Meanwhile, it should actually be Maxey

The correct answer is that Embiid isn’t healthy enough to be relied upon. It’s between Maxey and JB.

Forget even thinking of LeBron, but JB assuredly is gonna be the third option when Maxey and Embiid are both playing. Don’t know how he’s gonna like that.

Sixers have 4 guys who need the ball. Embiid family doesn’t share well

Anyone who thinks JB is the number one on that team is a moron. If brown has that mindset the team is dead on arrival.

Don’t JB and Embiid kinda hate each other too? Felt like they were always beefing in the playoffs.

It’s a good thing JB doesn’t have any sort of history of causing drama when he’s not the undisputed #1 option.

Imo Jaylen is replacing Embiid. With the injuries, I can see Embiid not on the 6ers by next offseason if it doesn’t work this year.

That team hasn’t made an Eastern Conference Finals in a long time despite having an MVP. They should be worried about actually winning.

I’m expecting off the court things will be solid year one, but awkward on the court. Jaylen will be eager to show he has a place on this team, but he won’t try to ruffle feathers imo.

The second year I think is where Jaylen will have a lot of input, and we’ll see how that all goes.

LeBron actually would be really good for them, help manage all the egos

They also become a slow team in terms of pace of play when their young guards want to play fast. I get why they did the trade, and they upped their ceiling. But it will be a tricky team to coach.

I think that will be found by playing basketball 

PG fits perfectly into our system, I definitely think he will be happy. Philly was a weird stop for him, but this is the first clear-cut role player PG set up he has basically ever had.

I’m sorry but we don’t win in 2024 with PG instead of JB.

That said I still think PG will be good in our system with JT the clear lead.

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Brad gotta hire him 

Dumb take. You may be young but this is like paris hiltons “oops” limo upskirt moments.. every b-lister has been making Boston won the trade takes to get thier name in rotation as an nba press circuit. No publicity is worse than prospect of being ignored

I know PJ is a former NBA player but has anyone asked what JaRule thinks?

Real Departed “You think you are going to prove this to a SUFFOLK COUNTY JURY. THIS IS GOING TO BE FUCKING FUN” energy in this comment brother. Call us when reality hits.

Their title odds went from +700 to +1300 after the trade. Stop being delusional

I can see us having a much better regular season record than anybody thinks (dependent on health of course), but I think our playoff ceiling is demonstrably lower.

I think the reality is that Brown isn’t a top 10-15 player though. If he was then the league would value him more. I know Brown’s contract is obviously a big aspect of trade negotiations, but putting aside the money, if Philly swapped PG for a 10-15 best player in the league, then why would they have such low odds to win next season? Even after they knocked us out of the playoffs and made that “steal” of a trade, we have +1300 odds to win it all next year while Philly still sits at +2000

Didnt they also gave him a preferable destination over a presumably better deal?

Which let’s be honest the CBA excuse is flimsy. PG earns only 3m less than JB this year and about 8m less next year. (Jaylen does have a third year)

This imo is more about the system vs the player. Jaylen while a very good player, often tried to do too much and didn’t allow Mazzula’s system to work. Too much Iso, not enough flow. PP is arguably a better iso scorer anyways, and Tatum definitely is.

Development is now key, and a player like Gonzalez is presumably going to blossom more under a player like PG than Brown (hopefully).

There are 30 teams in the league though, like 7 have an existing supermax to work around and expansion is coming. The CBA excuse is so bad. You have Desmond Bane going for like 4 1sts. Every front office got spooked by the cap number not going up the full 10%, so the answer is you wait. The best deal was no deal. JB shows up pissed off and plays hard and you make a deal later.

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So true. We just expect Tatum to make this pass because that’s what any superstar would do. JB didn’t though and is getting nowhere near enough the blame for it. If Tatum didn’t make this pass, the outrage would’ve been insane. That’s what being a real #1 is. JB gets the luxury of being treated as the #1 guy when he plays better than Tatum when Tatum’s on the floor, yet fans will ignore his stinkers where he had to be the guy. 6-26 and 8 turnovers in game 7 2023 ECF. That’s second most turnovers ever in a game 7.

He also had 6 turnovers in first half of elim game against Knicks last year, and had more turnovers than assists against Philly this year. He’s getting paid the second most money in NBA history to just score and be a turnover machine. I’d much rather give that to better all around players

Jaylen not gonna like being the 3rd or 4th option in Philly

Found my dad. Haha, the man has been saying this for months. He was blown away that so many people cared that he got traded. He would bring this fact up constantly.

I don’t know that JB’s two point scoring outweigh the other inefficiencies that he brought to the team tbh. When JB and Tatum were making under 50% of the cap, we were able to surround them with so much talent that those inefficiencies just didn’t matter. At 35% of the cap and with a more inexperienced roster, those things matter a whole lot more.

Realistically, I think our playoff ceiling is probably similar. We weren’t “truly” contending with JB and we aren’t “truly” contending now, but now we have a far better chance of surrounding JT with that roster while he’s in his prime

Jaylen Brown is one of the worst efficiency “stars” in history. PG cooked him in the playoffs. Plus we get draft picks. Every front office except the 6ers passed on him when they knew he was available. I mean what is not to understand?

28 ppg while not playing good team defense, not generating assists for the team and taking inefficient shots means that 28 ppg is at the expense of the rest of the team. Nobody else was annoyed watching Brown when it mattered lately? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills

Above average guy making $50M and 2 1sts is such a low bar to be winning “without question” lol

>cooked by Joe ingles

This is beyond hilarious considering that current PG is a better defender than any version of Jaylen brown.

>series of his life

That’s what happens when his primary defender cannot defend off ball.

Fans that legitimately think JB was better for our team than JT are casuals. I’m not saying JB can’t turn out better for the rest of their careers, especially with Tatums injury, but I think it’s ridiculous considering their careers so far. Tatum came into the league younger and was immediately the more polished player.

They act like we haven’t had plenty of opportunities to see Brown play without Tatum. Like he could’ve stepped up in 2023 ECF game 7 when Tatum got hurt with a rolled ankle. Instead, JB shot ⁶⁄₂₆ and had 8 turnovers(second most in a game 7 ever).

JB also had 6 turnovers in the first half of the elim game against Knicks last year without Tatum.

And then this year he averaged more turnovers than assists against Philly being the “guy”. I feel like he’s had plenty of opportunities to come through when Tatum was out. The only time he did play well was in 2024 when he had Tatum and a superteam to take pressure off him.

He doesn’t perform well as a number 1 guy. He’s just not a good enough playmaker for it. Averages 3.9 assists per game to 3.3 turnovers a game for his career

Depends which Jaylen Brown shows up

If the finals MVP version returns and he drives and kicks out as much as he tries score for himself.

Philly could be tough to beat..

However due to his anger/wanting revenge (just a guess) - he might try to do too much. Think its his team now. This favors the Celtics in such playoff scenerio.

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News to me

He should have great vision since he sits at the end of the bench which is closest to the corner LoL 🤣