So he can later trade for them. Genius

Daryl Morey in shambles RN

Why was VJ supposed to go to OKC? It was the Sixers own pick

Was it the Al Horford trade ? i remember him in OKC and philly around that time

I know you’re just having fun but holy shit I’ve never seen such a quick and widespread mass brain damage from one single seven game series. A 7 game 1st round victory on the heels of a PED kick in vacay after years of spectacular playoff collapses is a dynasty now?

They couldve had Maxey + SGA + Jaden McDaniels back in that 2020 draft if Presti decided not to give up McDaniels for Pokuševski

No he won a game

Bruh I heard an announcer call them the process during this last series and I got fucking irate. It’s been 12 years

This guy sixers

In 2023 Embiid was MVP and up 3-2 on the Celtics with game 6 at home

IIRC Butler actually wanted to stay with the team and liked the players but he had issues with Brett Brown. I remember him talking about it with JJ on his podcast. They seemed kinda dumbfounded by the way he coached and felt Butler was singled out

Ben Simmons doesn’t have nearly as many problems with his lack of shooting with Jayson Tatum on the team. We made a horrible decision keeping Tobias, but truth be told I don’t think we make the Tobias trade if we have JT either

a good coach would’ve embraced simmons passiveness. he’s a more overpowered thompson twins with his passing. doc rivers fucked that up rather than ben.

Look at it more this way

Joel Embiid won his MVP 6 years after Fultz was drafted

This season is 6 years after Maxey was drafted

Pair a player on Maxey’s level with MVP Embiid. Looks a lot better than pairing a player on Maxey’s level with this version of Embiid.

Fuckin Cuban, trying to save on the birthday party budget

You think they all had a birthday party together?

Reaves, what 5 years of college ball will do for you… (well 4, he had to sit out a year for a transfer)

They were both Freshmen in 2016.

And Mike Muscala hit a game-winning 3 in the last game to push Philly down to 20 and draft Maxey.

And it looked like the gamble was gonna pay off, Fultz actually had a couple good years in Orlando but just kept getting hurt over and over

He only played 33 games in Philly due to a shoulder injury that impacted his shooting motion. Trading a 1st for him was an overpay.

I think if you put Maxey in the 2019 draft, I’d be happy to take him 1st

I feel like there isn’t a real “1 overall pick value” just because how much it varies draft to draft. Some years you end up having like 7-8 players that would be the best player in another draft class. And over a 10 year stretch how many players end up being a 1 overall pick quality? Is just ten 10? Or is it like 30 because that’s how many people would have careers that wouldn’t be considered busts if they were picked #1.

Like Paul George probably wouldn’t go number 1 in any redraft since like 2000, so does that mean he wasn’t a 1 overall value? Or was he still a 1 overall value because he probably wouldn’t have been considered a bust even if he was picked #1 in any class. Or what about someone like Ben Simmons? Did he end up having 1 overall value?

The first pick has to be A1 to be at value. This means all-NBA, generally HOF caliber.

Not certain he’s close to Ant.

Maxey is better than Lamelo

It was mostly just a case of jumping the Lakers. It was obvious if the Celtics hadn’t found a trade partner it’d be Tatum at 1. They were comfortable trading down to 3 because they knew the Lakers wanted Fultz or Ball.

If they’d both worked out it’d have been a win/win, neither team was really messing with the other’s plans, it was just a collective effort to fuck the Lakers.

That’s the difference between tanking in a major media market and tanking in the middle of nowhere. The owners don’t care until it affects their pockets.

https://www.sbnation.com/2015/12/8/9870742/philadelphia-76ers-jerry-colangelo-nba-owners-adam-silver

Sixers had to trade a pick to OKC just to get off the Horford contract. I think that pick is being conveyed this year

Other then not being able find the court in the 2018-2019 title run for the Sixers :(

He got injured and was way worse afterwards. He was in the G League this year and got some run on the Raptor main club but he did not look good

That was an Elton Brand move

not exactly..

Ben made tons of fade away 3s with ease, during summer time.

It’s like a reading comprehension test. The title seemed to clearly indicate your interpretation IMO.

Oh i forgot about that lol, i keep forgetting Ben and Brown were from the same class

Yeah 30 of 30 teams in the NBA pick Simmons in that draft.

The Process is super weird because they had 3 amazing prospects, one of whom was super high risk because of his injuries (Embiid) and that’s the one that worked out. Ben Simmons and Fultz both had post draft injuries that destroyed their confidence and they never recovered, just a wild situation that it happened twice.

Oh totally. But him doing that whole free fall thing was the most “trust the process” thing ever

Like Fultz, you have to be wary of any college “star” who can’t get their team into the round of 64 (back then). They hoped he would grow out of the same habits that got worse in the NBA once he got paid the max.

Plus the culture of an organization wanting to lose for years, breeds losers. You have to be a super talented self motivator to avoid that.

No team would trade the #1 for Maxey lmao

If the 76ers call whoever wins the lottery and ask for the #1 pick in exchange for Maxey they’ll get laughed all.

The Wizards would not trade the cost controlled #1 pick for 200 million dollar Maxey right now.

What would be the point? He’d help them be a middle of the pack team for a few years…

They much rather draft 1st, tank for the next 2 seasons and hope they can get 3 stars out of it