Lopsided_Share_185 | Spurs

254 | 5 hours ago

The PG Embiid should have played with his entire career with instead of Ben Simmons

KhanQu3st | Mavericks

91 | 5 hours ago

Respect Sixers legend Markelle Fultz

FrostyTheKnight10 | TOR

30 | 3 hours ago

If Fultz was half the player Maxey is Philly would’ve been ecstatic

livefreeordont | 76ers

20 | 4 hours ago

Paul George?

AbsolutelyNotMatt

11 | 3 hours ago

Point guard

Clipgang1629 | Clippers

2 | 38 minutes ago

PG?

IllegalThoughts | Warriors

1 | 24 minutes ago

parental guidance?

Rrypl | Celtics

176 | 5 hours ago

Having to deal with both Embiid’s size and skill and Maxey’s speed + pull up shooting is hell for any Center

Substantial-Treat781 | Celtics

106 | 5 hours ago

KAT and Brunson are gonna get FRIED on defense 😂

Rrypl | Celtics

66 | 5 hours ago

Yeah, but to be fair Embiid having to cover KAT on the perimeter will also be very hard on him

StudiousLebronJames

53 | 4 hours ago

putting embiid on kat makes no sense lol. just have embiid roam off a non shooter while oubre or pg guards kat at the perimeter

RealPrinceJay |

31 | 4 hours ago

Problem for the Knicks is who’s guarding Embiid tho

ekk929 | Knicks

-34 | 4 hours ago

that’s honestly the easiest question to answer, og historically clamps embiid

livefreeordont | 76ers

46 | 4 hours ago

Last time Embiid was unstoppable against the Knicks

RealPrinceJay |

35 | 3 hours ago

Embiid gave yall 33/11/6 with one knee, half a face, and migraines

OG’s success in Toronto was heavily predicated on hard double and triple teams, Marc Gasol, and infinite other lengthy and/or elite defenders like Siakam, Kawhi, Lowry, etc to create chaos off his poor passing back then

ekk929 | Knicks

-1 | 3 hours ago

i should have worded that more clearly, i don’t mean that we’ll easily shut him down, he’ll still be elite. but if you remember that series you remember that og was still by far our best embiid stopper and basically won us game 4 with his defense on embiid down the stretch. rotating between og and mitch is an easy choice, he’ll get his and you just have to live with the consequences.

to me it’s maxey that’s the x-factor. with embiid we at least have personnel we can reasonably throw at him, but if hart isn’t quick enough to keep up with maxey then we really don’t have many good options. mikal? deuce? alvarado? that’s gonna be mike brown’s biggest problem this series.

33/11/6 with one knee, half a face, and migraines

plus it’s not like he’ll be in a much better physical state for this series, being banged up is just part of the package with embiid

M4A1SD__ | Lakers

5 | an hour ago

i should have worded that more clearly, i don’t mean that we’ll easily shut him down, he’ll still be elite.

No you did not word it “poorly”. You literally said OG puts “the clamps” on Embiid. Now you’re saying you worded it poorly? Just admit you were wrong, don’t try to play semantics/move goal posts/whatever the hell you’re doing now

TwoTalentedBastidz | Lakers

1 | 23 minutes ago

But you don’t “reasonably” have personnel to throw at Embid. He’s going to average 40+ lmfao

TwoTalentedBastidz | Lakers

1 | 24 minutes ago

Lmao

mathis4losers | Knicks

2 | 2 hours ago

Knicks don’t have a non shooter other than Mitch

Thin_Ad2745

13 | 4 hours ago

no way they don’t put embiid on hart and oubre/pg on kat

Shabozz | NBA

15 | 4 hours ago

Pg going to get KAT in foul trouble too.

Thin_Ad2745

6 | 4 hours ago

and if kat is defending embiid on the other end, he might average 5 fouls a game

Substantial-Treat781 | Celtics

9 | 5 hours ago

That is true, I guess it will be a question of who gets into foul trouble first between that matchup, and if Embiid’s body can hold up.

Childish___Glover

32 | 5 hours ago

Embiid doesn’t really get into foul trouble. Only way KAT gonna cook is by making a shit ton of 3s

Swankyyyy | Knicks

8 | 4 hours ago

KAT for sure can beat Embiid off the dribble and get to the rim for layups or for spraying out for threes. Embiid does not have the foot speed right now to keep up. But anyways I assume they start Embiid on Hart to make it easy on him and George on KAT

Childish___Glover

2 | 34 minutes ago

Maybe if Embiid is attacking the close out super hard but he doesn’t really do that. Embiid can still move decent just picks his spots when he really wants to exert that effort.

Shabozz | NBA

2 | 4 hours ago

Knicks hate giving him the ball on the perimeter too. It took Mikal going completely cold for them to finally let him cook in the Hawks series. If they revert back to not letting KAT get his touches then their offense becomes way less dynamic.

thekillerbeez | 76ers

6 | 4 hours ago

im guessing we’re gonna see a lot of PG on KAT in this series because of it. Embiid will be guarding OG & Hart a lot if I had to guess. A lot will rely on Embiid getting KAT into foul trouble

mathis4losers | Knicks

4 | 2 hours ago

No fucking way he guards OG. He’s one of the best 3 point shooters in the league. Hart is my guess because he’s a hesitant shooter, but he still shoots 40%.

thekillerbeez | 76ers

1 | 2 hours ago

i’m not implying he’s gonna lock OG down but I just wouldn’t be surprised if we see that matchup more if KAT becomes a high volume 3pt shooter. If I remember correctly I remember him guarding OG some in the 2024 series

theb3arjevv | PHI

2 | 4 hours ago

Embiid will be fine one on one with KAT. The issue will be that he won’t be in the paint, helping and rebounding.

Josh Hart is about to eat his hyperactive heart out.

mathis4losers | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

I haven’t watched Embiid a ton this year, so maybe I’m off base. Can Embiid stay up on KAT at the 3 point line and defend his drives? From what I’ve seen, he’s way too slow for that right now.

theb3arjevv | PHI

2 | 2 hours ago

He can. Even after two knee tweaks yesterday he kept up with Derrick White, and KAT isn’t quick.

KAT will get his. Embiids days of locking people down for a whole game are over. But I think it’ll be contained.

mathis4losers | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

KAT cooks centers with his driving, so it should be a tough matchup.

PhatYeeter | 76ers

1 | 17 minutes ago

Last series they put Embiid on Hart and said beat us. He shot 42% from 3 and beat us lol

chicken101 | Knicks

4 | 4 hours ago

And Brunson averaged 35 and 9 the last time they played the sixers in the playoffs. And that was with a team with no other all stars (Randle was injured)

It’s not like they have an answer for Brunson either

oneHOTbanana4busines | 76ers

7 | 3 hours ago

VJ and PG weren’t on the team and Oubre has become a much better point-of-attack defender. Maxey is a notably better defender but I don’t expect him to win that matchup. It’s a much more balanced team defensively than the last time the Knicks and the 76ers met in the playoffs.

Brunson’s great and he’ll be tough to defend, but there a lot of defensive options that could give him real trouble

chicken101 | Knicks

3 | 3 hours ago

We will see. Brunson cooked Dyson Daniels for the most part

oneHOTbanana4busines | 76ers

2 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, should be a battle for sure! We’ve got some cool basketball coming our way

FunPreparation921

0 | an hour ago

brunson cooks everyone and gets his no matter what, he’s a dawg. doesn’t change the fact that he’s tiny and it’s hard to win in the NBA with 2 negative defenders – if you look at numbers for Knicks lineups this season/last season, the ones with KAT/Brunson both in at the same time underperform

maybe they’ll lock in and play better defense in the playoffs, KAT should definitely be motivated vs Embiid

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

5 | 4 hours ago

God he’s so fucking fast it always blows my mind

Inside_Case3553

1 | 4 hours ago

Playoffs are fun - love series that goes to game 7.

KarrotMovies | LAL

51 | 5 hours ago

1.3 turnovers is insane

AttitudeDismal3817

34 | 5 hours ago

Top 3-4 is a reach, I’d probably place him #5 at most. Shai, Luka, Cade, and Steph are all clearly better, but there’s a real argument for Maxey over Brunson.

treelinedboi

43 | 3 hours ago

Maxey is better than current Steph, sorry if this offends

AskAboutMySecret | Heat

14 | 3 hours ago

yeah Steph when hes hot is one of the best if not best guard in the league but hes getting less and less hot

Mob_Abominator | Warriors

-5 | 2 hours ago

In regular season? For sure but in playoffs I’m still taking Steph.

M4A1SD__ | Lakers

-2 | an hour ago

Well we saw maxey cook in the first round, snd we saw Steph flame out to end the year, so idk what you’re basing this off of… shit from 12 months ago? lol

CGWOLFE

1 | 21 minutes ago

How do you think Maxey would have done with that Warriors team lol

Jonthesinner21 | Hawks

11 | 4 hours ago

Brunson gets the edge bc he’s proven to be a 1a on a conference finals team. Haven’t seen maxey carry a team yet

Tito_orztitz

3 | 4 hours ago

cade??

Tofu4070 | 76ers

22 | 4 hours ago

1.3 Turnovers is fantastic.

Given the repeated hand injuries, really impressed how well he shot from 3 that series.

deshawnjamal

4 | an hour ago

Crazy how he never really turns the ball over his whole career despite playing so fast

Yoshinobu_YamaGOATo

11 | 4 hours ago

Maxey should take whichever all NBA spot the Ringer mob was able to trick voters into giving Jaylen Brown this year

swizznastic | Spurs

11 | 3 hours ago

Its time to start being delusional, sixers fans. What does a healthy embid and maxey duo coming out the east look like against wemby? Chet?

Snoo-40231 | Lakers

6 | 3 hours ago

Not better than SGA or Luka that’s for sure

He’s in the Steph, Hali, Brunson and Cade convo but I do really love Hali’s game

Swankyyyy | Knicks

4 | 4 hours ago

He’s by far who I’m most afraid of in a series. OG and Mitchell Robinson have both been very effective on Embiid in the past. We don’t have a perfect fit to guard Maxey. He’ll see Mikal, Deuce, Jose, and maybe sprinkles of Josh Hart.

MightyMudBone | 76ers

1 | 10 minutes ago

Robinson has to be disciplined. He’s so important for you guys against us. He vacuums up infinite offensive rebounds and gives you so many extra possessions. We are very weak on the defensive boards, and those extra possessions are back breakers.

However, he has to stay out of foul trouble. I remember games when he would only be on the court for like 16 minutes and have 5 fouls. He bites on Embiid pump fakes as hard as any center in the league.

Western_Mud2453

1 | 5 hours ago

Luka shai Cade Haliburton are probably all better but impressive series regardless

lotofhotdogs | Hornets

29 | 5 hours ago

r/nba try not say something negative about any player: challenge impossible

Western_Mud2453

4 | 5 hours ago

It was a good series 😭 he just not top 4 yet tho

Mediocre-County-7648

2 | 5 hours ago

There’s just so much talent at the guard position right now

Green_Pumpkin | Warriors

5 | 5 hours ago

STEPH BETTER

Techun2

1 | an hour ago

What are you doing Steph brother

Green_Pumpkin | Warriors

0 | an hour ago

GREATEST POINT GUARD OF ALL TIME

Substantial-Treat781 | Celtics

2 | 5 hours ago

I mean top 10 definitely, and could make a decent case for top 5. SGA, Luka, Cade, Steph, Hali (Healthy), Maxey, Harden, Trae, Garland, Dame (Healthy), Lamelo, Murray, Fox are all the top end guys so there’s tough comp for sure.

beatnickk | Mavericks

24 | 5 hours ago

He’s absolutely over Trae, garland, dame, Lamelo, Murray and Fox.

Substantial-Treat781 | Celtics

5 | 5 hours ago

Oh yeah i agree im just saying this is the cream of the crop for pg in the nba and all of these guys are certified buckets. Some maybe no Maxey buckets, but ceritified nonetheles

mathis4losers | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

Brunson

smalls_1804 | Knicks

1 | 44 minutes ago

He’s gonna be a problem for us for sure

iXeons

1 | 25 minutes ago

His fading mid shot was so good all series

Salty_Examination486

1 | 17 minutes ago

Ok he might be him fr regular season is fine but showing up in the playoffs too

rumblegod | Thunder

0 | 4 hours ago

Better than Cade yessir.

Jazzlike_Juice7031

-12 | 5 hours ago

Crazy that he’s already got more wins against the Celtics in the playoffs than the bra wearing Fraud in OKC🤣🤣🤣

Kennyc1234 | Wizards

12 | 5 hours ago

????

The Thunder and the Celtics are in completely different conferences, which means they can only ever meet in the finals. It’s not the Thunder’s fault that the Celtics didn’t make it to the finals last year.

Jazzlike_Juice7031

-8 | 5 hours ago

Somewhat Good Actor ducked the eastern conference I am afraid

Lopsided_Share_185 | Spurs

3 | 5 hours ago

Are you talking about Luka or SGA?

Kindly_Letterhead_98

2 | 5 hours ago

Luka chokestar?

Jazzlike_Juice7031

-2 | 5 hours ago

You tried my guy

Tyrese Maxey series stats vs Celtics: 27/5/7 on 46/42/96 shooting (58 TS%) and only 1.3 turnovers