Not throwing shade because you can only beat the teams put in front of you. At the same time, I don’t think you could ever project a path like this again:
Just more evidence of my point. The 2 and 3 seed in the West were arguably less than what we saw in the 5-7 seeds. It was just a very weird year in the West.
How do you think embiid feel?
Yeah....
Fair points. I would just add that the condition you cited of the 3-10 seeds being relatively equal wasn’t a product of strength in the middle or the back end. It was because of weakness at the top. Kings aren’t built for playoff half court basketball and the Ja Morant drama coupled with the Steven Adams injury sunk them.
That’s the culture they’ve created though. No one cares about us. No one respects us. It was that fuel that every great group needs to have to drive them through the dark days and to stay focused on the job at hand. Much easier to do in a small market that really doesn’t have a huge media presence or even a lot of fan support until it gets serious. For the last 4-5 years, half of the Denver market can’t even get access to the local broadcast of games because of a long running cable dispute. In a real sports city, the people would riot over that condition. Honestly, I bet there was more local interest in Philly during the dark days of the Process with 10 and 15 win seasons than what the Nuggets have gotten locally over the last 3 years. But it works for them and they deserve credit for tapping into a culture that created a championship drive.
Probably a bit down for not going further this year. Could have easily been the 76ers in the finals after the Bucks went down.
To both the Heat and Nuggets this season.
A very big congratulations to the Nuggets. Genuinely happy for them.-> @HurricaneDij39 enjoy this moment.<- Although I have a feeling if Denver keeps this up this won't be the last.
Thanks.
To both the Heat and Nuggets this season.
A very big congratulations to the Nuggets. Genuinely happy for them. @HurricaneDij39 enjoy this moment. Although I have a feeling if Denver keeps this up this won't be the last.
No doubt! Embiid hasn’t lived 40 years without a championship for the Sixers. I wish he cared more about this stuff. I think he’s more devoted to other things than winning a championship. Hope I’m wrong cause it looks like his future is the Sixers future.
I’m from the school of some things you can develop in athletics and some things have to come innately with make up and how a person is programmed. I don’t think you can teach a player to be “a killer”. Embiid is going to need someone to play that role on his team if he wants to win a championship. I think if he was that guy, it would have already shown.
