On February 17, Beijing time, 76 people in Philadelphia on the other side of the ocean sent 3 messages, let's take a look.
Celebrities satirize Harden
Yesterday, 76 people held a press conference for new signing James Harden, during which Harden answered a number of questions. And alluded to the 76ers' desire to win more than the Nets, which is one of the reasons why they chose to join. Today, NBA star Tracy McGrady talked about the matter during a show on TNT, Maddy said: "Harden said he wanted to play with people who wanted to win, is this saying that Nets players don't want to win? This doesn't seem quite right. Maddy continued: "We all know that when he left the Rockets, the 76ers were his number one choice, and then he went to the Nets, and when the Nets found out that something was wrong, they wanted to leave, so Harden started a strike, he wasn't injured, he just didn't want to do it. Because it is impossible to do the retreat shooting action when recovering from injury (in the training video that flowed out yesterday, Harden showed various shooting techniques, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with the body). ”
For Maddy's remarks, it quickly triggered a heated discussion among netizens at home and abroad, and some people said: "Maddy is right, Harden has the ability, but he plays a small character at every turn, and when there is a problem, he always shifts the responsibility to others, rather than self-reflection, if the 76ers this year can't see the hope of winning the championship, it is not good that Harden will go again." Some people said: "Maddy is talking nonsense, Harden is diligent in the Nets, the last of the Big Three but has played the most games, and there are teammates like Irving and coaches like Nash, who dares to stay and not go." As for Harden's fraud, it is even more illusory, can the training state and the game state be confused? "So what do you think about that?
Green made a funny sound
Today, 76ers player Danny Green talked about the significance of Harden joining the team in his own podcast, Green said: "Harden has a strong personal offensive ability and organizational ability, but I think his ball quotient and ability to walk on the free throw line are more commendable." Harden can get his opponent's defender into foul trouble, and Embiid is also a foul maker, he can make the opponent's interior line into foul trouble. Now we have two masters who can make the opposing players full of departures, which will help us get into the right rhythm, especially in the playoffs, we need to score points so easily and give the opponent the opportunity to change the defensive strategy. "Worthy of the San Antonio Spurs, Green's way of speaking is really highlighting a funny humor."
In fact, if you think about it, Green is quite reasonable. Embiid averaged 9.3 free throws per game in his career, the highest in the interior, and Harden averaged 8.7 free throws per game in his career, the highest for active defenders. The duo working together is indeed a nightmare on the defensive end of the other side. Although too many free throws may affect the fluency and viewing of the game, and may even be hacked by more people, it is undeniable that penalties are really an indispensable offensive means at some times. So, how to make good use of Harden and Embiid's ability to create fouls is really a problem that the 76ers coaching staff needs to think about carefully.
The two big tough guys are expected to join
Earlier today, 76ers coach Dow Graves said in an interview that the team has targeted the free agent market and the buyout market. Later, the 76ers reported that free agent Gerald Green and Magic player Robin Lopez could be intentional targets. The 36-year-old Green announced his retirement this season and briefly served as the Rockets' assistant coach, but then he chose to come back and join the Vipers, a subsidiary team of the Rockets Development League, and as of now, Green's performance is still remarkable, he has played several games for the Vipers, averaging 20+ per game, and can shoot 3 three-pointers with more than 40% three-point shooting. Obviously, Green's tank still has oil, but his injury and weak defensive end may become a concern for the 76ers.
The 33-year-old Lopez is the 15th pick in the first round of 2008, played 27 games for the Magic this season, averaged 17 minutes per game, had 7.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists, shooting 57.1%, but since the return of the trigger safety agreement, Lopez has completely fallen out of the rotation, the last 6 games are 3 games by the DNP, sources revealed that Lopez has been ready to negotiate a buyout with the Magic, and the Magic because of the need to train Bamba, Carter Jr. and Ball and others, There is also a good chance that they will agree. For the 76ers, Lopez is very large in size and experience, the offensive end has a certain ability to eat cakes and score independently, and the defensive end does not have much weakness except for slow pace movement, I believe that Lopez is enough to play the role of Embiid's substitute. How to follow, we will wait and see.