I'd take Embidd over Towns straight up

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The winning doesn't seem to be far off (and the real test will be how they perform with actual expectations). It doesn't seem like this group of guys are down for an annual thing where they look to constantly rebuild whereas other teams let it become part of their culture. I'd say they're 2 years away from being a firm playoff team, but then again I thought Orlando would have made the playoffs by now.

Philly just gets praised more for blatantly not settling for mediocrity
But yet they're getting praised for being less than mediocre? They are 13-26, if they get to .500 there might be a parade...They are currently no closer to winning a title than the T-Wolves are.

Until they actually compete for a title its all just marketing. "The Process" is just losing with a brand. Sam Hinkie was a con artist. "We won't settle for medicrity"...well finally becoming a solid playoff team after 6 years is the definition of mediocrity, if not worse
 

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But yet they're getting praised for being less than mediocre? They are 13-26, if they get to .500 there might be a parade...They are currently no closer to winning a title than the T-Wolves are.

Until they actually compete for a title its all just marketing. "The Process" is just losing with a brand. Sam Hinkie was a con artist. "We won't settle for medicrity"...well finally becoming a solid playoff team after 6 years is the definition of mediocrity, if not worse
Being trash to a lot of people is better than being mediocre, and a lot of people couldn't understand why they frowned upon being mediocre. Of course the process could fail. Of course they could not win a title, but they're getting immediate praise because they're the flavor of the month and it looks like they're assembling a core of players that will be better than any team fans wanted them to settle for being.
 

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Being trash to a lot of people is better than being mediocre, and a lot of people couldn't understand why they frowned upon being mediocre. Of course the process could fail. Of course they could not win a title, but they're getting immediate praise because they're the flavor of the month and it looks like they're assembling a core of players that will be better than any team fans wanted them to settle for being.
I like watching Embiid too and I root for them, but people claiming success are being ridiculous.

A "young talented core" doesn't get you shyt in the NBA. Its just hope until hope runs out...then you become a mediocre, treadmill team and people complain until you start over
 

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I like watching Embiid too and I root for them, but people claiming success are being ridiculous.

A "young talented core" doesn't get you shyt in the NBA. Its just hope until hope runs out...then you become a mediocre, treadmill team and people complain until you start over

You can clearly see a difference in the team being competitive and winning games they werent winning before....Embiid isnt ur typical young talented core piece,hes looking like a cornerstone which is different than just having young "pieces"...
 

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says the fukk nikka with negative 2000 rep

What are you twelve goofy? Everyone knows how broke the rep system is. Anyone can tag along with 5 or 6 dudes and neg bomb someone cause they got they feelings hurt. Anyway imma put it short fukk you and yo momma nikka I don't give a shyt about no groupy as virtual reps.
 

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Yea. U clearly haven't watched a game.


Made Lebron look a little silly here. No one who's a "lil shaky" chases Lebron down court and gets a monster block from behind.




Career high 33 pts on 27 minutes, Sixers won by 1, 2-3 from 3, 7-8 from the line




Embiid outscored Towns here in 7 less minutes and the Sixers won by 2




It would be overkill by now if it wasn't so entertaining to watch a 7'2'' player dominant in every aspect of the game, to effortlessly go from playing like a 2 guard or a SF to looking like Hakeem in the paint on offense and Mutombo in the paint on D.


U should get the point by now. Dude can handle and move almost as gracefully as a lot of guards, meanwhile he's already got the best low post moves in the league, he's shooting 34.5% from 3 on 4.4 attempts per game standing at 7'2''. 19.7 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.4 bpg in 25.3 mpg, that's insane.

There's no way anyone with any kind of basketball IQ, that's actually watched him, could claim he's shaky, or compare any part of his game to Greg Oden. U discredited ur whole argument with that, dude is 7'2'' blowing by guards at the perimeter and you're saying he's shaky and reminds of u Oden.

the sound of that first block on LeBron is enough for me TBH. He got next
 

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Neg for trash posting we still dont know if embiid can play on a regular basis.
 

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They're going to draft a PG, yall are going to max out Lowry, why you trying to get rid of Kyle :jbhmm:

Hes from Philly,went to Villanova,BC is the current GM who brought him to TOR from Houston and he may look at that situation with Embiid and Simmons as a team he turn into a winner next year...
 
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