2023-24 Running NBA thread

[Regan MacNeil]

It's like they resurrected Elgin Baylor and put him back in charge.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I think you guys are seriously overestimating what the Clippers gave up here. It's a lot of guys who can't play and some picks that will be used years after Embiid forces his way out of Philly.

I mean, I get it. I wouldn't want Harden on my team either. But Daryl Morey the Supergenius ended up folding on this one.

 

[Webster]

Who is the third player on the Sixers who is above average? This team as constructed is probably a first round out, at best a lopsided second round loss.

 

[MisterCreosote]

This team actually reminds me of the team Iverson dragged to the Finals back in '01.

Embiid as Iverson/Mutombo, and Maxey as Kukoc/McKie, and a bunch of interchangeable defenders and role players.

Except '23 Embiid is no '01 Iverson.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

I think you guys are seriously overestimating what the Clippers gave up here. It's a lot of guys who can't play and some picks that will be used years after Embiid forces his way out of Philly.

I mean, I get it. I wouldn't want Harden on my team either. But Daryl Morey the Supergenius ended up folding on this one.

I think they both are substantially the same.

The Sixers are still Embiid, Maxey, and a bunch of guys who would be #5-9 in the rotation on most other contenders.

The Clippers are still a team that would be awesome if they had a time machine but now with the addition of a guy who has proven to come up small in the biggest spots, wants long-term big money, and will simply quit if he's not happy.

The biggest thing the Clippers gave up and that Philly got is the '28 first-round pick.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I think you guys are seriously overestimating what the Clippers gave up here. It's a lot of guys who can't play and some picks that will be used years after Embiid forces his way out of Philly.

I mean, I get it. I wouldn't want Harden on my team either. But Daryl Morey the Supergenius ended up folding on this one.

You get a chance to cut out a cancer, you go in for the surgery.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

You get a chance to cut out a cancer, you go in for the surgery.

I get that. Like I said, I wouldn't want Harden on my team. He's an ashhole. Unfortunately he was also their second-best player and number three is waaaay back there in the rear-view mirror. Harden absolutely carried that team to two wins against the Celtics in the second round.

The Sixers traded that guy for a pile of trash and two picks, the first of which they will use three years from now.

If you are the Sixers, your entire focus needs to be on building a winner NOW while Joel Embiid is on the roster and healthy. If I'm Embiid I'm letting the Sixers know a month before the trade deadline that I want the hell out. He already lost years to injury and to Morey decking around with Ben Simmons. I don't think this is going to go over well.

 

[HanSenSE]

Am I wrong to think "but how long will Harden be happy in LA?"

 

[John]

Am I wrong to think "but how long will Harden be happy in LA?"

He's on his fourth team in three years. That's the only logical way to think.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Am I wrong to think "but how long will Harden be happy in LA?"

History would suggest not very long. But he's a free agent at the end of the year, so it behooves him to play nice at least until he can get a new deal.

 

[HanSenSE]

Still feel like he's one of those players who will hang on a year or two after his shelf life expires chasing a ring.

 

[jr/shotglass]

You know, though ....

Harden. Westbrook. Leonard. George. Tucker.

If you're going to mortgage your future for a year or two ...