Series Thread: 1st Round: 1) Sixers vs 8) Wizards

[thunderc]

They have to hope they can beat Atlanta without Embiid. Fuck me.

Maybe Simmons will take more of the load. Yes I’m joking

 

[wildturkey]

I just saw that. I didn't know a meniscus tear could be a day-to-day injury.

It's not fully torn. Apparently its small enough to where it could repair itself with proper care and management

 

[fightinfunbags]

It's not fully torn. Apparently its small enough to where it could repair itself with proper care and management

He’s 7’2’’. They’re going to err on the side of caution because of the pounding a man that size puts on his body. Sixers need to nut up and get to the ECF without him.

 

[fightinfunbags]

God damn I’m bitter.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

#Mr.glass gif

But seriously. That sucks.

 

[trojanfan12]

Embiid has a slight torn meniscus. He's out for Game 5 and is day to day.

Fuck these playoffs

Starting the season as early as they did is looking worse by the day.

 

[fightinfunbags]

Starting the season as early as they did is looking worse by the day.

I don’t disagree but Embiid is fucking Green Eggs and Ham. He gets hurt on a plane or on a train. He gets hurt on a bus or with Gus. He gets hurt here. He gets hurt there. He gets hurt everywhere.

 

[Iggloo]

Embiid is always going to be injury prone. I just hope he can have one season where he makes it through without injury and hopefully wins a ring.

 

[Wamu]

Over/under 44% free throw shooting for Simmons tonight?

 

[Wamu]

Over/under 39.5% shooting for Westbrook tonight? For the series he's shooting 33%.

 

[trojanfan12]

Embiid is always going to be injury prone. I just hope he can have one season where he makes it through without injury and hopefully wins a ring.

True. The same can be said for AD, CP3 and some others.

Imo, that makes it a worse decision because they know they have star players who are injury prone and went with the short off-season and truncated season anyway.

The NBA doesn't make a lot of mistakes, but imo, this was one.

 

[thunderc]

It's not fully torn. Apparently its small enough to where it could repair itself with proper care and management

That sounds slow to me

 

[thunderc]

Over/under 39.5% shooting for Westbrook tonight? For the series he's shooting 33%.

Under definitely

 

[msgkings322]

Starting the season as early as they did is looking worse by the day.

What was a better choice? Just move the season permanently later I guess, start in January end in August?

 

[trojanfan12]

What was a better choice? Just move the season permanently later I guess, start in January end in August?

Yeah, I think that would have been better. The NBA is basically ignored until about Christmas anyway because it's competing with the NFL and CFB.

Start the season on Christmas and they're only competing with the end of the NFL and CFB seasons and the playoffs only compete with the dog days of MLB. They could probably set the schedule so the season ended mid-late July.

The only real issue I see might be pushback from the players re: losing most of their summer.

 

[msgkings322]

Yeah, I think that would have been better. The NBA is basically ignored until about Christmas anyway because it's competing with the NFL and CFB.

Start the season on Christmas and they're only competing with the end of the NFL and CFB seasons and the playoffs only compete with the dog days of MLB. They could probably set the schedule so the season ended mid-late July.

The only real issue I see might be pushback from the players re: losing most of their summer.

Hindsight and all....

 

[trojanfan12]

Hindsight and all....

If memory serves, when the NBA was trying to figure out how they were going to handle this season, that was one of the ideas that was discussed on some talk shows and on here as well.

I don't know if it was an idea that the NBA considered or not, though.

 

[mannyz]

It is time for Ben Simmons to find his inner Magic Johnson and play his heart out like Magic did against the Sixers in 1979, I think that was the year Kareem got hurt and Magic took over.

 

[oldmaninthedesert702]

If the Sixers do not close out this series tonight, they are going to wish they had. The loss of the big guy is a huge blow, he is the heart of that team

 

[fightinfunbags]

It is time for Ben Simmons to find his inner Magic Johnson and play his heart out like Magic did against the Sixers in 1979, I think that was the year Kareem got hurt and Magic took over.

I thought maybe 80. I know Magic was a rookie when he played the 5. I think 79 was Magic v Bird Michigan St v Indiana St. But I could be off on that. Either way bro...I’m on board. Simmons as a passer or post up off of the block or the elbow is where it’s at going forward.