Embiid suffers setback

[Malta]

Shyt is mad confusing because he doesn't have any pain at all.

He basically had the Cavs drooling over him with his pre-draft workout, no pain and had a broken foot

 

[baker928]

Not since the plan shifted to tanking, but previously, they were unable to establish themselves as a free agent destination... which is WHY they ended up fixing their gaze on the draft.


Don't be purposely stupid, it's a waste of my time.

They only had cap room once that I can remember after AI left and before Hinkie came in. That year they settled on Brand, with the other option being Josh Smith. When they had AI, they rarely had cap space because they kept trading for bad contracts.

 

[Leasy]

He basically had the Cavs drooling over him with his pre-draft workout, no pain and had a broken foot

Bill Self said he is fine. Something is up breh

 

[Malta]

Bill Self said he is fine. Something is up breh

Nah, nothing is up, like @jaguar paw pointed out it's the slowest healing bone in the body and he has thin blood


They probably overdid it with the jumping and shyt.

 

[NatiboyB]

The fact this came out right before the draft... wouldn't surprise me in the least bit of some master plan from Hinkle. They wouldnt of put out this info or let it leaked unless they wanted to. Could maybe put the stop to the Lakers drafting Russell then trying to trade him to us for Okafor AND their pick next year back (kinda what we did to Orlando last year) since we now have a "need" for a big man. Best case scenario: this is getting overblown, we draft Russell, embiid plays this season and everything is legit

Damn my Breh your actually on to something I didn't think about that angle this could possibly just be an additional smoke screen because it would make the Lakers think twice about pulling a power move involving Russell.

 

[Sampson]

Greg Oden part deux. He'll miss most of the year, but his "potential" will tease Philly fans enough for them to tolerate another bad season.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

And nikkas was saying the Cavs should have picked Embiid



We should have kept Wiggins though

 

[I.V.]

they rarely had cap space because they kept trading for bad contracts.

Well, they were trading for bad deals, because they were also trying to unload bad deals.

The brand deal was horrible.
They also gave dalembert too much money, then flipped him for Hawes/nocioni and then extended hawes
Gave kwame a 2 year deal

They have never been considered a destination of choice by any free agent, and as a result, spent time churning bad deals with trades.


So now they're going the other direction... and they've committed to it. If they're still ass two years from now... I'm sure people will get fired.

 

[Malta]

And nikkas was saying the Cavs should have picked Embiid



We should have kept Wiggins though

If he was healthy he was the obvious number 1 pick

 

[I.V.]

Greg Oden part deux. He'll miss most of the year, but his "potential" will tease Philly fans enough for them to tolerate another bad season.

They're going to be bad either way. fukk are you talking about?

 

[Microfracture]

it's not like they had a chance to take Wiggins or Parker, they just got fukked. They knew they werent gonna be shyt this past season so the logic was sound.

 

[Leasy]

I bet he plays this year I think this is a ploy by Hinkle for draft day. Like he could play now but long term he probably at risk. He been playing since February

Well dunking etc since February

 

[baker928]

Well, they were trading for bad deals, because they were also trying to unload bad deals.

The brand deal was horrible.
They also gave dalembert too much money, then flipped him for Hawes/nocioni and then extended hawes
Gave kwame a 2 year deal

They have never been considered a destination of choice by any free agent, and as a result, spent time churning bad deals with trades.


So now they're going the other direction... and they've committed to it. If they're still ass two years from now... I'm sure people will get fired.

I agree, but not having cap space is part of the reason why they have never been considered a destination of choice by any free agent. What's funny is now they have the cap space, but are unwilling to spend it right now.

 

[I.V.]

I agree, but not having cap space is part of the reason why they have never been considered a destination of choice by any free agent. What's funny is now they have the cap space, but are unwilling to spend it right now.

Yeah, but the reason they're not spending now is:

1) there isn't a free agent available to them that makes sense (Gasol/LMA aren't leaving their teams, and if they did wouldn't go to philly)
2) Once you've decided to go this route, you can't randomly start signing middling free agents... and fukk up your top 3 pick locks.

 

[SuburbanPimp]

If he was healthy he was the obvious number 1 pick

Based on Potential..... But I never saw it

So you think 10 Years from now we will look back and say he is better than Wiggins?