Idk y folks are mad at Harden for leaving the Nets. Kyrie is refusing to get vaccinated so he's playing fking part time. When u have a teammate like that and everyone is fking catering to that type of behavior, just cut your loss and leave.
now the 76ers will complain about Harden shooting too much and missing in the playoffs vs Simmons who wouldn't shoot at all. I guess you miss all the shots you don't take. Harden has to prove it to me in the playoffs otherwise it's the same story over and over again.
I watched tonight's TNT all-star selection and was disgusted that Harden once again became the butt of the joke. Enough of that crap Barkley. I hope Embid, Harden, and Morey make those jerks including LeBron and Durant, choke on it. Go 76ers...I'm a new fan of Phily! And to Harden, get yourself an agent...you need someone to fight these idiots of the media and the Paul Rich/ LeBron cache of AHs.
I don’t understand the idea that spacing will be an issue… Maxey, Harris, Embiid, Green and Niang all shot a lot of 3’s and all shoot well from 3. If anything the concern should be defensively how Harden will do on a Sixers team that doesn’t switch much. Harden thrives in a switching system. However with the defensive talent the Sixers have, it may not matter. If Harden and Embiid are healthy in the playoffs, they have a chance to beat anyone.
Now that Simmons and Harden got address changes, everyone is picking their new teams 1 and 2 to come out of the east. And it may happen just that way. But I have a feeling that things wont be so peachy for either team and one of Chicago, Miami or Milwaukee get there instead. It might be that the real drama is just beginning for both teams.
Agree that the defensive fit could be a bigger issue (i mentioned something similar in a previous post), especially how they will guard screens that involve Harden & Embiid. As for the shooting/spacing, it might be a non issue, but it's something that's worth looking at since Embiid, Maxey, Harris & Thybulle are not guarded tightly beyond the 3 point line. I anticipate Harden playing a lot with Korkmaz, Niang & Green when Embiid is resting.
Sixers still have Doc "3-1" Rivers. I still won't take them seriously no matter how good Harden and Embiid are the rest of the season.
No sane person with Championship aspirations should be willing to deal with that. Honestly the Nets org are a bunch of idiots for allowing the Kyrie situation to get out of control. How does it even work when a supposed championship contender will miss their 2nd/3rd best player for all of the home games in the playoffs, it just doesn't make sense.
Clock starts now for Embiid to get a random injury in the playoffs, leaving James Harden to carry the load solo.
Hopefully, he does to the Sixers what he did to the Nets - give them a year or so go really get their hopes up and then blows the whole thing up because everything doesn't go exactly as he wants.
