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Carlik Jones played at Cincinnati Aiken and just had a triple-double against Team USA for South Sudan.

South Sudan does have a big kid that will be at Duke next year and a high lottery pick in the 2025 draft, but otherwise this was a team of G League and foreign pro league guys with very little NBA experience…and they should have beaten an American team loaded with all-star and all-NBA players and guys that have played major roles on NBA championship teams.
 
Ok, we survived the Olympics with Embiid not getting hurt. I think for this upcoming season to be the most effective, we need to really manager his minutes to keep him fresh as long as possible into the season. He doesn't need to worry about the MVP, he's go one of those and everyone knows he's a dominant player. So I'd plan on playing him no more than 30 minutes a nite, but closer to 25. Picking up Andre Drummond should help that as he can pick up the slack. I'd also steer away from back to backs, aiming for 45-60 games during the season. There may be nights you just play him 20 minutes on less depending on how the game is going. With the pickups, we should be able to compete and win some games without him. Before it was like he about had to play for us to win. If this team can keep him healthy, and the others play to their level, there is not reason we can't be right there with the Celtics in the east.
 
14Red said:
Ok, we survived the Olympics with Embiid not getting hurt. I think for this upcoming season to be the most effective, we need to really manager his minutes to keep him fresh as long as possible into the season. He doesn't need to worry about the MVP, he's go one of those and everyone knows he's a dominant player. So I'd plan on playing him no more than 30 minutes a nite, but closer to 25. Picking up Andre Drummond should help that as he can pick up the slack. I'd also steer away from back to backs, aiming for 45-60 games during the season. There may be nights you just play him 20 minutes on less depending on how the game is going. With the pickups, we should be able to compete and win some games without him. Before it was like he about had to play for us to win. If this team can keep him healthy, and the others play to their level, there is not reason we can't be right there with the Celtics in the east.
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Are you the 6ers coach?
 
14Red said:
Ok, we survived the Olympics with Embiid not getting hurt. I think for this upcoming season to be the most effective, we need to really manager his minutes to keep him fresh as long as possible into the season. He doesn't need to worry about the MVP, he's go one of those and everyone knows he's a dominant player. So I'd plan on playing him no more than 30 minutes a nite, but closer to 25. Picking up Andre Drummond should help that as he can pick up the slack. I'd also steer away from back to backs, aiming for 45-60 games during the season. There may be nights you just play him 20 minutes on less depending on how the game is going. With the pickups, we should be able to compete and win some games without him. Before it was like he about had to play for us to win. If this team can keep him healthy, and the others play to their level, there is not reason we can't be right there with the Celtics in the east.
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Embiid is super talented but sorry, he will never be a champion. The Olympics showed that he does not possess the drive and backbone to lead a championship team. He likes scoring and piling up stats, but you never see the effort and determination that you saw from LBJ, Steph, Booker, Durant, AD, etc. Those guys played hard and wanted to win at all costs. Embiid wasn't even blocking out; gave up a ton of offensive rebounds, and doesn't care to play defense. Not my kind of player.
 
wolves82 said:
Embiid is super talented but sorry, he will never be a champion. The Olympics showed that he does not possess the drive and backbone to lead a championship team. He likes scoring and piling up stats, but you never see the effort and determination that you saw from LBJ, Steph, Booker, Durant, AD, etc. Those guys played hard and wanted to win at all costs. Embiid wasn't even blocking out; gave up a ton of offensive rebounds, and doesn't care to play defense. Not my kind of player.
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Um....In the semi final, Embiid carried the US in the 4th quarter, during the critical moments of the game. Wipe away all the dancing and side show stuff with Jo, he's 7 ft. tall and has nearly all the offensive moves you could dream of. When he's healthy, he's the best player in the league, and he's much better on defense than you give him credit for. He's had foot problems since college like alot of bigs have had over the years.
To your point, he may not have to LEAD the team to the title, I think Maxey, the acquisition of Paul George and the others we have makes Embiid's need to carry the team much less. And this is likely it for him. I'd say he's got 2-3 more years of elite performance, if that.
Booker/ Durrant?
 
Embiid’s primary contribution to this gold medal was trolling opposing players and fans while giving the crotch chop suck it motion at them lol.
 
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