At the trade deadline, The Philadelphia team was still working very well, and they traded Harden with players such as Simmons, giving the team another top star in the league besides Embiid, which greatly increased the depth of the team's lineup. Although the departure of Seth Curry and Drummond has led to a lack of team roster depth to some extent, Harden's addition can indeed increase the team's ceiling, and his combination with Embiid can be said to be one of the strongest combinations of interior and exterior lines in the league this season.
At present, the strength of this Philadelphia team is very strong, in the guard line, the team has Harden, he is a player who can attack individually, but also can connect the whole team to attack, which helps the team a lot. Although his personal performance this season is not outstanding and not stable enough, his personal strength is still obvious to all, and he has the ability to play a performance that affects the trend of the game. Compared with Simmons, Harden's personal offense is more comprehensive, and he plays better in key moments, and he also has a strong shooting ability, in general, Harden can provide more help to the Philadelphia team than Simmons.
And Another core embiid of the Philadelphia team, he has played at the MVP level this season and is in very good personal form. Embiid averaged 29.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1 steal and 1.5 blocks per game this season, shooting 49.2 percent from the field and 36.2 percent from three-point range. Averaging first in the league in terms of scoring per game, and ranking in the top ten in the league in rebounding and blocking, the performance can be described as very eye-catching, both offensive and defensive ends can play a dominant level, he is one of the league's best players this season, but also the main competitor to the regular season MVP.
Judging from the performance of the past two players, when Harden has an interior line that can block the removal of shun, he can maximize his passing ability. In both the Rockets and the Nets, Harden has proven himself capable of this. Embiid is an interior player with strong blocking ability and high basket finishing efficiency, he has a wealth of offensive skills, it can be said that Embiid is currently the most comprehensive and capable interior player hardened. Harden and Embiid's blocking and dismantling cooperation is difficult to limit no matter which team, and if these two players can run well, I believe they will become the strongest combination of inside and outside the active league.
In addition to Harden and Embiid, they also have two potential new stars, Maxi and Sable, who have performed well this season and improved very clearly. Among them, Maxi has become the team's main offensive strength, with strong individual scoring ability, and can also connect the whole team's attack. Sebel's defense is at the top of the league, and his defense can greatly limit opposing players. When playing at the same time as Harden, Sebel's defense can share the pressure on Harden and let him focus on the offensive end.
As far as the current Philadelphia squad is concerned, in addition to the lack of a trustworthy substitute center, the team has good rotation players in other positions, the team lineup depth is outstanding, if it can be run-in, then this team has a championship phase. In my opinion, this should be the season that Philadelphia has the most hope of impacting the championship in the past so many years, and if they can get in well and the players stay healthy, then they are expected to rush out of the East this season to impact the championship.