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It's amazing how much better KAT looks when he doesn't leave his feet every time someone sneezes!

Embiid gave up on that play in transition.

monsterpile wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

monsterpile wrote:I'll take that 3rd quarter Andrew Wiggins on my team. That one possession he kept the ball alive offensive rebounding and then stole the ball and got an one. That's just one of the times he was putting forth a ton of effort.

Towns finished that quarter strong against Embiid who flopped on that box out by Taj.

I understand people wanting to apologize for Wiggins, but the guy has shown to be best suited off the bench for this team. He doesn't complement any of our better players - Towns, Butler, Teague. The issue is we gave him that contract and have nobody else as a wing to supplant him. That's why ice stuck so solid to the lavine/dunn vs. Wiggins trade scenario. One side can be complementary and has heart/effort, the other lacks it all.

That's your opinion. Wiggins is giving plenty of effort in this game.

Weighting his current effort level to previous personal effort levels does not make his actual effort level somehow good. It is still very substandard. We all hope he turns it on, but I don't buy it any longer. The guy has so much given ability that he should impact a game constantly, consistently; we shouldn't praise him for 4-5 good plays. We have all said for years - give andrew shabazz's heart and you'd have the next big thing. The problem is Andrew has zero confidence in himself and I'd go a step further to say he doesn't actually enjoy the game - he was more or less forced into this role because of his innate talents.

BloopOracle wrote:It's amazing how much better KAT looks when he doesn't leave his feet every time someone sneezes!

Yup. Simple stuff. It's why I think sometimes the more unathletic Centers that are just plain big can be good defensively (e.g. Marc Gasol).

You are seeing some of Embiid's offensive weaknesses in this game. Credit Towns for playing some solid D.

TheFuture wrote:

monsterpile wrote:

TheFuture wrote:

monsterpile wrote:I'll take that 3rd quarter Andrew Wiggins on my team. That one possession he kept the ball alive offensive rebounding and then stole the ball and got an one. That's just one of the times he was putting forth a ton of effort.

Towns finished that quarter strong against Embiid who flopped on that box out by Taj.

I understand people wanting to apologize for Wiggins, but the guy has shown to be best suited off the bench for this team. He doesn't complement any of our better players - Towns, Butler, Teague. The issue is we gave him that contract and have nobody else as a wing to supplant him. That's why ice stuck so solid to the lavine/dunn vs. Wiggins trade scenario. One side can be complementary and has heart/effort, the other lacks it all.

That's your opinion. Wiggins is giving plenty of effort in this game.

Weighting his current effort level to previous personal effort levels does not make his actual effort level somehow good. It is still very substandard. We all hope he turns it on, but I don't buy it any longer. The guy has so much given ability that he should impact a game constantly, consistently; we shouldn't praise him for 4-5 good plays. We have all said for years - give andrew shabazz's heart and you'd have the next big thing. The problem is Andrew has zero confidence in himself and I'd go a step further to say he doesn't actually enjoy the game - he was more or less forced into this role because of his innate talents.

I'm praising him for more than 4-5 plays.

Classic Wolves. Miss an interior shot, then give up the easy dunk in transition. Ugh!!

Win or lose, it's just unbelievable how hard we labor to get wins over these weaker teams. Philly is without one of their top 3 players in Covington and is on a 4 game losing streak. But we roll out the red carpet!

Now suddenly the defense can't stop anything. Ugh.

Jimmy effing Butler!!