Forbes Magazine: Sixers Will Replace Cavs As Dominant Power In Eastern Conference

[Malta]

nikkas still on that "bucks are next" wave

I've been hearing this crap for 3 years, yet nothing to show for it.

Washington is on the cusp BTW.

Nothing to show for it? They are one of the youngest teams in the league and had a decent playoff showing, they have the best player in the league under 23 and seem to have struck some gold with Thon.

WHEN HAVE ANYONE OF THESE PREDICTED UP & COMING TEAMS
ACTUALLY COME UP?

ARTICLE IS CLICK BAIT.


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It's them and the Bucks in the East, the Sixers situation is a lot different from most up and coming teams cause Hinkie made some moves that will still have them getting lottery picks until 2019 cause of them owning the Lakers & Kings picks.

 

[Kang Deezy]

Nothing to show for it? They are one of the youngest teams in the league and had a decent playoff showing, they have the best player in the league under 23 and seem to have struck some gold with Thon.




It's them and the Bucks in the East, the Sixers situation is a lot different from most up and coming teams cause Hinkie made some moves that will still have them getting lottery picks until 2019 cause of them owning the Lakers & Kings picks.

Gun to your head, you'd say embiid can play 60 regular season games and go far in the playoffs? No indication of that happening.

He's played 30 games in 3 years.

Okafor is a lost cause and they traded noel for a second rounder.

And colangelo is their GM.

 

[010101]

who's gonna get the buckets¿*

 

[Malta]

Gun to your head, you'd say embiid can play 60 regular season games and go far in the playoffs? No indication of that happening.

He's played 30 games in 3 years.

Okafor is a lost cause and they traded noel for a second rounder.

And colangelo is their GM.

I need to know if Embiid is actually working on his legs or not, his landings are correctable with the right work on his legs and core. You're discounting the fact that if he does get hurt they could literally just draft Bamba or Ayton next year with the Lakers pick.

 

[Kang Deezy]

I need to know if Embiid is actually working on his legs or not, his landings are correctable with the right work on his legs and core. You're discounting the fact that if he does get hurt they could literally just draft Bamba or Ayton next year with the Lakers pick.

I have a hard time believing the lakers are gonna be that bad next year considering they have no pick... they won't be in tank mode that's for sure

So do you think Brooklyn or LA is worst next year? I'd say Brooklyn...

 

[Dwight Howard]

I need to know if Embiid is actually working on his legs or not, his landings are correctable with the right work on his legs and core. You're discounting the fact that if he does get hurt they could literally just draft Bamba or Ayton next year with the Lakers pick.

Lakers wont be a bottom 3 team next year

 

[Malta]

I have a hard time believing the lakers are gonna be that bad next year considering they have no pick... they won't be in tank mode that's for sure

So do you think Brooklyn or LA is worst next year? I'd say Brooklyn...

You don't have to be the worst team in the league to get the top pick, and I don't think the Lakers are going to be that good next year.

Lakers wont be a bottom 3 team next year

You said the same thing last year....and the year before.

 

[Supreme365]

If healthy, then I kinda agree

Milwaukee and Philly seem to be the next 2 powerhouses if things go right behind the scenes

So youll going really act like D.C. Ain't in this bytch

 

[O.T.I.S.]

So youll going really act like D.C. Ain't in this bytch

Not until yall get a bench and honestly, idk if yall just gonna dominate anything with Bradley Beal and Wall being your main scorers

 

[Recca Gatsby]

I am curious about what the Sixers are going to do. All signs pointing to them getting Jackson this year right? That happens then I gotta wonder what they look towards in that 2018 draft cause they dont need anymore big men.

Too bad RJ not gonna come out yet, nygga would be perfect for Philly.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I need to know if Embiid is actually working on his legs or not, his landings are correctable with the right work on his legs and core. You're discounting the fact that if he does get hurt they could literally just draft Bamba or Ayton next year with the Lakers pick.

If Embiid gets hurt again, give up, because if they have to rely on Bamba or Ayton, whether they're good or not one day, the Sixers' ETA got pushed back 3 years.


The Bucks have the best shot of making it, but it comes down to whether Giannis is good enough to make vain players forget that it's Milwaukee. The Sixers have the most upside but it hangs on a perfect storm of things working at once and that rarely ever happens.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Oh hold up...Sixers got Kings 2019 pick??? Gotdamn how many picks these nyggas got??? RJ to Philly a possibility then

@AAKing23 keep an eye on that

 

[KingJay]

I been saying this

Obviously you have to assume health, but take a step back and look at what they have and it's pretty clear. Joel Embiid is probably the best young prospect in the NBA and could easily be the most dominant player in the league on both ends of the floor, Ben Simmons was the #1 pick and gets Magic/LeBron comps complimenting Embiid extremely well, they have the 3rd pick in this loaded draft, the Lakers pick next year projects as a top 5 pick, and the Sacramento pick in 2019 projects as a top 5 pick.

Add that on to Saric who might win ROTY, Covington who ranked as the best defensive SF in the NBA by a wide margin per DRPM, other interesting young pieces in TLC, Korkmaz, Holmes, and McConnell, and a crazy amount of cap space and flexibility in a top 5 market and it totally makes sense for the 76ers to take over the Eastern Conference.

Their players are set to peak together, and come into their own as soon as Cleveland declines.

 

[KingJay]

they have the best player in the league under 23

You're lucky JoJo just turned 23

 

[LezJepzin]

Forbes jinxing this team now