Joel Embiid is Finally Getting His Wish

Joel Embiid is Finally Getting His Wish

the moment James Harden called Daryl Mory a liar their season was basically over I mean you don’t trade your second best player from last year for spare parts and get better but Daryl Mory had a plan he dealt Harden for four players in control of two first and two second round picks and all those players contracts were about to run out so this offseason they have a ton of cap space for a superstar except Tyrese Maxie had to sacrifice he just put in 3 years of work jump to an All-Star level for his second contract that’s when guys go from lifechanging money to generational wealth so myy went to Maxi and said yo I know you’re set to get paid but can you wait one more year what Anything could happen I mean Maxi could tear his Achilles he could get hit by a car and Harden just called Mory a liar you’re going to trust him but Maxi said okay I will stay at a role player salary for the team so now they have almost 65 million for a star then pay Maxi imagine if they could replace Tobias Harris’s 40 million with a guy who I don’t know doesn’t score zero points game six against the Knicks Joel embiid is the only MVP to never make a Conference Finals so if healthy he could finally get there to win a chip ah but it’s not that simple when the Sixers go looking for stars here’s what they find the NBA playoffs are here and I am loving playing underdog if I was in Florida I would be playing Champions their brand new 1V one format I’m in Texas so I love pick them you can up to 20x your money you just pick higher lower and your favorite players whatever game you’re going to watch that night let me give you my two picks first up is Andrew NIMH hard his points rebounds and assists we’re going to go higher I think he’s going to play well even on the road here in game one and then Carl Anthony towns also on the road his points going to go higher I think after Anthony Edwards game one he is going to get doubled cat will have opportunity and best of luck if you are tailing those picks by the way this map shows an updated area of where Underdog is available but if you sign up with Cod am Hoops starting May 9th you get a special pick and firsttime deposit offer up to 250 bucks in bonus catch that is huge it is promo code am Hoops Superstars this off season are LeBron James and Paul George Stars Pascal seak and James Harden yeah right and below that OG and anobi that that’s it Pascal and OG definitely going to resign with their teams Harden obviously not so that leaves LeBron and PG now you see why Brian wior said Paul George is their number one target uh you mean their only target but how do they land him well kawh Leonard locked in with the clippers for three more years during the season at the time everyone thought PG would reup too but he didn’t is he looking for the most money now or does he want to win PG led the the Pacers to back-to-back Conference Finals in his early 20s he then goes to OKC and loses in the first round with Russ and now in La dude is paired with Kawai who lets him down once again Kawai went missing this year in the most important spot Mavs winning six so maybe George says hey if I’m in Philly we definitely beat the Knicks with a path to the finals the only problem is Joel embiid’s Health the Kawai Leonard of the East it is going to be a real tough sell to ask PG to team up with another injured star teammate so imagine if Paul George resigns with the Clippers LeBron remains a Laker it’ll probably happen I could easily see Paul George using this Philly pressure as leverage to squeeze a Max contract out of Steve Balmer and the Clippers what does Philly do at that point well one option is to use all the money to sign Elite depth free agent role players this summer are Klay Thompson Casey demard de rozan miles Bridges Malik monk tus Jones Nick claxon Bruce Brown that’s not a bad list or they could resign their own free agents like Kyle Lowry Kelly UB and Nick Batum but what embiid wants is a star and there is one other way to get them they could trade for a star into their cap space that way they don’t have to send anything back other teams might love that they would have a disgruntled store and trade him out for a cheap and clean cap sheet it’s a win-win so Wind Horse also said they will monitor both Jimmy Butler and Brandon Ingram’s situations I and be’s favorite teammate Jimmy buckets the worst decision Philly made outside of draft in Marquel folz number one was choosing Ben Simmons over Jimmy back in 2019 they got Butler from the Timberwolves and were one Kawai bounce away from the Conference Finals they thought Ben Simmons had the higher ceiling than Jimmy Butler and it ruined them Ben broke down and Jimmy made two NBA finals in Miami now Butler might be available again the athletic says there are signs that Jimmy Butler in Miami era could be nearing a Tipping Point Butler wants a Max 2-year extension from the heat but Butler famously does things his way and Miami’s organization famously does not Brook much individualism heat cultures got parameters and expectations and I get it the heat aren’t used to guys who talk trash like Jimmy Butler you got it 1 2 3 action if I was playing Boston would be at home New York damn sure would be at home mean to me Joe Ellen beid would love that talk but Miami might be ready to move on after a first round exit I know Jimmy was injured but I mean they were the eighth seed this year a big problem is his age Jimmy turns 35 before next season only a desperate team would give him a Max contract like the the Sixers what else are they going to do sign clay and Demar D rozan but haven’t we seen this before embi maxi and Butler three guys on a Max contract how is that different than Devin Booker KD and Bradley be and Phoenix they had so little depth it was awful well there is one big difference for Philly because they have a league High 12 free agents they have enough money to give out a Max contract and get depth it’s a dream situation if it wasn’t for the one problem no one talks about people are afraid to say that Joel embiid hasn’t made a Conference Finals because uh he actually isn’t that good in the postseason I mean when we talk playoff disappointments like James Harden and Russell Westbrook is joelan beid in that category I think he is so likable to fans in the media people refuse to admit it I mean remember the famous Ben Simmons passed up dunk against the Hawks what did embiid do in that game seven oh he put up 31 Points 11 boards but in the final minute in a three-point game he misses with John Collins guarding him then under a minute to play turns it over which leads to a bucket on the other end for Atlanta and one last ditch effort in a five-point game just Chucks up a missed three the next season they went up 3 0 against the Raptors in round one but it took three games to finally put them away and because of that embiid was even more banged up missed the first two games in the next round last year they were up three 32 on Boston leading in the fourth quarter at home and embid doesn’t touch the ball the final 5 minutes and know you could blame Doc Rivers but do you think other stars would stand for that and oh in game seven James Harden got all the crap but embiid had 15 points eight boards and shot 28% from the field look I am not an embiid hater I like the guy a lot but the numbers aren’t pretty for his career fourth quarter of a playoff game and beat averages five points two boards and an assist but he shoots just 41% from the field 21% from three compare that to other killer stars of this era and that’s terrible did you know Joel’s MVP season he dropped from 33 points per game to 23 in the playoffs the biggest dip of any MVP ever so there is a lot of pressure right now in Philly darl Mory has to get these moves right if he doesn’t he could get fired Joel embiid is running out of chances if he doesn’t win there is a great chance he doesn’t end his career in Philadelphia but it will be fun watching him put it all together now one Center who is on the come up is Victor win Bama his offseason is crazy as well ESPN reported on what the Spurs are actually going to do and to be honest wm’s teammate should be scared

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The Sixers lost in the first round to the Knicks but this season was always going to suck. The real action happens this offseason when Philly has more cap space than any contender and will reshape the roster around Embiid and Maxey. This is a look at what they might do and what it means for Embiid.