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Embiid is gonna be a bust.
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Isn't Embiid supposed to have surgery again?
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Sixers haven't put any effort forth building a balanced team since Hinkie took over. No free agent is walking into a mess like that. Embiid hasn't played a minute in the league and who knows if he even plays this year. So yeah, comparing him to a superstar and top-3 player in the NBA (a guy 1 year older than Embiid) is just foolish and setting yourself up for failure. It's not the best front court in the NBA. It's a good player in Noel, a rookie in Okafor who should become a good player and a center who could turn into Greg Oden 2.0. Maybe if you have some interestign guard prospects people would care, but you don't. Lakers have a better foundation, whether you like it or not.
Clarkson, Russell, Randle is more attractive than Philly's mess because those 3 actually resemble a core that's balanced and they have a GM running things whose actually had a winning pedigree. Plus you factor in Upshaw's potential upside, a reinvigorated Hibbert, and you're looking at a really solid team that just needs a couple of pieces to become dangerous.
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Embiid was never supposed to be AD, but he was supposed to be Akeem
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in terms of style right, not because AD is better than the Dream?
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Yeah, style. His whole frosh year that was the comparison
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Philly is probably the least attractive FO destination by far.
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Somebody's going to be eating crow a year or two from now. We'll see.
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If you're a free agent, why would you go to Philly when LA has a better core and a GM with a winning pedigree? Philly has 2 players, maybe 3, and they all play the same position. Lakers have a balanced crop of young talent and decent role players.
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Hell no
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Where a team is located at is far less important than how competitive a team is.
As it stands now, lal nyc and Philly all won't be fa hotspots come next summer until one of them show that they can be competitive.
As it stands now, lal nyc and Philly all won't be fa hotspots come next summer until one of them show that they can be competitive.
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What place is less attractive? Idiot gm, (insert coach name here), no proven star players, threat of being traded halfway through the tank, etc etc, where is worse?
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location plays a factor to some degree buts its obviously not the most important.
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TBH, geographic location, by itself, is pretty meaningless now unless a player wants to get in on the whole "going home" narrative. Money, front office stability, team fit and best chance to win are the biggest issues for FAs now.
TBH, geographic location, by itself, is pretty meaningless now unless a player wants to get in on the whole "going home" narrative. Money, front office stability, team fit and best chance to win are the biggest issues for FAs now.
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We've already seen some interesting developments, like Monroe going to MIL, some going to SAC, some going to CHAR and some going to TOR
Imagine when the cap raises next summer. We will see that location and market is less of a factor
Imagine when the cap raises next summer. We will see that location and market is less of a factor
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Which is worse? You're hair splitting
All those places aren't attractive at all and none of them will attract free agents next summer unless they turn the corner this season and look like a competent franchise.
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They do have stauskas remember
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not hair splitting at all. la looks way more attractive then philly atm. a reason why LA even took a look at the lakers . why not take a look at philly or other bad squads?
i understand that the lakers dont look like a good destination for fa right now tho .
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I agree with all of this with best chance to win as the deciding factor.
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Way more attractive? Really? LAL won like 20 games last year
they didn't land any of their Free Agents that they sought after. I mean if you want to give credit for being given a meeting then I mean I guess, but it was a meeting.
The bottom line is, as this summer and previous summers have showed for lal recently, no one is playing for lal if they are trash. No one is even considering philly because they're trash.
You can rank lal ahead of philly and nyk but no one is going to play for either of those teams. To put one ahead of the other is hair splitting. It's like saying "we failed better"
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Lakers have a balanced team that just needs a couple of players.
76ers have nothing but 2 healthy big men and 1 question mark.
Look at the cores.
Would you rather play with Clarkson, Randle, Russell and potentially Upshaw and Hibbert (a balanced team)
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Okafor, Noel, Embiid (?)
No one is going to choose to play for a cluster****. That's why the Knicks didn't land any stars, that's why the Lakers didn't either. It's about having a balanced core, a foundation, to attract people.
76ers 2, maybe 3 players, who all play the same position.
76ers have nothing but 2 healthy big men and 1 question mark.
Look at the cores.
Would you rather play with Clarkson, Randle, Russell and potentially Upshaw and Hibbert (a balanced team)
Or
Okafor, Noel, Embiid (?)
No one is going to choose to play for a cluster****. That's why the Knicks didn't land any stars, that's why the Lakers didn't either. It's about having a balanced core, a foundation, to attract people.
76ers 2, maybe 3 players, who all play the same position.
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Mavs gonna finish 9-11 place and not even have a chance at a good pick
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We weren't gonna be bottom 7 regardless...
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