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sixers def came into this game w/ a better idea of how to get clean looks but there's something poetic about them furiously trying to post their way into keeping pace w/ jayson tatum shooting pull up three pointers. 2 out of 3 possessions is a post touch for embiid, harris or horford... $90 million worth of fadeaways from the block

embiid just had that look like he just realized they cant win this series.

celtics are good

the sixers are getting punked, even allowing for the injury this is non competitive

i just don't understand like... embiid is clearly a great player. but how in 2020 does it make sense to spend 19 seconds every possession trying to get a post touch for your center? what am i missing?

they have no shooting and brown seems incapable of adjusting

This is exactly what I thought was going to happen.

sixers should let tatum have a few more wide open jumpers

the sixers effort on defense in this game has been absolutely atrocious

they don't pressure the ball, they don't get set, they're walking when the celtics are running right at them. we laugh at brett brown but this is the actual fireable stuff.

i'm like 20 minutes behind live but tobias harris just passed out of the post with kemba walker guarding him

Brown should be fired, but I'm going to assume they're going to use Simmons as an excuse.

they gotta fire him eventually

if the sixers get rolled and don't play any defense everyone will understand firing him

there's going to be a five-minute highlight reel of tatum walking into open jumpers by the end of this series

fire him after this game imo

there will be a demand for change and elton brand is going to fire himself

one thing that's becoming more obvious to me is that in addition to not getting in shape, embiid hasn't really worked on his game. his handle could be better. his post moves could be better. he could do some work to turn the ball over less.

Nah, Brand will trade Richardson for DeAndre Jordan.

xp

Can't have too many frontcourt players.

The sixers’ two best players can’t shoot and they’re trying to d’antoni Ball. Players need to change or the system needs to change.

embiid just not contesting 25 kemba pullups in a row was embarrassing

i turned on the game for about 3-4 minutes and had to flip it, sixers are unbearable to watch on a basic basketball level

yeah theyre not great

pretty much every decision philly made last season was cataclysmic

if ever there was a player people need to relax about--matisse thybulle, -30, 2 points, 0 steals, 0 blocks.

the tatum stopper

pretty much every team in the bubble is playing or has played w/o a really important player and that currently includes in the east playoffs indiana, boston, orlando, and brooklyn. and yet philly is the only team that is noncompetitive, looks like it has never practiced, has no idea what to do, nobody cares etc. the franchise needs a full overhaul, just terrible vibes.

worst playoff vibes so far have been philly and the lakers, only three days but i'm going to enjoy these three days

pretty reminiscent of boston last year vibe wise actually... i assume brett brown will be playing the role of kyrie irving. not sure that's gonna solve it tho

Brett Brown was a bad coach from day 1. They kept him because all the ways he found to lose close games were actually helpful to their overall plan.

mavs w/o their second best player up 15 on the clippers

it seems clear that among other things hinkie would have moved on from brown by now. the equity he got from staying the course through the hinkie/colangelo/brand clusterfuck is part of what's killing them now on the floor.

oh wait i see zinger is playing

Clippers don’t look like they have fun

theory: kawhi-centered teams need some joyous players for balance (manu, lowry)

noahs not joyous enough for you?

mavs bench cooking

interesting clippers are getting roasted by the mavs guards... kawhi and PG’s defense not really a factor

tim hardaway jr not an effective kawhi stopper....

it what world is that not a foul on morris

Lou checking doncic when kawhi and pg on the floor ?? Pg didn’t switch on that pass back from curry lol

Great to see Boban make a big impact in a playoff game

Pretty cool yah

boban inside the NBA interview was great

noahs not joyous enough for you?

― micah, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 10:24 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

hes been there for like 4 days

if ever there was a player people need to relax about--matisse thybulle, -30, 2 points, 0 steals, 0 blocks.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 9:45 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I like him I guess, but, my god, philly media act like he's Pippen in his prime.

yeah some ppl one twitter were trying to say he stopped tatum when he was on him in game one, if so it did not carry over to game two

personally...

they should have started him vs thy bulles https://t.co/dZ3MRWJqTk

— br◎seph (@on3ness) August 16, 2020