The NBA regular season is nearing the end, and the East's ranking undercurrent is surging with the Nets, as the Nets secure their eighth position in the East, to be honest, the top two positions are not too safe, not that they are afraid of the Nets, but that no one wants to over-consume their team's strength in the first round, and the 76ers have fallen to the fourth position in the East after losing consecutive games, which is a relatively safe position for them. The question is, did the 76ers deliberately lose the game and fall to fourth place in the East, or did they lose to their opponents in succession because of their poor strength?
Xiao Feng's answer is the latter, to be honest, the 76ers have no need to deliberately decline their rankings, one of the most important factors is Embiid, he not only wants this season's scoring champion, most importantly, he also wants this season's MVP, the record is particularly important for Embiid, so the 76ers can not avoid the Nets directly and deliberately lose the game, that is, the 76ers lose consecutively, largely a matter of their own strength. There is a new question in front of us, why do the 76ers have a luxurious lineup, but they lose consecutively? In fact, to some extent, Embiid's own problems are not small.
Before Feng Jr. says Embiid, let's talk about Harden, why is Harden willing to leave Irving and Durant to join the 76ers? The reasons are all clear, because the Nets' poor record makes Harden hopeless, and Embiid, one of the best centers in the league, can give Harden the lineup configuration he wants. But is Embiid really that strong? Did Harden choose the wrong one again? After all, the team's record is there.
Embiid averaged 29.9 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.2 steals per game this season, on the surface, Embiid's data is extremely gorgeous, it can be said that he has reached the standard of competing for MVP, but please don't ignore one important point, that is, Embiid efficiency, this season Embiid's effective shooting rate is only 52.4%, the true shooting rate is 60.9%, to be honest, Embiid's efficiency is not too high, all have such high data, To a large extent, Embiid brushed out with his own super high ball share, you know, this season Embiid's ball share is as high as 37.4%, ranking first in the league.
Before Harden did not join the 76ers, Embiid as the leader of the team can actually do whatever he wants, but after Harden joined, Embiid did not restrain, and even often saw on the court after Harden held the ball for halfway, Embiid reached for the ball on the outside line, Harden is an outsider after all, not to give inappropriate, but if you give, you play without the ball is really not much of a threat. Of course, we can understand embiid's desire for data, but this style of play that sacrifices his teammates is doomed to go far.
In fact, whether it is Embiid or Harden, they have a fatal weakness, that is, they rely too much on free throws, and even Lu Coach said that if Harden and Embiid do not count the free throws, they will not be able to score in the top ten of the league per game. Excessive reliance on free throws will make them lose their desire to attack, until finally the psychology of dependence, the regular season may be able to play like this, but when it comes to the playoffs, what to do? If there is no free throw, does it mean that the team can only face the end of failure?
In addition to the free throws, neither of them has proven themselves in the playoffs, Harden needless to say, there will always be some games that drop the chain at key moments, in fact, Embiid is not much better, was played by Leonard, reversed by Trae Young, and we only saw Embiid's average of 20+ per game, I don't know how many balls are piled up. To put it bluntly, they lack a kind of momentum to fight a hard battle, Harden can't do it, Embiid is the same, although Booker and Paul's data is not as good as these two people, but the mentality of people fighting a hard battle is completely different, maybe this is the gap.
I have to admit that the personalities and styles of these two people are too similar, perhaps this also lays hidden dangers for future cooperation, if it fails again, can the two people maintain such a relationship? In fact, this is like living a life, two people with similar personalities are doomed to have no too good ending, and the real white-headed people who are old must be two people with complementary personalities.
Today's topic is here, the above views are only Xiao Feng's personal views, please forgive me for the deficiencies.