as a seven seed the defending Eastern

Conference champions that’s in the Eastern Conference the Western Conference I don’t know has this guy Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns and Devin Booker dropped 52 last night in one game against Sacramento and I don’t know LeBron and Steph in the other game this is remarkable but but CC I know you

And I kind of agree on this that Boston let’s see let’s see them in the postseason so as long as we feel that do we think that Philly with embiid has a shot now yeah I mean I mean is Boston ahead of getting clipped in the first

Round by the Sixers if they sneak in they should oh you didn’t just go there did you me no seriously are they above it I mean think about what happened in the playoff series last year in the conference semis think about it I mean had it not been for Tatum going off in

The fourth quarter of game six it would have been a wrap it would have been over like they Philly had them all but de buried and you’re talking about embiid gimping around on the court on a bum leg if he comes back and he’s healthy and

He’s in shape and ready to go yeah I I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that Boston wal Bales through that first round if they draw the Sixers this is the team that nobody wants to see because embiid is the player in the Eastern Conference that nobody wants to

See let’s not forget what this dude was before he got hurt he was 35 and 11 every single night and a guy that would it be in the conversation for defensive player of the year that’s how impactful embid has been so yeah if you’re getting mbid back fully healthy knowing what

We’ve seen from Tobias uh Tobias Harris this year knowing what Tyrese Maxi has grown into in mb’s absence yeah why would I dismiss the Sixers prospects of being able to go on a deep playoff run and break through that second round ceiling last thing I’m going to say

About the Sixers is this there’s a difference in terms of who’s on the sideline this year as opposed to who’s been on the sideline in previous years Nick nurse is their head coach this ain’t Doc Rivers it’s Nick nurse this a championship winning coach and this is a

Guy that we’ve seen do it in recent memory with the Toronto Raptors Nick nurse can be the difference from an x’s and O standpoint in terms of getting mbid the ball in his spots in the matters that Ma in the moments that matter the most so I I I actually think

That this is a scary team to watch when the playoffs tip off if embiid is healthy and in shape I understand that embiid is such a force and you’re right Nick nurse is a major X Factor in this but and even though what you said about Boston and not fully

Having trust in them in the playoffs is valid why would I have full trust in Joel and beat in the 76ers either they’ve been disappointing time and time again and even though embiid is going to return and hopefully he’s healthy I don’t know what version we’re going to

See of him and I don’t know how long it’s going to take for him to calibrate or get back into that Rhythm I just I lightly when it comes to trusting the 76ers in the playoffs even with joeel embiid even with Tyrese Maxi and Nick nurse I’m with you on that I completely

Understand where you’re coming from what I will say is this the reason why I haven’t trusted the Sixers in the past Doc Rivers and embiid is usually hurt this time of year well here’s the thing he’s not hurt like he’s coming back and I got to believe that the Sixers aren’t

Going to be Pennywise and pound foolish and put him in Harm’s Way before he’s ready to be out there and ready to compete knowing that the intensity is going to ratchet up once we get to the playoffs so I’m just assuming that he’s going to be healthy now the whole part

About getting in shape getting in Rhythm we’ll have to see where that’s at I I know he’s probably been conditioning behind the scenes but there’s nothing like getting in playing shape unless you’re actually playing the sport right so we’ll have to see how that all goes

But if you’re going to tell me that embiid is healthy and he can give me 30 minutes plus yeah I I’m not going to say that it’s impossible for them to get out of a first round series against the Boston Celtics just cuz I don’t trust

The Boston Celtics I don’t I don’t trust Joe Missoula in a big spot I have yet to see it with Tatum and brown in a big spot so yeah I I I would give the benefit of the doubt to the Sixers I’m not saying that I would pick the Sixers

In a series a seven game series what I’m saying is I could see a world where Boston gets upset by the Sixers if embiid is healthy and ready to go this feels like while you’re complimenting and beating the Sixers you’re also saying how it’s also a negative towards

Boston like as I’m listening to this because I look at Boston this year and there seems to be no reason why they shouldn’t get to the finals but you’re saying that you don’t believe in them no I don’t I don’t believe there’s seven there’s seven Boston is seven games

Better in the win column than the second best team in the NBA which would be tied with Oklahoma City and Denver and they are 11 and a half games up of the two seed of in Milwaukee and they are potentially going to face a nightmare in

Round one because either as of right now either they’re going to get Miami or Philadelphia most likely if you believe no parts of either one of those teams that’s exactly right exactly right if you believe that the loser of Miami Philly will then beat the winner of

Chicago and Atlanta which I think it’s safe to say we all would believe that to be the case that’s where Boston’s going to go this dominant regular season gets you either embiid if he’s back rested and ready to go in theory or a team that is completely unafraid of you in Miami

In the first round right when you’ve got Orlando and Indiana who are not battle tested at the five and six spot those are your dream teams if you’re if you’re them in the eighth spot there but yeah I’m with CeCe on this even though Boston has been unbelievable this regular

Season I still need to see them in the postseason with this new group with porzingis potentially healthy in the postseason if that is even going to happen and with a level of toughness that let’s wait and see they like now there is a side of are you kidding

Boston’s been unbelievable this year but we’ve seen that in the regular season with teams before regular season unev but we saw it a week ago where they lost back-to-back games against the Atlanta Hawks and they blew a 30-point lead in one of them like like that’s what I’m saying

Like they they they’ve got a flashy record they’ve got talented players but I don’t trust that those guys are going to step up in a big spot I don’t trust the leadership in that locker room and quite frankly I don’t trust the head coach I mean let’s not forget they you

Know there was a question mark on whether or not they were going to fire Joe Missoula after how last season ended that was on the board I mean why why would I believe that this is a team that’s going to Walt through the first round knowing that

They’re going to be at a coaching deficit if they play the seven or eight team in the conference like if they match up against the Sixers Nick nurse is a better Coach than Joe Missoula if they match up against the Miami Heat Eric spola is a better Coach than Joe

Boula so I mean like when we start to get to the postseason we’re coaching starts to matter a little bit more because the intensity changes and it get the urgency gets ratcheted up and people are game plan specific why would I think that the Sixers can’t Edge out the

Boston Celtics I just I I I just think it’s it’s something that we’ve got to talk about it’s something that we’ve got to keep a close watch on and until it actually happens until we see Boston actually get to and win a championship this is always going to be a question

Around this team the leadership of Tatum and brown and the leadership on the sideline with the head coach and Joe Missoula you know Smalls you brought up why would I trust Philly in the postseason and you’re right based on the fact that embiid has never been to the

Conference Finals right but we’re we’re asking him to win the first round right like that’s that’s the catch in all of this it’s like this big win that they would have is actually just in the first round and I understand it’s Boston and it’s an an unbelievable regular season

Team and a team that was in the finals two years ago Conference Finals each of the last what three years but it’s the first round yeah and here’s the thing a when we start talking about the embiid of it all it it gives me the feel of

What happened in 2020 with the Lakers and you had the thre Monon uh uh delay with with with h covid and then they started in the bubble that was three months LeBron James and Anthony Davis had the rest it feels like that kind of break for embiid and if he’s going to be

Healthy in the postseason look out you’ll know that quickly right you’ll see him the first couple of games and you’ll realize oh he’s rested versus maybe he shouldn’t have come back like you’ll know that next week you’ll probably know that right I mean that’s that’s probably what it what it will be

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GET UP | Sixers will be to the Eastern Conference Playoffs with Joel Embiid’s return – Chris Canty