flyerhawk
Well-Known Member
Harden passes, but he dominates the ball to an extreme extent before he does. Good luck generating ball movement in a Harden offense.
Embiid needs the ball also. He is not going to be happy being Harden’s pick and roll guy.
Rivers would have to get pretty creative to get both players to buy into an offense featuring each of them.
Beal would fit seamlessly.
This. Harden is super ball dominant. Embiid is ball dominant. It's difficult to meld those players. It CAN work but I could VERY easily seeing one or the other getting pissed because they aren't getting touches. Embiid is just now starting to appreciate the value of distributing the ball from the block. Putting him down low just to wait for a pass from Harden doesn't make a ton of sense to me.
Swapping Simmons defense withe Harden's defense is going to make the defense dramatically worse.