WEBVTT - Is "The Process" A Lost Cause In Philly?

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about this Celtics sixers. Series sixers were a

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<v Speaker 1>cute story. They were, They really were. They made it

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<v Speaker 1>seven games. It really was never in doubt. They had

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<v Speaker 1>the potential to send the Boston Celtics home in six

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<v Speaker 1>They had four minutes where all of a sudden they

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<v Speaker 1>allowed Jason Tatum to go nuclear and it pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>was a rap ever since. Right, Like even the most

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<v Speaker 1>diehard Philly fan, if you're honest with yourself, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a dieard Philly fan, you're probably not even listening because

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<v Speaker 1>you probably hate my guts. But were you confident heading

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<v Speaker 1>into game seven? Like, were you were you even like

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<v Speaker 1>having a modicum of you know, excitement about going in

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<v Speaker 1>to TD Garden on that parquet floor and thinking you

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<v Speaker 1>were gonna beat Jason Tatum who had just come alive

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<v Speaker 1>and found his mote again like he was Angela Bassett

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<v Speaker 1>and Stella got her groove back, like no, if you

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<v Speaker 1>say yes, you're a liar, you are. History of course

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<v Speaker 1>was against you. Uh, Doc Rivers record in game seven's

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<v Speaker 1>they speak for themselves. I don't think he's won. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think he's won a Game seven in his career

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<v Speaker 1>as a head coach, which is crazy. Momentum was against you. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what else? The universe seemed to be against

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<v Speaker 1>you because you had not one, but two superstars, both

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<v Speaker 1>together have had well documented playoff struggles. Maybe not put

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<v Speaker 1>those two guys together right, like, maybe you want to

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<v Speaker 1>balance it out. How could you possibly have thought that

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<v Speaker 1>this was gonna go any other way than the way

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<v Speaker 1>that it did. Insanity? What do they say? Insanity is

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<v Speaker 1>doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Doc Rivers coughing up Lee in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>It is James Harden underperforming in the playoffs. It is

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<v Speaker 1>Joelle Embiid being injured over and over in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Wash rintse try repeat, wash rents dry. That's them, that's them.

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<v Speaker 1>We keep trying to say, oh, maybe twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>will be different, Maybe twenty twenty four will be different,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe twenty twenty five will be different. At a certain point,

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<v Speaker 1>we just got to accept reality. Move on. This version

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<v Speaker 1>of the Sixers is not working. And you know what's

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<v Speaker 1>wild is that the Sacramento Kings, a team that's been

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<v Speaker 1>regarded as a poverty franchise for many years now, a

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<v Speaker 1>team that has been you know shit on by the

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<v Speaker 1>national media. A team that really has just been like

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<v Speaker 1>the laughing stock of the league until this year. They

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<v Speaker 1>have been to the conference finals more recently than the

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia seventy six ers. I don't mean that it is

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<v Speaker 1>sad in a trolling way. I mean it, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is a very sad thing that a got I like

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<v Speaker 1>Joel Embiid has not been to anywhere close to the

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<v Speaker 1>place that the Sacramento Kings have been in. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>saying something like, I don't know how this team stays

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<v Speaker 1>together honestly moving forward. The process. I've said it once,

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<v Speaker 1>I've said it twice, I've said it three times. The

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<v Speaker 1>process is dead. The process has been dead. We're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to put it back together like operation, and it's just

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<v Speaker 1>not working. We're trying to revive it with those two

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<v Speaker 1>little paddles with the electrical current on them. It's no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's dead. It's dead. Fifty one points by Tatum and

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<v Speaker 1>the Game seven route a destruction, an embarrassment, or, as

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<v Speaker 1>Embiid and Jannis both like to say, steps to success.

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<v Speaker 1>How bad is it? How bad is it right now?

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<v Speaker 1>It is so bad that you have Ben Simmons on

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<v Speaker 1>his Instagram from his living room with a glass of

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<v Speaker 1>red wine, taking a photo of the Sixers getting blown

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<v Speaker 1>out by the Celtics by thirty and just posting it

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<v Speaker 1>no context, just like yeah, like they are just enjoying it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean? He red wine, a beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>living room and a photo of the TV of the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers getting destroyed in a game seven. Yeah, that's how

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<v Speaker 1>bad it is. He is loving that, And that is

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<v Speaker 1>the sad truth that Philly fans woke up to today.

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<v Speaker 1>No more excuses. You don't have any other scapegoat left,

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<v Speaker 1>Not even Ben Simmons can wash away the stink of

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<v Speaker 1>this epic failure of a team. It is their third

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<v Speaker 1>straight loss in the conference. Semis you ad Joe l

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<v Speaker 1>Mbid the MVP. It is the year for him to

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<v Speaker 1>show out the stats in this series. Twenty two points,

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<v Speaker 1>nine rebounds and two assists. That's disgusting. That is garbage

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<v Speaker 1>efficiency numbers also terrible, forty two percent from the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>He shot twenty percent from three getting absolutely locked up

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<v Speaker 1>by a man who has his AARP card in Al Horford.

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<v Speaker 1>Al Horford on Joel Embiid. Remember when PJ. Tucker said

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<v Speaker 1>no one on the planet can stop joelmb when he's aggressive.

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<v Speaker 1>Turns out, forty year old Al Horford can stop Joel Embiid.

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<v Speaker 1>Harden roller coaster ride had a couple of insane vintage performances,

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<v Speaker 1>which we've already talked about. But overall during the series,

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<v Speaker 1>he's averaged twenty two points per game, forty two percent

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<v Speaker 1>from the floor and thirty four percent from three And

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<v Speaker 1>if you want to talk about comparisons to Ben Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>in the last three games of this series, Harden had

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<v Speaker 1>no points in the fourth quarter in all of those

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<v Speaker 1>three games combined, none, zero, zilch. He went zero for

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<v Speaker 1>six in the fourth quarter of games seven, six, and five.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, Ben Simmons had more points than James Harden

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<v Speaker 1>in fourth quarter in that Hawk series where he basically

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<v Speaker 1>ended his career right then and there, five points, all

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<v Speaker 1>free throes. And so now where are we at. The

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<v Speaker 1>rumors are that James Harden is itching to get back

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<v Speaker 1>to Houston. He has a house there, he's there, and

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<v Speaker 1>every off day he's got a restaurant there, beautiful, very luscious.

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<v Speaker 1>In one of those Fois Gras wrapped steak lobster deals,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, that kind of a deal. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of strip clubs there. I'm sure he loves he loves Houston.

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<v Speaker 1>Now im Udoka is there? Another rumor is also floating

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<v Speaker 1>around that Harden may be going to Phoenix, you know

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<v Speaker 1>where the rumors are not that he's coming back to Philadelphia, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't hear any rumors of Harden excited to return

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<v Speaker 1>back with Darryl Morey and Doc Rivers. Harden was asked

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<v Speaker 1>after the game and a scrum, Hey, what's your relationship

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<v Speaker 1>like with Doc? And what did Harden say? Did he

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<v Speaker 1>reap like praise? Oh, I love Doc. We've got a

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<v Speaker 1>strong relationship. So good? He said, Uh, it's okay and

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<v Speaker 1>just left it at that. Does that inspire confidence? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that a ringing endorsement for Doc? No? What did Doc

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<v Speaker 1>say about James? He said, I think overall he enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>being here. When you got to add an overall to it,

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<v Speaker 1>that means there were some places he did not enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>He said. You know, it's tough for him. We asked

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<v Speaker 1>him to play a little different than he's always been

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<v Speaker 1>accustomed to. I think it made us a better team.

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<v Speaker 1>But unfortunately, I thought for James at times it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>always best for him, but he still did it. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we appreciate that as a coach. You know

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<v Speaker 1>who didn't appreciate it probably James Harden. He probably didn't

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it at all. Back to what I said before,

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<v Speaker 1>no excuses. You don't lose because hard and went to

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<v Speaker 1>Brickville in the fourth quarter. You didn't lose because Embiid

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<v Speaker 1>settled for mid range jumpers instead of attacking the rim.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't lose because Embiid was hurt for yet another

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<v Speaker 1>playoff series. The Sixers didn't lose because Doc Rivers continued

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<v Speaker 1>to freeze in a big moment. The Sixers lost because

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<v Speaker 1>of all these things combined. There's not one person or

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<v Speaker 1>one thing to point the finger at. They lost because

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<v Speaker 1>this team was never as good as anyone thought that

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<v Speaker 1>they were. And that goes all away from Darryl Moury

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<v Speaker 1>down to Doc Rivers, to players like Embiid to Harden,

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<v Speaker 1>to role players who are overpaid like Tobias Harris and

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<v Speaker 1>George Yang and Tyrese Maxey and PJ. Tucker and all

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<v Speaker 1>of them, and everyone all of them. The question is

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<v Speaker 1>not how to tweak this roster and fix it. The

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<v Speaker 1>structure is broken. I think we now know major changes

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<v Speaker 1>need to happen in order for them to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>a path forward over and above where they've continuously been

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<v Speaker 1>and hit their ceiling on the glass ceiling is obviously there.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't get to the com Diference finals, So how

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<v Speaker 1>do you do that? Who do you keep? How do

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<v Speaker 1>you build a team around them? Because ten years in

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<v Speaker 1>the process has told you that this team is no

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<v Speaker 1>better than a second round exit. So that's if you

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<v Speaker 1>aspire to more need to change it. You've got to

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<v Speaker 1>make radical changes that this franchise has avoided for a decade.

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<v Speaker 1>What does that mean if you're honest, If you're honest,

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<v Speaker 1>who's the major trade piece that you have and you

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<v Speaker 1>can get a lot for Well, you know, Harden's a

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<v Speaker 1>free agent, so it's not him. Tobias Harris is overpaid,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not him. Tyree Maxi's very young and very cheap,

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<v Speaker 1>so you could probably get something back for him. But

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<v Speaker 1>if we're really honest, the only real trade chip that

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<v Speaker 1>this team has is Joel Embiid. That is a tough

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<v Speaker 1>pill to swallow. And do you trust Joel Embiid to

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<v Speaker 1>be healthy enough to build a winning team around him?

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<v Speaker 1>The answer is maybe not. He's one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>players in the NBA. But if you look at his numbers,

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<v Speaker 1>he's missed on average twenty three regular season games per

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<v Speaker 1>year during his career. That is not counting the full

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<v Speaker 1>two seasons that he missed with his foot injury. When

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<v Speaker 1>you miss thirty percent of the regular season every year,

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<v Speaker 1>like just you can just like book that you can

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<v Speaker 1>just just pen it in not even pencil, you can

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<v Speaker 1>just pen that in. Uh. And that's not even the

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<v Speaker 1>full story. Like when Joel Embiid's not missing thirty percent

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<v Speaker 1>of a regular season, he's also nursing injuries from missing

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<v Speaker 1>multiple games in the regular season. So, given that he's

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<v Speaker 1>almost thirty, he's had numerous health issues, is there a

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<v Speaker 1>greater or lesser chance that he's gonna miss more or

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<v Speaker 1>less time in the future. Probably more. And then second,

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<v Speaker 1>given the health concerns, do you think you can build

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<v Speaker 1>a championship team around him? The answer is probably know.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't answer yes to both of those or

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<v Speaker 1>either of those, then the sad and painful truth is

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<v Speaker 1>you probably have to move on from Joel Embiid. I

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<v Speaker 1>love MPI, I think he's one of the most dominant

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<v Speaker 1>players in the NBA. I think he could be a

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<v Speaker 1>really great pairing for another player like I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>Damian Lillard. That's just me, very unbiased fans take but

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<v Speaker 1>in what postseason has Joel and beat ever been healthy?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you recall one? I'll answer for you. Never, literally never.

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<v Speaker 1>When he got drafted multiple years he missed. Remember just

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<v Speaker 1>like total seasons twenty eighteen, his first playoffs, fractured orbital bone,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen, playoffs, knee injury, twenty twenty, ankle injury twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty one, torn meniscus, this is all playoffs twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 1>as you remember, fractured horrible bone this year twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three playoffs, sprained LCL. That is literally insane. So if

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<v Speaker 1>he's your all NBA guy and you can't rely on him,

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<v Speaker 1>is he the star of a championship team or is

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<v Speaker 1>he a really really really really really good role player

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<v Speaker 1>who can drop forty at any time. Now, with the

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<v Speaker 1>rumors that James Harden is on his way to Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>Doc Rivers might have coached his last game in Philly.

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<v Speaker 1>This team is at a crossroads. It will be very

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<v Speaker 1>fascinating to see which correction they go next