Joel explains his struggles on efficiency and offense this season (40.7% FG and 13% 3PT in 51% TS): “For me it’s a little bit of an adjustment.. I’m not used to catch and shoot as much, I’m used to more creating for myself. So I’m working on that.”
Btw the rest of the quote is
“But my mindset is whenever I have the ball…make the game easy for all these guys, setting screens, getting Tyrese open as much as possible.”
You can also see him trying to make the extra pass to get his guys involved. It’s resulted in some extra turnovers but I love that the team is fully engaged with passing the rock. LeBron is already having an effect on his game and I love every second of these “growing pains.”
He’s adding some LeBron style passes to his game, I think they will eventually be fairly polished. He’s never going to average 10 assists per game, but 6 is possible. It’s crazy he is still improving at 32
That’s the Taskmaster at work. His ability to absorb moves from his teammates is one of my favorite things about him.
Harden’s pocket passes in the pick and roll were amazing. But Lebron’s cross court passes (with the defender guessing wrong) are beautiful
And y’all can afford some mistakes because your team averages the least turnovers per game.
Even tonight when the game felt sloppy in terms of turnovers it was still just 14 of them all game, and the bulls players seemed like they had a good handle on keeping their hands active in the passing lanes to create those.
Very smooth passes to the cutters when he’s in the paint. They catch me off guard
Big facts, they’re finding their groove letting everybody shine & even the bench is coming in not messing up the flow of the game. Embiid needs to play at the rim more & he’ll be fine. He’s taking too many shot beyond the paint, especially considering most teams in the east don’t have a true center.
Actually I’ve been quite impressed with some of his quick reads and passes. The turnovers are more of a chemistry and “trying to keep new teammates happy” problem that would resolve in a month. But essentially opponents have to guard the shot and the pass for all 5 sixers starters which makes defending them harder. Hope the team can stay healthy.
Love the way this team is meshing
Part of it is him just missing a lot of wide open shots. it took a little while with harden for him to be comfortable taking that catch and shoot from the foul line. he has to retrain his mind to just pull up on those. not worried about that. he is shooting near his career average at the rim still
Yeah this is the worst I’ve ever seen him shoot from 3 but he is too good of a shooter for it to last
He starts every season terrible for some reason I’m not worried
Wonder why OP cut off the quote there
Embiid hates LeBron confirmed
Bruh, the title cant be endless. And that title is not malicious at all anyway. Even adds the “im working on that”. Yall gotta be bots commenting this dumbass shi under every interview post, and the title is always already long af.
the team is 7-1 so I am sure he doesn’t care
Alphas never not care. It’s just a matter of acceptance and trade-offs
Why did you have to word it like that
So cringe
He has to learn how to play as a 2nd and 3rd option in an offensive system now.
Good for him.
We love that for him!
Yeah there is a lot of offensive talent on this team, he has plenty of time to adjust, he is unlikely to get worse and they are currently torching teams…
But this teams defensive ceiling is pretty nuts as well, even if the offense is clunky at times this year.
I didn’t expect their defense to be very good because of how embiid and lebron looked for the last few years but embiid has been insane damn near wemby levels of paint lockdown and lebron has suddenly turned back the clock due to reduced offensive responsibilities as well
I genuinely don’t get the narrative that embid wouldn’t be uncomfortable with being the second, and I’m the relatively new fan at this sport.
Like, a few research will tell you that embid has already tried to make one guy the first option for his team and it just didn’t work out. He must be thanking whoever deity he worship that the potential first option for his team can actually shoot this time lol.
He’s been play making a ton. The rest of the quote he ends up saying he has to have the mindset of making the game easier for others.
He’s also missing wide open shots. Watching him for 10 years now I believe he will figure out a way to start making them.
Crazy Embiid as a 3rd option is better than washed Jokic
Crazy
What is he better at? Even with Jokic’s slow start he’s outplaying Embiid significantly in every stat category.
What is he better at?
Defense
Jokic is inarguably the better player, but comparing stats makes no sense anyway. Embiid isn’t nearly as involved offensivelyas Jokic, and he has 4 other scorers around him with this team lol
jokic bad upvotes to the right 🤓
Good nobody wants to see him take 12 seconds to post up
Imagine if LeBron played with 2023 or 2024 Joel😳😳😳. One of the best scorers in NBA history at those points in his career. Hope Embiid gets a chip before time runs out.
Theyre all sacrificing a lot and its really working out. Crazy that he can be that size talking like this and not be absolutely bullshitting.
There’s a second half to the quote that OP omitted
Jb, lebron, nor joel are getting the touches they’re accustomed to. If this is going to work they’re probably the best 3 to take a step back cause they can do other things
Begging you to actually watch the video or read the rest of the quote
Did you listen to his answer or read the clip and assume how “he was talking like”?
He said that hes used to creating his own shot on the perimeter. Were you born with the stick up your ass or did you lose it during an experiment?
Honestly, it’s working out way better than I thought it would. Everybody is willing to take a step back and it seems they all have a consensus that Maxey is the no. 1 option. They may not get the best record but I don’t see how anybody is stopping come playoff time (obv barring injuries). They have decent depth off the bench as well, except for C lol.
Its the only way. Theres only 1 ball and you need rebounding, spacing, facilitating and off ball movement to play high level basketball. That lebron and jb 2 man game is gonna be its own a highlight reel sooner or later. They have a great chemistry
Really not looking forward to the inevitable 40 games where this team is fully healthy and clicking, just hoping none of them occur during the playoffs lol
I don’t think that entire core playing 40 games together is very inevitable
40 games is less than half the season. It’s not a high benchmark lol
It doesn’t matter as long as the team plays together. Brunson shot poorly in the finals and it didn’t matter.
Better for him in the long run anyways, he doesn’t need to use his body or put himself in shitty situations as much to get injured. If Embiid learns to be a spot up shooter and has that in his arsenal, there is no way I see anyone else but the 76ers making it to the finals this year. Especially if they all stay healthy.
Brother tell us you’re not even watching sixers games lol
Lmao lebrons usage isn’t even that high. Maxey has the ball a bunch
Going by usage Embiid has a higher usage rate than Bron. Embiid is 2nd on the team
Make me
Bosh never became a spot up shooter, he often was the screener who would fade towards the mid range, his signature in Toronto.
No body watched Chris Bosh before he went to Miami and it clearly shows.
Nothing he said here was crying lol. Always trying to look for problems where there isn’t one. He got asked a good question and gave it a good response.
lol Embiid injury prone, so funny
His true shooting was 60% last year
He played 38 games last season. That’s more sad than funny