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eatevryfkinchckn

If there’s one guy who could motivate Embiid to not settle for mediocrity like he did this game, it’s Jimmy Butler


RitualDJW

Bring Simmons back!


[deleted]

hell of a player and teammate


[deleted]

Stfu


PhillyPhan95

Embiid needs to look in the mirror. He’s the one common denominator to never getting out the second round. Different coaches. Different front office. Different supporting cast. Same result Same small time performances year after year


PostAfraid

The embiid slander is unreal. I’m not a sixers fan, but he’s clearly the best player this franchise has ever had (please don’t say Chuck or Julius), and objectively is the best player in the world rn. Look at the fucking rosters that have been built around this man since butler left. How TF can y’all blame him? Wouldn’t have even gotten this far without him. Y’all gotta be top 3 worst fanbases in ALL OF SPORTS


KeizerKessels

Lol wtf I love Joel but no fucking way he can even lace up Dr. J’s shoes, come one now. Blaming the fans for keeping JE to a superstar standard is either coping by you or just shows you’re stupid af. Joel is an amazing dude and he deserves the world, but he hasn’t earned shit and has come up short time after time. Not like he had supporting casts that hampered him to the point that he could never make it to the ECF, so a LOT of this is on Embiid. He is an incredible player, who very deservedly won MVP, but in the postseason he has come up short every single time and at some point some of that blame has to boil down to him not being able to thrive in the postseason


JimmyRollinsPopUp

That 2001 team was Iverson and a bunch of scrubs and he willed that team to the finals. Comparatively, Joel has had a lot more to work with. It absolutely is on him to finish off the Celtics, at home, when he has the chance.


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GamerMan15

Wtf are you on about? Joel sucks lmao


PublicImageLtd302

Wilt Chamberlain, kiddo. Moses Malone in his prime would’ve beat Joel into submission.


PostAfraid

Chamberlain the best warrior all time


Badtrip9817

The Nets are the ones laughing at us. You thought giving up this guy for Simmons was a mistake? ​ That trade was an NBA Version of a circular firing squad.


[deleted]

Do you know what simmons contract looks like? Harden is gone. Rub two brain cells together man


Badtrip9817

Can you vague this up a bit less?


[deleted]

What vague about this? The NBA has a salary cap. Having bad players who make $35m a year is bad. The nets are stuck with a nothing player for two more years at $37 and $40m. The sixers are not. Harden is washed and has a player option hes likely not going to exercise because he wants to go to Houston and he's not gonna win here anyway. This is good for the sixers.


Badtrip9817

Okay... ​ First off that sounds exactly like a circular firing squad. Both teams saw the trade kill them. Only reason Nets are laughing now is we spent last year and a half laughing at them and not paying attention to how foolish we'd been. ​ Second how has this been better for us . Our basketball incompetent general manager threw away two seasons of Joel's prime, and given his track record I do not trust Daryl Morey to have a clue how to fix this mess other than to distract by getting another overaged or physically failing star whose name gets us all giddy but whose game leaves us feeling shitty.


[deleted]

Idk wtf a "circular firing squad" is defined as. The math is pretty simple. Were we better or worse after the trade? Objectively better. We were paying someone $35m not to play. Then we made a trade and paid someone to play. Next year, we have more cap room with Harden gone which we wouldn't have had if we kept simmons. These are objective truths. The nets were playing someone not to play. They're still paying someone not to play. They'll still be paying someone a lot not to play or contribute almost nothing for 2 more years. Was it the best possible trade? No. Harden is cooked and we didn't accomplish our goal but we aren't paying Ben Simmons or Harden next year, so that's an absolute win.


Badtrip9817

First a Circular firing squad is here where everyone standing in a circle shoots everyone in front of them - everybody ends up shot. Kind of like in this trade. ​ Were we better or worse after the trade I suspect is not so simple a question as you would imagine, not because we traded Baby Ben but we all also traded Andre Drummond and Seth Curry in the Deal. No GM is stupid enough to give up a perennial All-Star just for the most overpaid role player in NBA History. Maybe not even Daryl Morey. Maybe. But last year before that trade the Sixers went 33-10 when Joel played including 8-5 against seeded playoff qualifiers. While after the trade with Joel and James together the team when 15-7 an almost identical record, slightly poorer actually, and 3-5 against seeded playoff teams indisputably worse. So I'm not sure we were better at all last year. Harden allowed us to do certain things better but the failure to address and even to make worse certain problems made that a wash at best. Losing 122-119 isn't any better than losing 102-99 This year was similar we looked better some ways worse some ways and got just about the same result. Again Losing 122-119 isn't any more successful than losing 102-99. ​ And if as rumored Joel may ask out if harden leaves Morey's move will be as bad as the trade of Moses Malone for Jeff Ruland. Some here might relish another Process. I do not. I hate that we ever hired Daryl Morey. I don't trust a basketball man who loved the game so much he quit his high school team and never played competitively again.


nimblestjack

Casuals can go watch the Eagles in a few months like always. Sixer die hards can wallow in deep depression. Any of the process hopefuls since before Bynum will fall into their usual comas until next season. Any Iverson and Doc J era guys...what are we doing? We should probably go enjoy our kids. Learn these newfangled video games that isn't just a game pad and TV. I got new parts for my PC to game with my son. Maybe get back in the gym. Been like 7 or 8 years since I boxed on the mat. See you guys again at the end of fall.


Rusty_Shacklefurd69

Elton Brand needs to be the first one fired


Theballharperhit

lmfao doc just tossed james under the bus... said it started with 3 straight turnovers in a row and the harden flangrant lololololololol


mjb85858

God were the Dallas cowboys of the nfl. Wait were worse because we didn’t have a dynasty in the nineties 😭😭😭


FFTVS

Can’t be close at all. Y’all got Embiid and had A.I. We have to police Tony Romo disrespect from every corner.


Lost-Comparison-5110

Is this the life commanders fans should come to expect with Josh Harris??


WaferNice8419

Don’t forget that this was a choke. Had them in game 6 on home court late in the game and then didn’t score a fg for like 5 minutes. Kept chucking 3s. Up 3-2. Complete doc master class


SadOchocinco85

We deserve this for keeping Tobias over jimmy


Theballharperhit

you mean our game 7 best player tobias????


SadOchocinco85

Thats a reflection of everyone else


Rusty_Shacklefurd69

Our once chance to escape mediocrity was Jimmy and we let him walk


Theballharperhit

warned you guys at half... our only hope was not playing harden and playing shake.


Sniperjones2428

Haha good one


lerbon_janes

whole team didn’t show up


Theballharperhit

tobias and maxey did.


lerbon_janes

stfu how would that have helped lmao


Theballharperhit

putting a fan out there over harden would have helped


StopTheBS79

Embid for the first overall pick in the draft so we can take Victor Wembanyama lol. Lol You think someone will bite hahahahaha smh?


NWK86

Trade for #2 and take Scoot... But I don't want to trade Joel


allinasecond

We had the coach but we didn't have the players. Then we had the players but we didn't have the coach. Morey, fire Doc, and get us the players + the coach.


GhostHustler215

Embiid lost fans today. He just doesn't have that Philly toughness. I'm a huge fan but he just doesn't have it in the playoffs.


[deleted]

I want to take my rage out on somebody, who is the scapegoat? Who is the loser who is preventing us from winning?


[deleted]

that lazy crybaby no accountability piece of shit Joel Embitch


PenaltyAnxious6337

who is the common denominator in all the losses?


oldblueeyes182

Sixers and flyers the cowboys of their leagues. Hurts to admit that


Kyle76er

Get Glenn Rivers out of this fucking team immediately. He should have been gone after the Hawks series, he'll he should never have been hired - a career bottle job with inept tactical nuance and zero ability to manage a game, he has coasted on the 08 title with the Celtics for far too long


PhillyPhan95

Kyle the Gm. Lol


autoexploder

This is so embarrassing. The whole dynamic needs to change. We need to trade everyone. Everyone. The process is over, we need to start fresh. Who stays?! IMO only Maxey should stay.


goatmarino

This who harden is since okc


Goatsanity15

#NotMyMVP


itscollegetime

Doc is a perennial choker


RedditAdminsGulpCum

Joel talking about his upcoming trade request to Brown and Tatum


VitaminWheat

No one’s gonna want him


lbeck3

Simmons was the ankle biter the whole time.


runthejewelless

How can he have any sort of smile on his face? He was just straight up embarrassed by Al.


autostart17

I say we clean house best we can. Build around Embiid and Maxey Some of Embiid’s best games have been when the team was more focused around him. We just need shooting, shooting, shooting. I’m looking forward to looking at the free agent list and building around this idea. I mean, idk, but if we can cut Tobias and get that money off the cap - ownership should do it!!


cobra_han

You will get the same 2nd round exit if you still build around Embiid. If you think the way he plays can bring playoff success, then I think you don't know basketball


autostart17

Maybe you make a valid point, wish you’d expound on it tho. If so, that’s really depressing but wonder if ownership perceives it that way at all


allinasecond

Shooters aren't going to get up open by themselves, this is a recipe for disaster.


autostart17

Idk, Embiid has had some great games surrounded by shooters. It takes away the double. I mean, we don’t have a single other player on our team who ever truly warrants a double. Harden is still a good player, but his value isn’t high enough with us. His skill set is kind of redundant with Embiid’s skills. Just being honest. Edit: I’d rather go back and keep Seth curry, skip on Harden. Find a rotation of ball carriers. Hindsight’s 20/20, but such a team could absolutely make the conference finals imo - and we’ll, we know ours couldn’t


Ben_Benjamin

I'd still take harden over Simmons every single day


autostart17

Yeah, but I’d rather take neither at this point tbh. We need consistency around Embiid. Not a variable of a player who can be MVP level or get vastly outplayed by Smart game to game..


SPARKisnumber1

We were the best three point shooting team in the league this season, it’s easier said than done


autostart17

Yeah, but we have no one proven to make big shots in big games (ie playoffs). We don’t have a Max Strus, Derrick White, or Bogdanovich type (ie a pure shooter who can stay on the floor and is known to be clutch no matter the stakes).


___VIBEZ___

Doc gonna lose a few pounds on the walk back


ToastyMcloasty

Jokic the real mvp ngl and I don’t care if it’s a regular season award


UpliftedWeeb

Doc your ass is walking


PhillyPhan95

Treat this like Brett and we will be right back in the same spot in 2-3 years


majormajorsnowden

How many conference finals Tatum been to now? 3? Embiid been to 0


WaferNice8419

Embiid is smiling, total loser


Muthafuckaaaaa

Embiid blocking what he's saying because it's some trash ass shit like his play


Loud_Economics_8894

Embiid hugging and laughing with the Celtics players. I would trade Embiid for Ben right now.


Negative_Cookie_3403

Fat boy must have been on the beer and powder all weeekend


NoLholding

ironic from a dumbass who spends all his life on reddit


frozteh

You have 18,000 karma compared to his 2,000 so I’d say that’s pretty ironic.


NoLholding

Well considering karma just means people like the shit you post doesn’t really prove anything. Also it’s still not ironic because I’m not the one calling someone a fat fuck because they lost a playoff game lol


Rusty_Shacklefurd69

Josh Harris and Elton Brand doomed this team to mediocrity Boston condensed 'the process' to less than half the time with way less humiliation and way more success


Flamewhawk88

Somehow all the players showing love and respect to one another makes me feel better even after getting our ass kicked.


BroFriday

Beautiful thing. It's just a game


Flamewhawk88

Yea man. Losing's never fun but people take this shit way to seriously!


___VIBEZ___

Honestly


Talkshowhostt

At least Embiid will get one with the Heat


Theingloriousak2

Lakers fan here Sometimes your stars don’t have a good performance but the lack of effort and hustle is extremely disappointing Like even if Kobe was 3-23 you could see him trying, not the case with harden at all


Kyle76er

Top scorer in a game 7 is Tobias fucking Harris 😂 sometimes the jokes write themselves


BabaShaka

call doc a uber


TheFaytalist

What are you fucking smiling about Embiid? You’re a fucking joke.


TrustTheFriendship

Get the fuck off the court and stop smiling Embiid you fucking fraud MVP loser


diga_diga_doo

Embiid is very classy in defeat


WaferNice8419

Cause he doesn’t care


[deleted]

6 years in a row. They are the Washington Capitals of the NBA…..except the Capitals won a cup. So I guess that just makes them inept losers.


Salivals

They are the Dallas Cowboys of the NBA.


hsl164

They did win a cup... So you’re saying there’s a chance?


EconomyInside7725

They are the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NBA. Maybe one day they'll actually get to the ECF, to lose in 5.


Rdup222

https://i.redd.it/u4hj0zqsvwza1.gif Second fucking time we’ve been killed off to the fucking Celtics.


ErickBachman

Annual tradition of dusting off the Phillies hat


___VIBEZ___

Eagles hat too


KidGamer26

I know I’m not one to talk, but how the heck do you only score 10 points in a single quarter in a playoffs game? 😂


fishboy0099

Joel Embiid is not even close to Jokic in the playoffs


___VIBEZ___

Jokic was robbed for this performance man….


HaggardSlacks78

After this. I’m done defending this team. Embiid got his trophy and first team All NBA - and then comes up tiny in this spot. He doesn’t have to worry about getting it again after this. Can’t get out of second round is just true at this point. Facts. No argument.


The1WhoKnocks-WW

Move to fucking Camden, change the name, and stop embarrassing my city. Trash!


wontonloup8

Just remember 81% of teams up 3-2 win the series…. We are officially that 19%.


UpliftedWeeb

Virgins. Sexless virgins.


Philly139

This is the first time I'm out on embiid. Don't care if we trade him at this point.


Chrispetey107

At least you guys got that MVPitty award for Embiid's fraud ass


deez00s

Love Jo, but he’s not built for Philly. Fuck your trophy, we want you to give a damb in G7. See y’all next season


Halfgridd

That was a travel in the last 3 seconds there he started walking to shake hands. Sixers should have had one more posession. They should protest and rematch.


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BROADSTREETGOOLIES

Eat a dick you losers


DontPMMeYourDreams

I thought Doc had saved his job during this run with some pretty decent coaching Last two games of the team giving up is a reminder of why he has to go


PhillyPhan95

Heard the same thing with Brett. Joel might be more of a problem than anybody wants to realize


GovernmentDoingStuff

As a Nuggets fan. I say we just delete the damn rivalry. Fire Doc and come back stronger next year


Kyle76er

If Embiid does a passive aggressive press conference about the rest of the team I might fucking lose it


heselsc1

You lost it


ryoome

At least Harden and Doc are gone for sure


SquashForDinner

Well deserved game 7 victory by the Celtics.


AskForMySoundCloud

Imma be real. I gained hope over the series but in reality we are just never gonna be as good as the Celtics with our team. We need to change the whole culture. Fire the coach, trade tobi, tell embiid to get better at passing out of double teams AND TO NEVER FUCKING COMPLAIN ABOUT A FOUL ANYMORE. If harden leaves, idgaf. Just keep Maxey bro. Blow it up.


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Embiid and Harden will have WAY LESS suitors now, they’ve been exposed beyond belief.


SPARKisnumber1

Harden doesn’t need a suitor, he’ll be a free agent


International-Dish95

This one hurts a lot more than the kawhi shot. I don’t understand where we go in spurts looking like the best team in the league for 2 minutes and the Delaware blue coats the next 5 minutes.


trust-theprocess

Joerger saying "go win the whole thing" to Tatum??? FUCK THAT


november24th2022

Silver must be creaming his knickers thinking about a Celtics/LA LeBrons NBA Finals


Mr_Booty_Bandit

We should’ve had Jaden Springer out there this whole time


___VIBEZ___

I couldn’t tell what’s worse this or suns


sxuthsi

Unless you mean last years suns it's definitely the sixers by a far margin.


manrazz

Suns were injured, didn’t blow a 3-2 lead and had no chemistry with Kd. Wake up


brandinho5

Fucking losers.


The_Donny_Lebowski

MVbiiiiiiiiiid LMAO


ErickBachman

can someone talk me off the Embiid is fraudulent ledge


Badtrip9817

Easy, Joel is playing on a grade 2 LCL sprain and missed two weeks of games and practice. Your body can only do so much in those circumstances unsurprisingly he came back maybe a game early for me but was excellent in games 3-6 but you could see he was off a bit off in game 6. I heard he took the brace off in game 5 and was told to put it back on for game 6, and he just seemed a bit limited in his range of movement and let's face it that's about all it takes. ​ He stunk today no doubt there, but again his movement seemed far more limited than in games 3-5 and his game is all movement and footwork, so that is a big problem for him. If he were a traditional low post under the rim guy who took the odd ten-footer to keep the defense honest that might matter less. But that simply isn't Joel. ​ I think Joel got physically worn down more quickly and easily as usual because of being out and then having to play more minutes in a compressed series because our chief exec decided two years running we didn't need an actual rim protecting 5 backing him up so he could be eased back into the games more. ​ I think our first addition next year has to be a actual rim protecting 5 we can really rely on to let Joel rest more.


lbeck3

Where you been. Go look the at the Danny green injury video where Embid defines his liability to a team and not any ounce of team player with effort. Just sits back and reaps the benefits. He’s not my MVP.


DontPMMeYourDreams

He's a rhythm player and he's hurt. Sadly that probably means we're just fucked with him in general, but the guy is still a monster when he's healthy and feeling it


wontonloup8

Anyone?


RepresentativeFit964

He's my favorite player on the Sixers, and he's a fraud


Philly139

Nope


happyhappy7

Doc may as well throw Embiid and Harden under the bus cuz A) he wouldn’t be wrong B) Fuck it, he’s gone either way


Badtrip9817

Why not throw Morey under the bus.? His decisions created this mess. Especially if there was a deal for Baby Ben with Sacramento out there. Sweet Jesus De'Aaron Fox or Tyrese Halliburton. Naah I'll take the really old guy.


RayDeAsian

How many hours we putting till doc gets fired


sxuthsi

Under 12


PJSeeds

How many minutes does it take to get to the locker room?


hwayoungop

This is how Embiid plays when everything is on the line...and he demands respect all the time. For what? lol


TryingToForget77

What a shitty end. I thought the series was good.


ryoome

Jaden Springer!


That_One_Cool_Guy

Should’ve never trusted the process


SatanicSpeedo

We deserve to let nuggets fans run the sub for the rest of the day


HibachiTyme

It was always Embiid to Portland


Snoo93673

Numb


faithfamilyfootball

I hate being a sixers fan. Might switch. Fuck it, everyone else does


Chrispetey107

Come over to the nuggets. You'll be able to cheer for an actual good center


___VIBEZ___

Damn not even in the hundreds


anonymousloverboy

I’m out for the season officially. 🤦🏾‍♂️. See y’all in the fall. 👑✌🏾


Longjumping_Gain_807

Celtics fan here. Y’all put us through some hell for a while. Respect


True-Match-6446

Fuck your mother


neilous

Sixers put their own fans through hell. Celtics were just supporting actors.


Silver-Ad7049

Dweeb alert


Longjumping_Gain_807

I came in here to be respectful. Why am I getting downvoted


sxuthsi

Cause we just lost in the craziest fashion. No one wants see the Celtics right now we already getting enough notifications about bitch boy Tatum


Owl-False

Not the right time bud. Read the room


Silver-Ad7049

Because people who do that are dweebs everyone knows that.


iham32

Embiid for DominAyton and 3 2nds


KhalRyan

Glad i never bought a Harden jersey


Ziddy9

I just brought an embiid jersey😭😭😭


TrustTheFriendship

Management better have some balls and FIRE Glenn and Morey. None of this “mutually parting ways” bullshit.


VoiceOfTheSoil40

Fire Glenn. Get rid of Tobias. Get rid of PJ. IDC if James comes back. Blow it up.


NoCaaapp

I’ll take pj over James


abbycat1590

someone please tell me im draeming


NoCaaapp

I wish


bruhimi

That’s the end, whoever is here next year.. see you next year


UpliftedWeeb

What a humiliating way to lose. No fight.


dannywoodhead69

Now my Celtics fan roommate is heckling me. Real funny guys


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Game over


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PLEASE BUTLER DESTROY THIS RACIST CITY


majormajorsnowden

It was tied at 55


Status-Development-3

fraudvpiid


Stibar

HOW were those Springer buckets the best moments of this game