Sure sure but they definitely needed him to beat the Warriors even before KD got there.

I wonder if the other inmates will be asked to call him “Mr. Kraft” too

Nerlens went 6 but that’s not really the point, I know.

This may well be used against me in years to come but I really believe RJ Barrett is a professional scorer and Zion is a higher-end Draymond. He’s not a #1 guy and I think RJ may well be. In a vacuum, I want RJ.

And he’ll be there next year.  For every HS stud, there are 20 Jason Frazier or Terrance Morrises who get to school and aren’t as good as they thought because they’re not playing against 6'4" centers anymore.  There are under 500 NBA jobs.  They have every right to have the requirement to apply for employment to be…

It wasn’t overtake. People were talking about Embiid as a can’t miss #1 overall pick who was one of the more talented bigs in the last decade. He only slipped to 3 due to major injury concerns which proved accurate as he miss the first 2 years and I don’t think anyone here expects a long career out of him even if,…

This is photoshop, right?  Please god tell me this isn’t real...

“Ok, what’s the problem?“ - Donte Stallworth

At some point in the game he had an Illuminati triangle pin thing on there too.  Made me chuckle.

I know everyone’s in love with Zion.  I will scream from the rooftops all year that RJ Barrett will be the better pro. 

Amare went there too and I do believe Melo went there to win and be in NY. Amare + Melo seemed like a really solid start when it started but Melo’s first year corresponded with Amare’s last as a real impact guy.

This is fair but it’s key to note that this money almost always comes from booster funds and not tax payers.

At a certain point, spiting the team that’s ACTIVELY TRIED TO STEAL YOUR PLAYER 18 MONTHS BEFORE THEY’RE LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO may be enough. I don’t like LeBron but just giving in to what the dominant team in your conference’s entire history wants - a team that always find a way to snake the best players…

I’m a Celtics fan but I love what the other teams did.

Boston didn’t make a trade but there’s not a move they can make that’s not either an immediate downgrade (Rozier) or selling super low (Hayward, Kyrie) so their (our - diehard Cs fan, hence the Kinja handle) only move is hold tight and pray to God and anything else they believe in that Kyrie stays then move anything…

I don’t disagree with much of your point but no way is Jrue Holiday a #3 on a title team in any world in any era in the history of basketball.

Right, that is exactly why he’s “only” the 3rd best player ever. Kareem and MJ didn’t whine like this, or ALWAYS try to run out coaches, or sit 8 seats from their teammates.

Went to check it out, had already starred it months back.

I was thrilled to break 200 a few years back and now I feel like I just need to get a seat on the bench and watch the starters.

This is smart. The Sixers need to shoot their shot. I don’t care how he looks now, big guys with the injury history Embiid has typically don’t play 15 years. Load up and push in your chips before he hurts himself again and you’re wondering how you went from what he is now to Yao Ming 2.0 and forever regret not moving…