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Nov 24, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Sixers Nation's concern about the need to acquire a "closer" feels like Jordan Originalism. Joel Embiid was 7th in the NBA in 4th quarter points, with 7th-highest usage rate and a TS% of 60.7 (higher than LBJ, Kawhi, Luka, Jimmy, etc)
Like, if late game iso-ball is your kink (no shaming), you're not finding someone better at it than Embiid anyway
Nov 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
wanted to see what zhaire smith could do when he wasn't poisoned by snickers bars, but tony bradley is interesting: led NBA in offensive reb rate, top 10 in FG% and TS%, took some 3s in g-league (with mixed results)
bradley only took three 3-pointers for the jazz last season, but made all of them. a backup center who shoots 100% from deep could be helpful!
bradley seems to view it as part of his game (this is from summer 2019):
Oct 27, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
only two games, but sixers have defensive rating of ~102 when embiid is *off* the floor, which is slightly better than their defense last season when he was *on* the court
philly couldn't defend at all when embiid sat last season—horford (and to a lesser degree guys like richardson and thybulle) should shore up those wild swings
