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@theryandreyer So you don’t care that he’s the ultimate playoff underachiever, the only player to win an MVP and never make a conference final. It’s that thinking that is the reason why he’s never been to a conference final.

@Cwh2029 No one cares about that right now. He beat Boston. He’s won

The Sixers just beat the Celtics. Came back from down 3-1 to do it. They've been getting their ass kicked by Boston my whole life. Lost what feels like 100 series over 15 years. None of it matters now. Because they got one. You don't need to win everything. You don't need to win most things. You just need one. One win and your whole story changes.

@emiliaellermann Absolutely

Be honest... do men still find women without tattoos attractive these days?

@rayd1475 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot Hind sight is always 20 20. I wouldn’t have taken him. It’s ok to disagree

@Cwh2029 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot Thats just an awful take when you look at the draft board- a horrendous take.

WHEN HEALTHY, Joel Embiid is one of the best basketball players we’ve ever seen. If he never had any injuries, he’d legitimately be a Top 25 player in NBA history. Philly is decent without him. Philly can win the NBA Finals with him.

@rayd1475 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot We don’t know what would’ve happened. Embiid was a bad pick at that spot in my opinion

@Cwh2029 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot Nobody would ever say Julius Randle has had a better career than Embiid. What are we doing here? One player in that draft that is close is Jokic and he was on nobody’s radar and went 41st. Sixers nailed that pick. Could not have made a better pick

@ambersarcone Celebrating is one thing, acting like you won the NBA title after a first round series is different

Since when can’t fans be allowed to celebrate winning the first round of the playoffs ? You know, the part where you have to win to literally advance and get closer to a championship. I guess we’ll just sit quietly next time 💀

@rayd1475 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot You said to name someone, not judge hypotheticals

@Cwh2029 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot His best ever year is worse than Embiid’s career averages. Please stop- good player yes- nowhere close to Embiid.

@rayd1475 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot Julius Randle

@Cwh2029 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot Go back the last 20 years and tell me how many 3 picks had better careers. Maybe one or two tops - it was not a back pick. He’s a big man- they always have to deal with this. Tell me who they should have drafted instead.

@rayd1475 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot It was a bad pick because they knew his injury history going into it

@Cwh2029 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot You think they should have drafted Dante Exum instead? How’s he doing? Embiid is an MVP, multiple all star, 1st team etc etc. it wasn’t a bad pick. He just keeps getting injured

@rayd1475 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot Well that sounds like an Embiid and organization problem for drafting someone so fragile. Knicks in 5

@Cwh2029 @NickyZzZz1 @theblockspot It doesn’t matter - had Embiid been healthy that series never goes to game 7. That my entire point- he’s never been healthy for a playoff run one time- not his fault at all but it’s a fact.

I actually heard someone on @SportsRadioWIP say with a straight face that the purpose of the Process was to beat the Celtics in a playoff series. I thought it was to win a championship and get out of the second round…

Talking shit is part of sports Twitter. The truth is, some of y’all make it personal and attack people. Don’t do that shit. Keep it about sports.

@BrianHartPR Knicks in 5

I’m seeing two types of trolls emerge: 1) salty Celtics fans mocking “ya’ll acting like you won the finals” 2) spineless Sixers front office loyalists/burners mocking “and we did all this without McCain” Both are profoundly, pridefully ignorant perspectives. The Sixers have had a run of some of the most heartbreaking/mind-numbing postseason exits imaginable for 4 decades, amplified during heightened expectations post-Process. If you’ve watched Sixers basketball since 2017 post-Process, you know we never, ever win this type of game. Certainly not against the Celtics. But look at this season specifically. This past offseason, after a complete bummer of season, fan morale low and usual suspects calling to trade Embiid & George, there were a small group of us who saw a chance to make a run in a wide-open Eastern Conference. I tweeted as much within days of OKC winning the Finals, before the Sixers got a massive consolation prize in VJ Edgecombe. And that post aged wonderfully through the early months of the season. The Sixers were playing fun, energized, winning basketball. Every game was must-see-TV with a top 4 playoff seed within reach. Even the often-pessimistic casual fans were starting to believe. A major turning point came when Joel Embiid publicly pleaded with ownership and the front office to be buyers, not sellers (to dodge the tax, as they’ve done before) at the trade deadline. He wanted help to make a deep run. Reasonable request, right? Not for Josh Harris & Co. They rejected Jo’s request, traded sophomore sharpshooter Jared McCain to the reigning champs. The fan anger and frustration was never about one player. If Harris/Morey honored Embiid’s request, and McCain was part of a deal that improved the roster, we would have been pumped. Instead, the move was the start of a gnarly regression, compounded by key injuries and lack of roster depth to adequately compete. They fell from competing for a top seed to staring the play-in tournament in the face (which is where they ultimately landed). Everything spiraled out of control, capped off by the big man being rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy just 10 days before their eventual Game 1 series matchup in Boston. Dr. WebMDs on here claimed he had no chance of retuning for the series. Talking heads were speculating whether the Embiid era in Philadelphia was over. I, along with a few others, maintained that if Embiid can play, he’ll play. He defied odds for a Game 4 return (17 days off the surgery table), and I was among the least surprised to see it. He went on to dominate Games 5-7 with one of the ballsiest statement/legacy runs in franchise history. So yes, given the dramatic context, this was much bigger than a first round upset. It’s a series and individual comeback that will be discussed for a long, long time. Does the series upset and heroic individual comeback exonerate Harris & Co. for ignoring Embiid’s deadline pleas to improve the roster? Absolutely not. Once again, the big guy played through pain and fresh surgery scars, put the team on his back, and gave everything he’s got for our city and our passionate fans. We love you Jo. Go Sixers. #SellTheTeam

@RealCGriff @BarstoolPhilly That’s a lot of word salad for a team that can’t make it past the second round. Your celebrating now is worthless

To all the Sixers/Embiid haters who still don’t get it after last night:

@TyJohnsonNews That’s over the line, even for you

Boston hasn’t been down this bad since Crispus Attucks got 🔫

@fitdadceo This shouldn’t be legal anywhere

Literally every team does this. This is why nobody likes Knicks fans 😂 y’all haven’t won a thing and swear you’re so much more important than every franchise

@Rob18133Rob @BussyDoes @jtplantulli @KevinNegandhi You’re the one who brought up “ring culture”, one of the most ridiculous terms ever put together

Don’t want to hear any 1st round crap. Sixers were down 3-1. They were blown out multiple times. They took down a Celtics team 3 times in Boston. A team many felt could win the East. A franchise that has haunted us for decades in the postseason. You’re not gonna downplay this.

@jtplantulli @BussyDoes @KevinNegandhi I’ve forgotten more about basketball than you will ever know. Knicks in 5

@Cwh2029 @BussyDoes @KevinNegandhi Also this convo is done if you’re gonna tell me you can get 4 Joe shmo’s off the street and beat ANY level of professional hoopers. Like holy hell you are brain dead and delusional and shouldn’t be taken seriously lol. Good luck on your journey to learning basketball.

@NickyZzZz1 @rayd1475 @theblockspot Then why didn’t he stay in his face?

@Cwh2029 @rayd1475 @theblockspot Watch the replay again lol he was right in his face. Do y’all hate just to hate? Ben was the one who stopped playing d.

@Sean_Barnard1 And Embiid still hasn’t made it out of the second round

Joel Embiid has beaten a 50-win team in the playoffs before Nikola Jokic

@DonEstifanos Greer, Chamberlain, Cheeks, Erving, Malone, Barkley, Iverson, Cunningham, Iguodala, Toney

Please do