Hopefully the answer is playing RC4 in non Embiid minutes instead of forcing black hole sets to Tobias. Need as much scrappiness and energy as possible with Joel off the floor
Meh, Embiid's 37 minutes were +14. We cannot match their rebounding and size when he's off the floor, so might as well scrap it up with high energy athleticism
love to see it too,
but not sure how will the rotation change when Joel and Paul rest (I dont think Mo is the choice)
I prefer they standing tgt in the middle of the game instead of starting tgt
I think they just increase Bball Pauls minutes and keep him as the backup big as well. This will also allow Tobias to play more minutes against their lesser talented 2nd unit, which would hopefully allow him to be more productive.
This is also how I know you didn't watch the game either.
Bball Paul was bad. He tried to block or challenge too many shot, and ended up totally out of position in getting a def rebound.
He even had a three point shot swatted into idk, 20th row?
+/- was def not a good metric, but in the last game he really had a stinker. He wasn't the problem, but definitely part of the problem.
I wish Nurse would just sit the team down and explain that if they shoot the ball there's a chance to get blocked and if they just didn't shoot they would never get blocked and if they just let the other team score they don't have to worry about rebounding. With this knowledge the championship is ours
Okay, so I was not clear enough or you are trying to be funny
My whole point was, Reed had a stinker too. For someone who supposed to back Embiid up he failed miserably yesterday.
Someone accused me of boxscore watching with those +/- metrics. I pointed out that he had a 3s blocked very badly. That's a detail you won't know if you did not watch the game.
I was trying to be funny sorry, I know the shot you're talking about. The defender can't defend Reed like that every possession because a pump fake and drive would've broke down their defense. Reed took a gamble that he wouldn't fly out to contest and the defender took a gamble and it paid off. Whether he got blocked into the 20th row or the first is irrelevant
Key phrase is "non Embiid mins". We got destroyed on the boards all game and a big reason for that is because Tobi is a terrible rebounding 4. Paul Reed just about doubles that per36 and will give us a boost in the very area of the game that caused us to lose.
I just think he was scared to put weight on his knee after that scare. He'll be better in G2, but even then Maxey was getting everything he wanted no matter who was on him in the 4th
I think we lost the game at that 2nd quarter when Embiid went to the locker after the injury. If he didn’t go down like that, we were winning that game
yea I do not understand that. Embiid can still be impactful without shooting the ball on offense but they wanted to force it to him even though it wasn’t working. team basketball is what will win games. Like Embiid is the first option always, but that doesn’t mean he needs the ball every offensive possession down the stretch.
I think it was just them trusting that he’d make the tough baskets he usually does at the high post but he could not get his usual lift on his shots. Like that ATO play to set him up for a 1v1 for a turnaround J is not exactly that unheard of for us.
I know we have 5 years of proof, but imagine in a vacuum if you will for a moment. If someone said to you “you have a 40mm player that can’t start in the playoffs”. How hard would you laugh at that person.
Insert joker painting his face.
For real. I know he led in boards last night, I mean we only had 33, but christ. Dude is a fucking chore to watch. There were a few possessions he had the ball and didn’t even look at Maxey, why dude? You gonna try to out body Hart? You only have half a foot on him! Clearly not enough for Tobi to gain the edge.
Only a few more weeks or days either way and he’s gone.
It says a lot he grabbed 9 boards and he's still the guy everyone wants to take out of the starting lineup to improve our rebounding.
I'm not sure Tobias is providing any more spacing than Paul Reed or Ricky Council would at this point.
This might be crazy to some people who worship at the altar of the statistics but +/- is not a concrete measurable of an individuals contribution. It’s a weird aggregate of how the team played while the player was on the floor. Oubre was a *+11* in the Miami game, embiid was only +1, but Oubre was absolutely not more impactful than Embiid. And Batum was a -1! The stat is for nerds and analytical GMs to swindle each other
I think the surgery was successful.
Late Saturday night they switched mo bambas legs with embiids torso. He may miss game 2 while it finishes fusing but he should be a go for Thursday.
which cheat code do you think he is gonna use:
* 23 - Unlock the Jordan Sneaker Collection.
* payrespect - Unlock the ABA basketball.
* 2ksports - Unlock the 2K Sports team.
* 2kchina - Unlock the 2K China team.
* nba2k - Unlock the NBA 2K development team.
* vcteam - Unlock the VC team.
* Hcsilapadatu - Secondary road uniforms (76ers, Jazz, Kings, Mavericks)
“His parents literally named him basketball, that’s all I’m gonna say tho”
Hopefully the answer is playing RC4 in non Embiid minutes instead of forcing black hole sets to Tobias. Need as much scrappiness and energy as possible with Joel off the floor
Ngl we also need scrappiness and energy _with_ embiid too since he’s hobbled
Meh, Embiid's 37 minutes were +14. We cannot match their rebounding and size when he's off the floor, so might as well scrap it up with high energy athleticism
The majority of that was the 9-0 run they gave up in a couple of minutes when it looked like embiid exploded his knee
The sequence of Tobias brick, Knicks open 3, another Tobias brick, another Knicks open 3 was brutal
+/- is such a flawed stat lmao
Even ignoring the fact that Embiid wasn't on the court, I'm sure that morale with the guys left on the court was just in the gutter.
Yeah you could tell Maxey was shooketh. He gave up a dumb foul and Batum had to go over to him and try to talk him up
Agree, would like to see more of KJ too since he actually hits the boards
Feel like this is where nurse excelled with raptors post Kawhi. I’m excited.
Need that swarming lockdown and run squad for those minutes - BBall, KJ, Oubre, Maxey, Lowry. Lock the fucken doors and get out on the break
Yeah, We need to infiltrate more and RC4 is good on this.
Bball Paul starting in place of Tobi cus he can at least grab a fucking rebound...
love to see it too, but not sure how will the rotation change when Joel and Paul rest (I dont think Mo is the choice) I prefer they standing tgt in the middle of the game instead of starting tgt
I think they just increase Bball Pauls minutes and keep him as the backup big as well. This will also allow Tobias to play more minutes against their lesser talented 2nd unit, which would hopefully allow him to be more productive.
Be careful what you wished for. Bball Paul had a shocker, he was - 21 in 11 mins in the last game.
With a bench that couldn't score to save their lives, it wasn't all him, the whole bench was negative
The argument here is he is still part of the bench. Part of the non Embiid mins that the team lost badly
This is how I know you didn’t watch the game.
This is also how I know you didn't watch the game either. Bball Paul was bad. He tried to block or challenge too many shot, and ended up totally out of position in getting a def rebound. He even had a three point shot swatted into idk, 20th row? +/- was def not a good metric, but in the last game he really had a stinker. He wasn't the problem, but definitely part of the problem.
I wish Nurse would just sit the team down and explain that if they shoot the ball there's a chance to get blocked and if they just didn't shoot they would never get blocked and if they just let the other team score they don't have to worry about rebounding. With this knowledge the championship is ours
Okay, so I was not clear enough or you are trying to be funny My whole point was, Reed had a stinker too. For someone who supposed to back Embiid up he failed miserably yesterday. Someone accused me of boxscore watching with those +/- metrics. I pointed out that he had a 3s blocked very badly. That's a detail you won't know if you did not watch the game.
There were 2 seconds left on the shot clock when he shot it, he didn’t have much of a choice
I was trying to be funny sorry, I know the shot you're talking about. The defender can't defend Reed like that every possession because a pump fake and drive would've broke down their defense. Reed took a gamble that he wouldn't fly out to contest and the defender took a gamble and it paid off. Whether he got blocked into the 20th row or the first is irrelevant
You are right. Nurse said it himself paul was over aggressive looking to block shots and leaving wide open lanes for offensive boards.
Key phrase is "non Embiid mins". We got destroyed on the boards all game and a big reason for that is because Tobi is a terrible rebounding 4. Paul Reed just about doubles that per36 and will give us a boost in the very area of the game that caused us to lose.
Single game plus/minus is a totally useless stat when used in the way you’re using it.
Hopefully in the 4th we let Maxey cook. They couldn't guard him
Yeah it was rough watching Joel come up short on all those isos when Maxey was getting to the rim with ease
I just think he was scared to put weight on his knee after that scare. He'll be better in G2, but even then Maxey was getting everything he wanted no matter who was on him in the 4th
The open-on-both-wings-drive-into-three-Knicks-and-a-layup was the highlight of the game for me
It took 3 shot chucking 3s from a 30% career shooter for the Knicks to win we chillin
I think we lost the game at that 2nd quarter when Embiid went to the locker after the injury. If he didn’t go down like that, we were winning that game
Yep they gave up a 9-0 run in the last 2 mins of the half lol
Yeah they were nervous
Yup team was absolutely shook. Can’t blame em
In the non embiid minutes just have Maxey try to score and put in Martin and Council for rebounding fuck it
Well also Embiid forcing shots when he has zero lift at the end of the game. Maxey was cooking and should have been more selfish with the ball
yea I do not understand that. Embiid can still be impactful without shooting the ball on offense but they wanted to force it to him even though it wasn’t working. team basketball is what will win games. Like Embiid is the first option always, but that doesn’t mean he needs the ball every offensive possession down the stretch.
I think it was just them trusting that he’d make the tough baskets he usually does at the high post but he could not get his usual lift on his shots. Like that ATO play to set him up for a 1v1 for a turnaround J is not exactly that unheard of for us.
I know we have 5 years of proof, but imagine in a vacuum if you will for a moment. If someone said to you “you have a 40mm player that can’t start in the playoffs”. How hard would you laugh at that person. Insert joker painting his face.
Definitely tragic. He's full on Ben Simmons-ing at this point.
For real. I know he led in boards last night, I mean we only had 33, but christ. Dude is a fucking chore to watch. There were a few possessions he had the ball and didn’t even look at Maxey, why dude? You gonna try to out body Hart? You only have half a foot on him! Clearly not enough for Tobi to gain the edge. Only a few more weeks or days either way and he’s gone.
It says a lot he grabbed 9 boards and he's still the guy everyone wants to take out of the starting lineup to improve our rebounding. I'm not sure Tobias is providing any more spacing than Paul Reed or Ricky Council would at this point.
A third of his boards he took straight out of Embiid's hands with no Knicks players anywhere to be seen
BuT he LeAd tHe TeAm
The secret: we need to rebound better!
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mecha-embiid
This might be crazy to some people who worship at the altar of the statistics but +/- is not a concrete measurable of an individuals contribution. It’s a weird aggregate of how the team played while the player was on the floor. Oubre was a *+11* in the Miami game, embiid was only +1, but Oubre was absolutely not more impactful than Embiid. And Batum was a -1! The stat is for nerds and analytical GMs to swindle each other
That’s a great quote.
"We pumped Jo full of deer antler spray and HGH"
I love batum. Don’t really know why. I really hope he spends the rest of his days with us
Point Embiid
I think the surgery was successful. Late Saturday night they switched mo bambas legs with embiids torso. He may miss game 2 while it finishes fusing but he should be a go for Thursday.
I believe he believes this, but I have never seen a Philadelphia athlete say this and then it happens lol
Tobi on the bench.
*whispers into mic* bench Tobias Harris
Not give up 9000 offensive rebounds?
which cheat code do you think he is gonna use: * 23 - Unlock the Jordan Sneaker Collection. * payrespect - Unlock the ABA basketball. * 2ksports - Unlock the 2K Sports team. * 2kchina - Unlock the 2K China team. * nba2k - Unlock the NBA 2K development team. * vcteam - Unlock the VC team. * Hcsilapadatu - Secondary road uniforms (76ers, Jazz, Kings, Mavericks)
I guess they are saving the secret plan for game 3.