its more about match ups still. Boston is able to defend Sixers and Ben better than the Heat were able to. the key is to play Simmons and Embiid straight up, dont help. when you do, you cant recover to get on their shooters. Stevens knows this.
but I want to tell you nikkas something I been meaning to say for the longest....
Saric is one of the most overhyped players I have seen. he is a product of the leagues fascination with tall euro-cacs that can shoot 3's.
some team always picking these guys because they think that is such a special skill set now. it doesnt make you a great player. most of these guys dont even last in the league...the only reason he has is because he was a rook on a bad team and now he has Embiid/Simmons to take all the blame. I knew it was a reason that scrub came over here on a rookie deal when he couldve waited for more than mid-level.
this dude is trash to me. sure he looks good when the Sixers are rolling..but dont look at that. look at when Embiid and Simmons are struggling, he can not step up. look at Cavs, Indy, even teams like Washington. they all have a 3rd guy or at least a committee that can step up. if that 3rd guy doesnt do that, the team almost always loses. Dipo played like shyt a lot and they still took Cavs to the brink. I cant stand him. he is one of those that tries to get overzealous and cocky when the team is on a roll but when they are getting beat, bytch no where to be found.
