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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2071819, member: 1026"] UPDATE! Dateline Philly: Anyone see the video of Jahil Okafor literally standing listlessly under the basket not even lifting his arms to contest shots or grab a rebound?! Joel Embid done for year - 3rd year in a row. I'm sure Stockholm crowd say like Noel, still a good pick. Try this; Who [B][I]could you trade[/I][/B] Embid for today and would you do it? The answer is not much (either a draft pick or less than the one year rental return like Sacto got for Boogie) and you wouldn't trade him b/c his injury history and status wouldn't let you get 'full value'. Embid is still a potential franchise changing superstar that is worth much more to Philly than anyone else (esp cuz they can still lock him up long-term). I'd counter that Embid's actual value is his current trade value, you still suck and you should consider trading him now (for draft picks, sure) while the 31 games are fresh in mind. In 3 seasons Embid has played in [B][U]12.6%[/U][/B] of games - great pick! ONE yr left on his rookie contract to get max of 30% of their games over the 4 years if he optimistically plays 70 in 17-18. Trust the process and trade him now. Trade Simmons too since his injury, work ethic and attitude are questionable, Drafting Simmons wasn't a mistake and didn't initially fit into the flawed Noel/Embid plan to not care about basketball players being able to play basketball. But now Simmons does and you can't risk 2 guys that might be career injury casualties - if Embid is 50-50 (wildly optimistic) to be healthy and Simmons is even 90-10 you still only have a 45% chance of both being healthy. Better to trade for picks and re-draft healthy & young. Sure Saric is good but he's only 22 so now's the time to accumulate assets for 2019-20 season & beyond. Who says no if Danny Ainge offers the 2017-18 Net's #1s for Embid and Simmons ?! Sadly it seems like if the Sixers extend Embid before next year it is more likely Embid becomes another cautionary injury tale. Hope I'm wrong on that cuz he is great. [/QUOTE]

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