76ers, the condom is a bit deep?
76ers seems to refute the common saying that missing the opportunity is more uncomfortable than being trapped. Warriors fans need to skate and kneel, George favored Philadelphia and saved his life. The Warriors played in the playoffs and entered the second round. The Clippers hit a tiebreak. The Pacers made it to the finals and the Thunder won the championship.
76 people: We all have a bright future.
I'm not completely sarcastic. The 76ers got the Tanhua lottery and chose Edgecomb. With last year's McCain, will there be a future prototype of the backcourt? Maxi is of course the number one candidate in the backcourt. Grimes has not renewed his contract yet. If he successfully renews his contract, the 76ers' backcourt talent is quite crowded, and this has not yet mentioned the remaining energy of veterans such as Lowry and Gordon. But the high pick does not follow the team's position needs. "Choose the best talent you think" is always proven to make sense, and there is no need to consider too much else. Then, the result is that there is a competition for the 76ers' backcourt time.
76 people do have a way out. Only young people have reserves, and the draft picks are not bad either. If the battle is wrong, the 76ers can lie flat on the spot at any time. Their future first-round picks are protected (the best case is to cash out the 26-year sign for the Thunder first).
But it is obviously not that easy for the 76ers to lie down. They just lie down passively in the 24-25 season. George 2+1 and Embiid 3+1 are there, and these are not so easy to send away. In any case, the 76ers subjectively have to regard the next 2 to 3 years as a competitive window period, and the idea of building a team should be somewhat enterprising. Is this how the
76ers do it?
cannot be seen.
76ers did not make any radical moves. Leaving Lowry and Gordon is not a reinforcement. The two old men have a question mark on how much fuel they have next season, and they may have more effects in the locker room. Perhaps the most important reinforcement in the free market is Watford? This guy is a bit low and dominant. He can occasionally eat misplaced and feed the ball with high and low positions. He is competing for the playoffs and gives him 15 minutes of rotation time. His role is most likely not as good as that of Abuselle who left the team.
Compared with the 24-25 season, the 76ers' lineup has not been upgraded, and the largest incremental combat power comes from the return of the injured core. It sounds like this is enough to change the 76ers, after all, Embiid and George only played 60 games in the last season.
There are two questions.
The first one, how good are the two brothers after they return? Embiid and George in the 24-25 season were far lower than their normal career level. Embiid averaged 23.8 points per game and a real shooting percentage of 58%, down 10.9 points and 6.4 percentage points from the 23-24 season. George averaged 16.2 points per game in 41 games, with a real shooting percentage of 54.3%, down 6.4 points and 7 percentage points from the 23-24 season. If you don't know what happened to the 76ers in the 24-25 season, masked with the player's name, you can't guess from the panel data that this is the output of Embiid and George.
Players are absent due to injuries and perform poorly when playing, which is neither scarce nor scary. After recovering from the injury, the player still has a good chance of recovering his performance.
The key is a long injury resume. Embiid and George were not trapped every day or two. In the past, the injuries of the two people were limited to attendance, and this time they began to significantly reduce their performance on the court. Considering their age, you will question whether such a decline is only temporary. This is why, I lowered Embiid and George's evaluations a lot, significantly lower than their past ratings and career ratings. Maybe the 25-26 season will eliminate doubts, but the concerns before this are not unreasonable.
Maxi is of course good. His breakthrough cutting ability and increasingly decisive external attacks, combined with changing the defensive method, it is enough to play as an attacking point guard in the playoffs.
But Maxi in the 24-25 season could not be placed in the 23-24 season. His career sample was not enough, and the highest bright season could not represent the expected level, so I still placed him relatively conservatively outside the All-Star level - although he had hope to play.
In this way, Embiid, Maxi and George's trio are lower than the estimated level in the summer of 23. The top three giants have declined, and even if they do not consider attendance, it will make people care more about the quality of their mid-section puzzles.
Then, the second question is, is the configuration of the 76ers' puzzle reliable?
Martin's role has been falsified, or Martin once again confirmed the brand reputation of "the Heat must be a fake product" and was sent away by 76 people and given up. Oubre's level can be described like this - if you are not serious, this person has some characteristics in offense and defense. If you have a higher pursuit of yourself, then Oubre can't make do with it, because it is almost impossible for him to play a perfectly adaptable role in any high-standard system.
Lowry, Gordon, and Drummond, can use this level in the three roles of veteran point guard, veteran shooting guard and substitute center. Lowry and Gordon have to share time with young people, and the role of guiding experience may be greater than the game itself. Zhuang Shen is better, but his time is limited when Embiid can fight. When Embiid couldn't play, Zhuang Shen started, who was a qualified substitute center?
To be honest, the quality of the puzzle for 76ers is not enough. The outdated veteran is still achievable in the summer of 24, and another year has passed and it is even more untrustworthy.
From this point of view, even if we don’t talk about reconstruction, the hope of the 76ers is still on the young people. McCain only played 23 games, but he contributed a rare and amazing performance from a 24-level rookie, and he and Maxi are already in the form of a double-gun core. Of course, the Tanhua Show can be expected, but the 76ers' lineup structure is there, and the chance he has caught up this year is not as good as last year's McCain. The two second round centers, Bona last year and Bloom this year, are both Embiid's rest, and Zhuang Shen's alternatives, it doesn't matter what they play..
These people's immediate combat power level may not be as good as Grimes, who has not renewed their contracts yet - perhaps the only wing puzzle for the 76ers that combines reliable three-pointers, doude to lead defense and certain ball-holding skills, is actually a rare role in this team. The contract extension of 76ers with him was hindered. To put it bluntly, it was a matter of money.
76 people want to pay luxury tax? If they think it makes sense to continue building a team around Embiid, then as long as they renew the contract with Grimes, this is inevitable for the 76ers who already have the Big Three. The difference is just a matter of how much they pay. The 76ers will emphasize that Grimes is not worth the high asking price. After all, his explosion sample is insufficient, and no one is willing to give a long contract of more than 20 million yuan for a fourth-grade player averaging 21.9 points in the last 28 games. This sounds well-founded in this summer when fourth-grade students renew their contracts for constipation.
There is another situation - the Sixers lack a real power forward, George and Lei Zi both have the third position, and Watford is not strong enough to start. Does Grimes mean that he is a bargaining chip that can be used to strengthen if he has not renewed his contract yet?
So...is it OK?
No. The distance between the 76ers from the first tyrant line determines that it is technically difficult for them to complete the operation of signing and receiving players. So this issue doesn't have his avatar.
Looking for the 76ers' 24-25 season is very contradictory. They will fight seriously, but it is difficult for existing personnel to make substantial breakthroughs. They need the rapid growth of young people to bring about increased combat power. Even if they do not consider the next team building cycle, it is too necessary to simply talk about the contract between the two elder brothers.
If you can't do it, you will feel uncomfortable in the next few years.