Sixers' tanking took a toll - was it worth it?

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I'm really tired of the disrespect Jahlil Okafor has received so what if he got into a fight...The dude is still legit the most talented Post big to come along in awhile.
 

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Noel, Embiid, Okafor etc. at all suck

all these picks and no studs or real top prospects to show for it
 

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How come the twolves or kings don't get all this hate, I can't even remember last time they been to playoffs

The Kings nor Twolves have been tanking as absurdly as this 76ers team has been doing. Both franchises have had horrible management and the Wolves could've made it to the offs during the K-Love era if they weren't hit by so many injuries.
 

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what the fukk are they supposed to do honestly? no free agents want to sign there (players are prioritizing winning over money these days i.e. david west, whiteside this summer when he doesnt go to LA). They could attempt to be good but that only ruins their chances at a top pick

You can argue that not losing enough ruined their chances at a franchise player (KAT, t'wolves had worst record that year, sixers had 3rd worst) ...embiid is unfortunate, but he was supposed to be the franchise player to build around
They are gonna have to make better draft choices and overpay guys.
 

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The Kings nor Twolves have been tanking as absurdly as this 76ers team has been doing. Both franchises have h ad horrible management and the Wolves could've made it to the offs during the K-Love era if they weren't hit by so many injuries.
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Wow they could've made playoffs I'm impressed, meanwhile during that time sixers actually were making playoffs without a player a love's calibur.
 

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what the fukk are they supposed to do honestly? no free agents want to sign there (players are prioritizing winning over money these days i.e. david west, whiteside this summer when he doesnt go to LA). They could attempt to be good but that only ruins their chances at a top pick

You can argue that not losing enough ruined their chances at a franchise player (KAT, t'wolves had worst record that year, sixers had 3rd worst) ...embiid is unfortunate, but he was supposed to be the franchise player to build around
If you have an extended losing culture, even the players you draft won't want to stick around.

Gotta start winning at some point
 

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contract them but nobody talks about the Wolves being shytty since 2004, the Kings being ass since 2006, Bucks being bottom dwellers for years, the Hornets/Bobcats being trash all them years before this one and the year they got swept by Miami.
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Truth be told we've seen worse but nikkas wanna be up in arms for no reason acting like this is some unprecedented shyt, acting like these nikkas been tanking for decades. It's all gonna pay off, y'all watch.
 

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contract them but nobody talks about the Wolves being shytty since 2004, the Kings being ass since 2006, Bucks being bottom dwellers for years, the Hornets/Bobcats being trash all them years before this one and the year they got swept by Miami.
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Truth be told we've seen worse but nikkas wanna be up in arms for no reason acting like this is some unprecedented shyt, acting like these nikkas been tanking for decades. It's all gonna pay off, y'all watch.
Let these nikkas talk breh :francis: When Embiid comes in next year and starts killing the league we'll see what's good :banderas:


I think people really have forgotten how good he's gonna be
 

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Noel, Embiid, Okafor etc. at all suck

all these picks and no studs or real top prospects to show for it


None of them suck. Noel is already very good to great defensively, Okafor is an incredible post scorer, and Embiid hasn't set foot on the court yet so no one knows what he's gona be but most people think he has the highest ceiling out of the group. The Sixers are going to be able to trade 1 or 2 of them for a good wing player or two when the time is right. If they can add a stretch 4 they can deal Okafor and Embiid and let Noel anchor the D at the 5.
 

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None of them suck. Noel is already very good to great defensively, Okafor is an incredible post scorer, and Embiid hasn't set foot on the court yet so no one knows what he's gona be but most people think he has the highest ceiling out of the group. The Sixers are going to be able to trade 1 or 2 of them for a good wing player or two when the time is right. If they can add a stretch 4 they can deal Okafor and Embiid and let Noel anchor the D at the 5.
Noel can't do shyt dude fukking sucks and is always hurt. 10 pts 7 rebounds? whatever he averages. he sucks
 

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None of them suck. Noel is already very good to great defensively, Okafor is an incredible post scorer, and Embiid hasn't set foot on the court yet so no one knows what he's gona be but most people think he has the highest ceiling out of the group. The Sixers are going to be able to trade 1 or 2 of them for a good wing player or two when the time is right. If they can add a stretch 4 they can deal Okafor and Embiid and let Noel anchor the D at the 5.
We already have a stretch 4 coming, the top player in all of Europe, Dario Saric.



He's shooting near 40% from 3 in the Euroleague and is a terrific ball handler for a PF. He can play with either of our bigs and we can run 4/5 pick and rolls with him and any one of the bigs. And don't forget our coach has said Joel Embiid might already be the 2nd best shooter on the team :merchant:
 
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