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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2714835, member: 488"] I really don't think the <30 minutes per game Rozier and Brown combined to play in last year's postseason prepared them to dominate crunch-time like they have. I also think the idea of "playoff experience" is dramatically overrated. Remember how badly Kyrie struggled in his first postseason? Me neither. How about Kawhi? Tatum? It's a different level of intensity for sure, but basketball is basketball. As far as veteran leadership goes, you can point to Al Horford, I can point to J.J. Redick. Horford is the better player, but Redick was just as influential in terms of lifting some of the burden from younger guys late in games. I mean, who knows. We've seen it before with the Thunder coming unraveled against Dallas in the 2011 conference finals. Then again, they never really shook free from those crunch-time problems. Sometimes it can be difficult to differentiate between bad habits that are fixable and flaws that are going to linger. I think it's the second one with Philly, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of luck involved as well. You figure the best "clutch" players and coaches are going to win, what, 60% of those one possession games? It's an inexact science but there are certain players whose skill sets allow them to flourish against dialed-in playoff defenses. Tatum looks like he might be one. Simmons strikes me as a guy who isn't built for those situations and knows it. Embiid just has to put it together. [/QUOTE]

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