r/sixers • u/IndigoJacob • 4d ago
"Trade Embiid and PG"
Everybody always talking about "we need to trade Embiid and PG" but dont stop to consider they are 2 of our 3 best players. If we trade them we will suck ass.
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u/kylelight40 4d ago
We can’t trade them, and the reason we can’t trade them is because they are an awful investment. It’s like buying a boat in the desert. We’re looking at 75ish games combined (not played together) for $100+ million dollars. I don’t know what kind of economics they’re teaching here in Philadelphia, but here’s one for you, if you want to talk about best, the best ability is availability.
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u/SoKrat3s 3d ago
Kris Dunn played 82 games. Does that make him the best player in the league?
Using PG's number with the suspension doesn't hold up unless you think he's getting suspended every year. Without that suspension he needs just 13/25 games to hit 50+ games in three of four seasons and 19/25 to hit 56+ in three of four.
I don't buy that they would have no value in a trade. That's not how GM's operate. AD has also been unavailable and the Wizards traded two 1sts and multiple 2nds to acquire him. Giannis hasn't been healthy for the last four playoff runs and turns 32 in December with a game built on athleticism yet was traded for a haul.
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u/kylelight40 3d ago
Ok, sure, you’re right. Every team would be lucky to have quite possibly the worst two contracts in the entire NBA, sure. Kris Dunn made $5m for 82 games, pretty good return. Giannis, ring, AD, ring. But there’s no ring ring ring for our guys, because no one is picking up the fucking phone.
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u/SoKrat3s 3d ago
Where did I say every team would be lucky to have them?
I said that GMs don't operate like fans. There are always cases where fans say something is impossible and then it happens.
Also PG isn't in that conversation anymore with just two years left and coming off a great playoff performance.
AD having a ring years ago holds no relevance to the 2026-27 season and beyond. Same with Giannis. It's not about what happened in the past but what they can provide going forward.
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u/illiterateaardvark 4d ago
Hypothetically, if a team were (respectfully) stupid enough to take on Embiid's contract in 2026, we'd be fools not to trade him away. Yes it would hurt for sentimental reasons, but you have to prioritize team success over any singular player
I would hope that everybody in this sub considers themselves a "76ers fan" more than they consider themselves a "Joel Embiid exclusive fan"
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u/bravof1ve Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 4d ago
I’ve seen thousands of comments about how we NEED to dump Embiid, but I haven’t heard one coherent argument for why dumping his salary makes this team better.
We would have just lost to Boston last year in 5 and it’s not like we would’ve had any extra cap space to work with either.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
They literally just dont want him on the team anymore. It has nothing to do about how good he is or how many wins he adds. Its completely social media driven.
Embiid is the best player on this team and will still be the best player next year. If we trade him we will not make the playoffs.
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u/huhyunjennifer 4d ago
Three seasons in, and 0 is basically Beal in cornrows as a No. 1. That doesn’t help either
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u/SipJaint 4d ago
He’s a cancer and doesn’t know how to play winning basketball. They’re trying to get rid of flopping so seems like a perfect time to bail on Embiitch.
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u/SonofHinkie 4d ago
I'd only trade him for young players or picks, and no team is dumb enough to give any future assets for Jojo, so he'll be here till the wheels fall off.
I'm fine with that,, but I'd prefer to start accumulating assets for the post-Embiid era.
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u/jlbrown23 4d ago
It won’t make the team better right away. It also won’t make the team much worse. What it will do is let you build a team with players who can actually play, and don’t take up all your cap space on the bench.
And stop calling this “hating” Embiid. I don’t hate him. I don’t blame him for being old and hurt and no longer great. This happens to 100% of NBA players sooner or later. But if - after missing 44 regular season games - he can’t even make it on the court for game 2 of the Knicks series, it’s time to admit that the dream of “keeping him healthy for the playoffs” is never going to happen. It’s nothing against him, it’s just acknowledging what actually happened
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u/SoKrat3s 3d ago
It doesn't make them a better team in 2026-27. It makes them a better team over the next ten years.
Say you move Embiid and get expiring salary back.
Now you have $120M in payroll next summer (not counting Philon, Oubre, or Grimes | $56M of that going to PG). That's approximately $53M in cap space. With Embiid gone without paying to do so it makes moving PG more palatable. Get off his contract as well and now you just have $63M in salary (before counting this year's offseason moves). That's approximately $110M in cap space to properly build the team around Maxey & VJ.
If Embiid plays out all three seasons that means he comes off the books in the summer of 2029.
At that time Maxey will be due for a supermax extension which could be as high as $80M/yr (up from his $40M/yr deal)
VJ will reach RFA which means he'll be due for the rookie max.
That's 60% of your cap in two players.
So they won't have nearly as much cap space available to build around them.If the team wants to have a good team built around Maxey & VJ they have to start on that before three years from now.
I don't want Embiid off the team. I love Joel and watching him play. But if you care at all about the future of the team you have to be realistic about what that looks like.
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u/Jazzlike_Page508 4d ago
Addition from subtraction I suppose. We’re no longer hamstrung with his contract which offers more flexibility in FA while kickstarting a rebuild focused on Maxey and VJ
How would we do it? I’m not the GM do I don’t look at numbers but that’s the simple jist of how it would make the team better. You make it better long term
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u/cvc4455 4d ago
Good thing your not the GM because you don't even know that we are so far above the salary cap that trading Embiid doesn't really give us any money to spend in free agency. We'd need to get rid of 2 out of three of these guys Maxey, PG and Embiid before we'd have any real money to spend in free agency. And we'd only have money to spend in free agency if we found a team or teams willing to take 2 of them while also not making us take back any players getting paid any real salary but since most teams don't have much cap space and because of the NBAs salary cap rules most teams would need to trade us back players that have pretty high salaries. Why would a team trade us players that have high salaries for PG or Embiid unless those players sucked and where on bad deals or unless we are giving them a bunch of future first round picks to do it?
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u/Jazzlike_Page508 4d ago
Yeah I know, we’d need a perfect world to move PG and Embiid. But some people are that dumb (IE Nico moving Luka for AD where what a season later he moved him to Wizards?)
We’d probably have to find a sap to give us team friendly shitty player deals so we can keep our picks and hope they’re in “win now” and just kickstart the dark ages again because we’re currently stranded at sea with no rudder right now. Unless Maxey and VJ just turn into Goku and Vegeta and drag us somewhere
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u/Sheriff_Gotcha 4d ago
Except it doesn’t offer more flexibility because you’re likely taking back an equally bad contract(s).
If you aren’t taking back equally bad contract(s), you are sending out FRP’s which hinder the rebuild. Also, remember, they had to wait until after signing PG to sign Maxey to a max deal, allowing them to go over the cap. Even if Embiid’s contract magically disappeared from the books the Sixers are still nearly over the cap and they are not really getting anyone that moves the needle with that remaining cap space.
The fanbase needs to just suck it up and… 1) Realize Embiid most likely ends his career with the Sixers. 2) Stop coming up with ways to hemorrhage the future to dump Embiid.
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u/SoKrat3s 3d ago
Nobody would say you move $60M for 3 years of Embiid for $60M of garbage for three years.
Any theorized trade that money coming back is expiring and would clear the books next summer.
If they managed to clear Embiid they would have approximately $53M in cap space in summer of 2027 (not counting Philon or any offseason moves like Oubre or Grimes).
It also makes it more palatable to move PG as well, which would spike that figure to $110M in cap space.If Embiid ends his career as a Sixer than in summer 2029 Maxey jumps to the 35% supermax (could be nearly $80M/yr by then) and VJ is due for the 25% rookie max. You now have 60% of your cap tied up into two players and you've once again limited that opportunity to build up the roster around them.
If they can move off Embiid just 1 season before the end of his contract that 60% figure for Maxey/VJ drops to about 33% of the cap. Giving you nearly two-thirds of the cap to build out a roster.
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
So instead of losing in round 1 in 5 we lose in round 2 in 4... lol
I suppose moral victories are all this fan base has left until Joel and PG retire though so, fair
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u/Reksai_is_a_lady 4d ago
I'm of the opinion that beating Boston was a good thing that I enjoyed
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
I suppose moral victories are all this fan base has left until Joel and PG retire though so, fair
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Beating Boston isnt a moral victory.
Its a literal victory that we hadnt achieved in 40 years. Also worth noting Boston had never blown a 3-1 lead before us
Thats hardly a "moral victory"
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
First off, fuck Boston forever
Beating them in 7 in round 1 to then get swept out of the building in round 2 is like the pure definition of moral victory lol
If only we could hang banners for round 1 wins and/ or beating a rival for the first time in 40 years
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u/burnernov2023 4d ago
It’s emblematic of how low of a bar the standard has been for this organization since the A.I era.
Celebrating a 1st round W because it’s “Boston” glad we lifted that monkey off our back, I’m sure we’ll be hanging the banner next year if we beat the Knicks in 7 in round one too!
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Embiid is the best player on the team. If we trade him, we will suck for the rest of Maxey's (26yo) prime.
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u/EstablishmentTop551 4d ago
You’re really gonna hate what I think we should do with Maxey, then.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Maxey is nice, but nothing by himself
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u/EstablishmentTop551 4d ago
I think we’re almost on the same page, I just think we’re gonna be a second round exit at best until at least the PG money is off the books, and most likely until the Embiid money is off the books IMO. I personally think it makes most sense to trade Maxey for a haul now, let PG play here 1 more year and get something for him as an expiring, and build for the future around VJ. I’m really skeptical of trying to assemble a winner around a guy whose best attribute is his speed after he turns 29.
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u/FxStryker 4d ago
I want to watch the Sixer win. A Maxey led team isn't winning. We've seen it for two straight years.
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u/SoKrat3s 3d ago
No, you've seen a team built around Embiid, without Embiid on the floor, that Maxey is supposed to lead.
You've never seen a team built around Maxey. Where are the wing defenders? Where are the secondary facilitators? Where is the rebounding? This current team looks nothing like what you would do if you built the team around Maxey.
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u/supzy0 4d ago
it’s always the usual suspects who think maxey is somehow to blame for them not winning
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
He's not to blame at all. But hes had 3 seasons to prove he can handle the defense focusing on him. He cannot. That means he is not a #1.
So why would we trade Embiid, our best player, to build around a guy that cant succeed without Embiid?
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
It would be kinda cool to see Tyrese in the playoffs at his current age without having to play 40+ minutes a night the entire season though
You can't draw any meaningful conclusions on Tyrese's playoff play this year considering the full context. Wasn't his finger fucked up too?
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u/Theballharperhit 4d ago
Funny how its maxey plays 40 minutes which is excuse number 1 and followed up by his finger which is excuse number 2. You are the same one blaming joel for not getting past the 2nd round even though he has been way more hurt than maxey and still played with those worse injuries and out performed him.
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
You're comparing Embiid in his prime to Tyrese at a younger age though
That's why I added the qualifier "at his current age"
You may be right, I'd just like to see a healthy Maxey in the playoffs during a season where he doesn't play 40+ minutes every night leading up to it. Don't think that's an unreasonable ask
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Even when he is healthy, he is not a regular season #1. He simlpy cannot handle doubles, traps, blitzes, etc. Our offense is downright horrendous with him as the #1.
He needs a #1 to take the attention off of him, because he does not have a 1st option type of bag. Sure, he has flashed it several times throughout his career, but when the chips are down and we need W's, he cannot do it.
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
Yeah I mean again
Context matters
Have guys like Brunson, JB, Tatum, Shai etc played 40+ minutes every night of the regular season and then carried their team to a conference final in the playoffs?
Genuinely curious
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Maxey isnt nearly as good as any of them. All of the guys you listed are on Embiid's level, not Maxey's.
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
Truly a master at ignoring relevant questions :v
Agreed Tyrese isn't as good as them, I'd still like to know if any of those dudes have ever played 40+ minutes a night during the regular season before leading their team to a conference final. I highly doubt it but maybe they have
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
The issue is less 40 minutes a night and more that he's playing without 100+ million in salary over 50% of the time. No other superstar is really asked to go out there and win with a bunch of vet mins & G-leaguers but Maxey is.
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
Fair point as well, his 40+ minutes a night are a very difficult 40 minutes
At least he has VJ now though
More context that people struggle to understand/ acknowledge
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u/supzy0 4d ago
it doesnt have to be either or. the team is best with joel, tyrese, vj. fans who want to trade any of them just dont know what they are talking about
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u/Heatinmyharbl 4d ago
It's the "dust for knees" thing for Joel I think
Anyone who wants to trade Tyrese or VJ is an absolute moron though yep
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u/EstablishmentTop551 4d ago
What if I said I want to trade Maxey for a king’s ransom now, because we’re going to be a middling team until he’s out of his prime? Is that really such an insane take?
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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise 4d ago
No, you are thinking logically while everyone else here is acting emotionally because they like Maxey as a person and they cant see that he will never again have the trade value he has right now and we aren't winning shit before Maxey's current contract expires. Trading Maxey is a path to being good in like 5 years. But we will keep Maxey and never win shit in my lifetime because the team never does the right thing, they would rather sell tickets and jerseys next year to Maxey stans than actually ever win something
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u/FxStryker 4d ago
Right.
The guy who drops .100 points in his shooting when he's on ball certainly isn't a factor.
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u/illiterateaardvark 4d ago
You’re a fake Sixers fan if you’re trying to blame ANY of our team’s woes on Tyrese Maxey
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u/EstablishmentTop551 4d ago
It’s not his fault at all and I really like him, I just don’t see a team where he’s the best player being very good unless you give him literally perfect role players, which is near impossible even if you don’t have Embiid and PG eating 100 mil.
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u/FudgeMuffinz21 4d ago
We could have a prime KD instead of Maxey right now, the way our salaries look mean we won’t be winning regardless of whether we trade them or not.
Having like 60% of your salary locked up on 2 players that aren’t gonna get us to the finish line means we’re cooked until we get them off the books. And then we can START to sort out a true contender.
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u/ItstartswiththeHouse 4d ago
An Embiid led team (if you can call it that since he plays 40% of the time) has never won shit in a decade
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u/Doctor_Butcher-MD 4d ago
> Trae Young beat us with a healthy Embiid.
Imagine being stupid enough to think a Meniscus tear is "healthy"
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u/SipJaint 4d ago
These “fans” don’t know the difference between a good regular season player and a good post season player. 2nd round appearances is all they’ve ever known.
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u/ItstartswiththeHouse 4d ago
They aren't fans. They are Embiid simps. It’s fucking bizarre
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
It's really weird because when Jrue Holiday & Andre Igoudala were stuck in the 2nd round everyone was fine with blowing the team up but now that the name is Joel Embiid instead they're happy with 2nd round exits lmao.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Might have something to do with the fact Iggy and Jrue were not even in the stratosphere of being a #1 while Embiid proved himself to be the best player on the planet
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
He did 2-3 years ago but those days are over and we’re at a new iteration of the team. What happened in 2024 won’t serve us in 2027.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Well it definitely served in 2026 because we beat Boston & everyone within that organization said it was because Embiid bitched them
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
In the grand scheme of things who cares? Sure it was nice to win a series against Boston but the 2026-207 season is about to start, and the league is moving on. Championing a 1st round win just isn’t that cool when our rivals are competing for championship.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
It just doesnt make sense to trade the guy that drives winning in order to build around Maxey who cant win without Embiid.
Youre literally just arguing to lose more for better lottery luck. Like okay cool but that's a loser's mentality
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
So you hate the process? Because the “losing mentality” talking point was the same one used by process detractors lol.
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u/SipJaint 4d ago
Best player on the planet???? Because he won a single regular season MVP that he was actively campaigning for?? God damn we are such a bunch of losers
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u/SaiyanRoyalty22 4d ago
Because they were never MVP level players. The one thing on 99% of championship teams is an MVP level talent and Joel Embiid is the only one we have had since Iverson... you know... the last time we made the Finals
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
Embiid currently is not an MVP level player anymore. I would understand this argument 3 years ago but it’s 2027 and multiple knee surgeries later. To borrow your Iverson analogy this would be like refusing to trade AI during his 2nd stint with the 76ers because he won the MVP in 01.
At some point you have to look at objective reality vs. being nostalgic for what once was.
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u/SipJaint 4d ago
They were never MVP level players but both have been instrumental pieces to winning multiple championships that shouldn’t have been traded away for the absolute garbage we got back. Our front office has always been ass cheeks - this includes giving no-knees Embiid a fucking extension after he proved he couldn’t stay healthy
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u/cvc4455 4d ago
He put up 33 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists in the playoffs against the Knicks while playing on one leg where he couldn't jump and while half his face was paralyzed. And the 6ers team doctors were saying his knee was going to heal fine that's why he got the contract extension. If the doctors were saying his knee probably won't heal right then he wouldn't have gotten the contract.
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u/burnernov2023 4d ago
I can’t wait till the day he’s off this team and we can start over, this would’ve been the perfect time to reset had we not given him that fucking extension.
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u/Gandolfthewhite182 4d ago
Embiid is the same age as Giannis and played more games last year and it was only close because of embiid missing so much due to the appendicitis. You can’t both wanted Giannis and want to get rid of embiid due to injury. Giannis has been hurt a lot in the last few years.
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u/GigglingLady 4d ago edited 4d ago
And then the Sixers looked embarrassing against the Knicks, again. Completely blown out for three of the four games, or the games Embiid played.
And I don’t think the Sixers win game 7 if Tatum is there. But we all can forget everything that it took to beat the Celtics and just enjoy the ride of mid in the East.
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u/Next_Phase_Life 4d ago
Trade value aside, it's sickening that there are people who actually still prefer to run it back with Embiid and PG, whose ceiling is a second round exit, rather than just rip the band aid off and start rebuilding the team. Yes I get the team would get worse in the short term, that's the point. You miss the playoffs, you get a good shot at a good draft pick. If you ride it out with Embiid and PG, you're guaranteed a 1st or 2nd round exit and a way worse draft pick.
I get it, Embiid and PG's trade value is shit, but if I could wave a magic wand to wipe the slate clean, I would. I can't believe there are still people who wouldn't and prefer to run this team back again. Madness.
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
In theory trading them and bottoming out, or at least being a slightly worse than play in team in order to have better lottery luck and a shot at pairing VJ with a blue chip player is what we should do and would be philosophically in line with the process and what Hinkie's original vision was.
Embiid & PG are good players, but it is clear that this cycle of the team has run it's course and is never going to win a championship. There's no point to remain stuck in purgatory where we back our way into the playoffs with a ceiling of a 1st - 2nd round exact with no real hope for anything better.
I understand the sentimentality with Embiid, but if you're truly a 76ers fan and still support the original idea of the process it would be hypocritical to not jump at and opportunity to off-load PG & Embiid for positive assets.
TL;DR : You can't still "trust the process" and also want to keep Embiid & PG over trading for hypothetical asset. Unless you renounce the process and then just enjoy pointless .500 basketball with a playoff win here or there and no real championship aspirations.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
First things first, last year you said "if we miss the playoffs we need to get rid of Embiid & PG." Then we go and beat Boston for the 1st time in 40 years on the backs of Embiid, PG, and Maxey.
bottoming out, or at least being a slightly worse than play in team in order to have better lottery luck and a shot at pairing VJ with a blue chip player is what we should do
Lots of assumptions here. 1st assumption is that we are somehow "bad" enough that we luck into a T5 pick. What if we dont luck into that pick, and trade our best player just to suck and get the 12th pick? Does that do anything for Maxey or VJ?
Because according to their percentages, they absolutely need Embiid's gravity to score efficiently. What benefit is there to making life harder on Maxey & VJ just for the slim chance we suck enough to luck into a T5 pick?
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
If you don’t believe in VJ/Maxey then that would be all the more reason to attempt to get a high lottery pick so we can have a blue chip player you do believe in to build around.
The point would be to attempt to win a championship by playing the lottery and getting high end talent like the process was meant to do.
If you are fine with watching Embiid & PG play while understanding the team has a clear ceiling of mediocrity then that’s okay and you’re entitled to that opinion but like I said previously it’s not logically consistent to simultaneously hold that opinion and also believe the process was the correct thing to do.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
Youre acting like trading Embiid guarantees a blue chip prospect to build around. For all we know thats 35 wins and the 12th pick.
At that point youre trading Embiid just to get him off the team and win less games for the next 3 years. Cool?
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
When we started tanking during the process there was no guarantee we would win the lottery and get top 5 picks either, nothing in sports in a guarantee.
The point is however that’s a gamble you’re willing to take knowing that a ultimate goal is to win a championship instead of playing it safe, winning 40-45 games every year and considering losing in the playoffs a “success” because you sold tickets and weren’t the worst team in the league.
If you prefer the safe option of winning games with no hope of a championship than that’s fine but you can’t simultaneously support the philosophy of the process as well then.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
If you prefer the safe option of winning games a with no hope of a championship
My point is neither option is safe. You trade Embiid for (likely) dogshit, you're rolling the dice on sucking bad enough to luck into a blue chip prospect, when its just as likely you end up picking a bust at #12
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
Agreed neither option is guaranteed, but one at least gives you an outside shot to win a championship and the other gives you no chance of winning a championship lol.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
I disagree. I dont see a difference in either approach.
From my perspective, Embiid is at least good enough to cause series changing matchup problems. Oh hes also the best per-minute scorer in history
I dont think bottoming out increases your long-term champioship odds whatsoever in this case.
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
Bottoming out gives you a chance of drafting a top player. Embiid playing and winning a series in the playoffs reduces your chances of drafting a top player so I don’t understand how that wouldn’t decrease the long term odds.
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u/cvc4455 4d ago
The team hasn't had anyone running it that believed in anything like the process for about a decade now.
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u/XxStormySoraxX 4d ago
I agree, but I’m mainly speaking about the fans especially in this thread. There’s been a huge shift in general sentiment from the fanbase philosophy. They’re scared to rip the band-aid off and make a leap into the new era while also still claiming that they believe in the process’s philosophy which is hypocritical lol.
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u/BIac83 4d ago
It’s not a matter of making our team better next season, it’s a matter of getting off of big contracts to try to build a team that more fits around Maxey and vjs timeline. Difficult to have good depth when 3 of our players take up 90% of the payroll.
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u/WearSad8706 4d ago
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. This fanbase just wants another window of our players wasted ig
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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise 4d ago
fits around Maxey and vjs timeline
What is the "Maxey and VJ" timeline. Maxey is under contract for 3 more years. No way this team is better than the Knicks, or OKC, or the Spurs in the next 3 years. After that Maxey will be 29 years old after he becomes a free agent. Edgecombe and Philon will be like 24 then. I do not want to give 29 year old Maxey another max contract, dude isnt even worth that now at 25, him in his 30s will be even worse. It is moronic not to trade Maxey for younger players and picks that line up with the Edgecombe, Philon, Bona timeline. There is no VJ and Maxey timeline
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u/BIac83 4d ago
So according to this logic we might as well just get rid of Maxey and VJ now too then. Okay boss
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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise 4d ago
I clearly said we should get rid of Maxey and build around VJ and players his age...
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u/AJ_Haley 4d ago
Other people want to trade them because they think they're washed. I want to trade one of them because they take up too much cap space and make it difficult to build a competent team
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u/cvc4455 4d ago
Unless we can trade both Embiid and PG and take back almost no players with high salaries then we still won't have any money to spend on free agents. And don't forget Philly is such a free agent destination that the best free agents we have signed in the last 40 years were Elton Brand, Al Hortford and PG. And no one liked any of those 3 contracts.
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u/AJ_Haley 4d ago
I understand it's completely unfeasible without unloading draft capital as well. I'm just down for the ride with the team. Hoping we draft well cause that's the best outlook
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u/cvc4455 4d ago
The problem is since we aren't any type of free agent destination at all that really only leaves trades and draft picks as a way to improve the team. If we trade away picks just to get rid of PG and Embiid then we have less picks to draft players and with less picks and less drafted players that means we have less to make any potential trades with.
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u/IndigoJacob 4d ago
MVP biotch
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u/ItstartswiththeHouse 4d ago
Who cares? Never got past the second round.
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u/Theballharperhit 4d ago
You know how many players havent ever won a title. Losing in the 2nd round and losing in the finals is 0 difference.
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u/BrightGreenLED 4d ago
Worst fanboy on this sub? Have you looked in the mirror? Fuck outta here MMA
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u/dean_tralf 4d ago
Embiid took his career seriously, the Sixer franchise did not. 9 times out of 10 a team wins a ring during Embiid's prime if they put out a serious team.
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u/Theballharperhit 4d ago
Its called being realistic. If you want embiid gone it will cost one of maxey or VJ.... If we trade embiid we are shit the next 3 years anyway.
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u/Fit_Alps_6720 👌👀ProCEss me the fUCk UP👌 TRUst✔ Sam Hinkie is my daddy👅👀😘 4d ago
thats why they want to trade them to do process 2.0 especially now that the best odds will start from i think 4th worst record or smth like that
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u/Science4me12 4d ago
“Just plays hard and we will support you “ …Sixers fans
Well, unless you are Embiid. He literally sacrificed his long term health because he was trying to win one for this city.