Chapter 218: Talent Team
The regular season continues.
This time the Bulls are at home to the Philadelphia Dragons... No, it's the Philadelphia 76ers.
This is also a veteran team in the league, which entered in 1949 and can be regarded as a witness and participant in the growth along the way.
And such a team naturally has its ups and downs.
The last time the 76ers made it to the Finals was back in 2001, when the core of the team was Allen Iverson, a super-popular star who led the league's hip-hop trend.
But after Allen Iverson, the 76ers gradually declined, and there was no revival for a long time.
It wasn't until there was a guy named Cinki in the general manager position of the team.
His appearance is the most fundamental reason why the 76ers are now known as the Dragons, because he is the most shameless general manager in the history of the league, and he has been rotten since 2013 and has been rotten until he got Fultz today.
During this period, the 76ers received a total of 12th picks in the first round in 2013, 3rd pick in the first round in 2014, 3rd pick in the first round in 2015, 1st pick in the first round in 2016, and 1st pick in the first round in 2017.
The total number of potential rookies selected are McCarvey, Embiid, Okafor, Ben Simmons and Fultz.
Just listening to the names of these people, you can feel full of talent.
Even Noll, who was later traded to the Mavericks, didn't want to mention it.
It can be seen that the 76ers are rotten.
It may be that the 76ers' top brass themselves felt a little embarrassed, and in the end they cut Xinki last season, and Bryan, who came up later, laughed at the victory.
Such a team with slow talent is naturally not afraid of not being able to achieve results.
In this season, 76 squeezed into the top eight in the East for the first time in a long time, sitting in the sixth position, just three wins away from the fifth-place Wizards.
The game also officially started after the beep.
Bulls starters: point guard Ming Lee, shooting guard LaVine, small forward Pounddexter, power forward Mirotic and center Lopez.
The 76ers' starters are: point guard Simmons, scoring guard Redick, small forward Caballo, power forward Covington, and center Embiid.
Point guard Simmons, last year's champion, but because of the season reimbursement, this season is only his first season, but when it comes to season reimbursement, we have to mention the 76ers' rookie curse.
It is said that no matter what kind of rookie he has had before coming to the team, as long as he enters the door of the 76ers, he must be injured first.
And from Embiid to the current Fultz, he has not escaped this catastrophe, yes, Fultz, who is on a par with Li Ming in the summer league, has not escaped the curse, but he was born with a primordial life, his eight characters are slightly harder, and it is said that there is no season reimbursement, and he only needs to recuperate for a period of time before he can come back.
Anyway, it's good news.
And after Simmons came back from the curse, like Embiid the Great back then, he amazed the fans as soon as he appeared.
From physical fitness to comprehensiveness, it is worthy of the second generation of LeBron. And the height of 2.08 meters taller than LeBron makes him unmatched in point guard.
This is another speechless statistic, the average height of the 76ers' starting five-person group is two meters up, okay! The Warriors just got a Death Five, and they immediately returned a Death Five.
This is why many fans firmly believe that within three years, the 76ers will have the upper hand against the Warriors.
It can't be helped, the players in each position are too physical.
Of course, every position here doesn't include Redick, a stinky man, and the introduction of him can be mentioned in a very general way, a no-ball running pitcher who is worse than Hamilton in every way, oh, maybe he can be ranked ahead of Hamilton.
The small forward position is Caballo, a rookie with the 26th pick in the first round in '16, an international player who was already a professional player before he entered, and the template is the Hornets who has a similar experience to him.
The power forward position is Covington, an inspirational rookie who was undrafted in 13 years, and he is an outlier in the talented 76ers, but his diligence and hard work are also his talents, and he is the most compatible power forward with Embiid in the current lineup, at least better than Noll and Okafor.
It turns out that a team can't just have talented players, otherwise they can't distinguish between priorities and priorities, and everyone rushes to shoot.
It is also out of this consideration that the 76ers' top brass just sent away Okafor and Knoll, in fact, in terms of future potential, these two people are worse than Covington?
Not necessarily.
But sending them away is good for them and for themselves.
The center position is naturally the biggest sign of the 76ers today, and it is also the strongest center in the league at present, and is known as Embiid, who will definitely be the first center in the future if he is not crushed by injuries.
The first pick in the first round in 2014, but he didn't start playing until 2016, which made the 76ers wait for more than two years Embiid was called the drama spirit during his injury recuperation, and then known as the king of Twitter, in short, there is no news about his preparation!
finally waited for his comeback, in fact, most people were waiting to see him laugh.
But Embiid, who missed two years due to injury, blew up in his first game back in the league, playing 22 minutes and scoring 20 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.
While playing such a terrifying efficiency, Embiid also showed off his eighteen martial arts, gorgeous footwork, ball control and speed that do not belong to the center, explosive mid-range shooting, and even three-point shooting, he is a center that can play from a traditional center to a modern center that the league prefers today.
Talent is undeniable.
Even after people thought about it, this guy hadn't played for two seasons, but he didn't feel unfamiliar at all.
Talent! I really can only describe this man in terms of talent.
Lopez lost this time because Embiid was completely out of height and his arm span was a little longer.
Dial the ball to Simmons, the arc of the ball in the air is not too obvious, but it is directly held by Simmons!
The height of 2.08 meters looks oppressive from the moment he receives the ball.
Li Ming faced Simmons, his shoulders sank slightly, and he didn't dare to bend over too much, he had never played against such a tall point guard, and he didn't know what the rhythm of the opponent would be when he broke through.
Care must be taken.
Simmons didn't play hard as soon as he came up, but observed the movement of his teammates, and his essence is still more inclined to traditional point guards, but because of his height, scoring and rebounding are not difficult things.
In short, in a word, talent makes everything that doesn't belong to him his.