Don't really see how paul george wouldn't work out in year 1. Embiid and Maxey already work really well by themselves. PG is a good defender and a borderline elite 3 point shooter. Kind of hard to imagine adding PG wouldn't make a very good trio. I mean this isn't alchemy, he's obviously a pretty seemless fit oncourt. If it didn't work o…
Don't really see how paul george wouldn't work out in year 1. Embiid and Maxey already work really well by themselves. PG is a good defender and a borderline elite 3 point shooter. Kind of hard to imagine adding PG wouldn't make a very good trio. I mean this isn't alchemy, he's obviously a pretty seemless fit oncourt. If it didn't work out, the most likely culprit would be the supporting cast, which the sixers have a bunch of first rounders to fix.
I don't hate the any idea of trading for ingram and bridges, but I think it's an inferior option, especially if the price is high. These guys are entering their primes as above average starters, and probably don't have much improvement left. Internal growth from having roster consistency is a thing, but talent is much more important IMO.
If the goal is to win a championship, then the sixers need to maximize the last few years of embiid's prime. Betting on the growth of an ingram instead of a clearly superior talent in paul george or butler is doing the opposite of that. Trying to do a "two timelines" thing is probably the biggest mistake morey could make this offseason. I love maxey, but he's a small guard that at this point can't make the sixers offense league average without embiid on the floor. Prioritizing maxey's prime over embiid's seems insane to me. Also, in all likelihood maxey will hit his prime 3-4 years from now, right as a PG/lebron 4 year max would be ending. I think the timing works out pretty perfectly actually?
Also, "an albatross contract that makes the Tobias deal look like a $1.99 used copy of R.E.M.'s Monster by comparison" Andrew I like ya but I think you got a little carried away here lol. Pretty hard to imagine a lebron/butler/pg contract being that much worse than tobis.
Don't really see how paul george wouldn't work out in year 1. Embiid and Maxey already work really well by themselves. PG is a good defender and a borderline elite 3 point shooter. Kind of hard to imagine adding PG wouldn't make a very good trio. I mean this isn't alchemy, he's obviously a pretty seemless fit oncourt. If it didn't work out, the most likely culprit would be the supporting cast, which the sixers have a bunch of first rounders to fix.
I don't hate the any idea of trading for ingram and bridges, but I think it's an inferior option, especially if the price is high. These guys are entering their primes as above average starters, and probably don't have much improvement left. Internal growth from having roster consistency is a thing, but talent is much more important IMO.
If the goal is to win a championship, then the sixers need to maximize the last few years of embiid's prime. Betting on the growth of an ingram instead of a clearly superior talent in paul george or butler is doing the opposite of that. Trying to do a "two timelines" thing is probably the biggest mistake morey could make this offseason. I love maxey, but he's a small guard that at this point can't make the sixers offense league average without embiid on the floor. Prioritizing maxey's prime over embiid's seems insane to me. Also, in all likelihood maxey will hit his prime 3-4 years from now, right as a PG/lebron 4 year max would be ending. I think the timing works out pretty perfectly actually?
Also, "an albatross contract that makes the Tobias deal look like a $1.99 used copy of R.E.M.'s Monster by comparison" Andrew I like ya but I think you got a little carried away here lol. Pretty hard to imagine a lebron/butler/pg contract being that much worse than tobis.