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Sports Illustrated preseason power rankings....Sixers come in at #4
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4. 76ers | Last season: 52-30, lost in East semifinals | Final ranking: 2
The city with the biggest and bluest collars in America is also home to the team that had the second-best record in the league from Christmas until the end of last season at 38-12. That alone is enough reason to be high on a young Philadelphia team that was able to get its first playoff series win in its first postseason appearance as a group.
For the first time in Joel Embiid’s career, he is not returning from an injury to start his season, but The Phantom of The Process will be missed. The 24-year-old centerpiece has already established himself as one of the top 10 players in the NBA in just 102 regular and postseason games and he is only getting better. With Embiid protecting the paint and Robert Covington on the wing, coach Brett Brown will be looking to cement the 76ers as one of the league’s premier defensive teams. If that can happen, Philadelphia will buy itself some time to figure out exactly how this offense will flow when everybody is healthy.
Ben Simmons is coming off a rookie campaign that can only be compared to the seasons of Hall of Famers, but all the talk is on whether or not he will shoot a jump shot. Similarly, Markelle Fultz needs to prove to the world that he can make a shot in an NBA game because his season-long shoulder troubles were much more memorable than his most recent regular season game when he became the youngest player in league history to record a triple double. If these two can find a way to play off each other and Embiid, and make opponents respect them from the outside, the sky's the limit in Philadelphia.
The only thing holding back the 76ers is their age. And possibly their collars. The collars might be too big.
Sports Illustrated preseason power rankings....Sixers come in at #4
Mitchell Leff/Getty Images
4. 76ers | Last season: 52-30, lost in East semifinals | Final ranking: 2
The city with the biggest and bluest collars in America is also home to the team that had the second-best record in the league from Christmas until the end of last season at 38-12. That alone is enough reason to be high on a young Philadelphia team that was able to get its first playoff series win in its first postseason appearance as a group.
For the first time in Joel Embiid’s career, he is not returning from an injury to start his season, but The Phantom of The Process will be missed. The 24-year-old centerpiece has already established himself as one of the top 10 players in the NBA in just 102 regular and postseason games and he is only getting better. With Embiid protecting the paint and Robert Covington on the wing, coach Brett Brown will be looking to cement the 76ers as one of the league’s premier defensive teams. If that can happen, Philadelphia will buy itself some time to figure out exactly how this offense will flow when everybody is healthy.
Ben Simmons is coming off a rookie campaign that can only be compared to the seasons of Hall of Famers, but all the talk is on whether or not he will shoot a jump shot. Similarly, Markelle Fultz needs to prove to the world that he can make a shot in an NBA game because his season-long shoulder troubles were much more memorable than his most recent regular season game when he became the youngest player in league history to record a triple double. If these two can find a way to play off each other and Embiid, and make opponents respect them from the outside, the sky's the limit in Philadelphia.
The only thing holding back the 76ers is their age. And possibly their collars. The collars might be too big.
this thread has been a lot of fun. I thank @bwifan for starting it, and for those that contributed to it.
the thread was started for the 2017-18 Sixers season. After the season concluded, folks posted in it to discuss the draft, offseason moves, summer league action, offseason coaching/training, and preseason articles for the 2018-19 season.
The thread is 34 pages long. Newbies to the board would have to wade through all kinds of old stuff just to discuss this season's team, so I'm going to lock it, and start a 2018-19 Sixers thread.
the thread was started for the 2017-18 Sixers season. After the season concluded, folks posted in it to discuss the draft, offseason moves, summer league action, offseason coaching/training, and preseason articles for the 2018-19 season.
The thread is 34 pages long. Newbies to the board would have to wade through all kinds of old stuff just to discuss this season's team, so I'm going to lock it, and start a 2018-19 Sixers thread.
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