The 76ers unexpectedly lost at home to the recently sluggish Heat, and the reasons for the team's loss are directly related to the following situations. The main thing is that Embiid did not show his enough hardness when facing the opponent's defensive strategy, and he was also a little reluctant in the choice of attack, and his teammate Maxi also made the same mistake as him.
Of course, Harris, the 76ers' other scorer, has also been doing worse and worse in these games. The burden of offense naturally falls on Harden's shoulders alone. However, Harden doesn't seem to be too focused on scoring this game, and he hopes to activate his teammates with his assists. With his killer miss, the 76ers also swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat at home. They are already behind Group 1 in the East after this game, but as things stand, they are still quite sure that they want the playoffs.
However, with Harden Embiid's current offensive form, they need to make immediate changes if they want to go further in the playoffs. According to US media reporters, if the 76ers cannot reach the Finals this season, Embiid will try to leave the team.
According to insiders, Embiid will still stay in the East, and if he leaves, the team he chooses to join is the Heat, after all, there is his former teammate Butler. The Heat can give them the trade chips they want, such as Adebayo and a first-round pick in the coming years, which is undoubtedly a very good option for the 76ers.
If the 76ers can't keep Embiid and they fail to close Harden's contract extension, they're likely to move into a rebuild early. Of course, even if the Great were to leave the 76ers, they wouldn't trade it to an Eastern Conference team, given the team's management. Some reporters believe the Warriors could boldly try to trade Embiid. Judging by the current strength of the Warriors, their entry into the playoffs is also a bit of a suspense.
Once Curry returns, the Warriors' offensive form will be back on track, and they will still be a strong team in the playoffs, after all, as the defending champions, their strength is still there. Of course, for the Warriors, they are now facing a shortage of personnel in the team, such as Curry, Payton Jr., Wiggins and other players, and there is no way to determine their return date. Curry is likely to return after eight games or so, and injuries to Payton Jr. and Jamel Green are now a big headache for management.
As for Wiggins, he has not been able to decide when to return to the team because of his family affairs, which is very detrimental to the Warriors' preparation for the next game, and once they cannot complete the title defense this season, Warriors management is likely to use this summer to make a relatively large cleansing of the team's roster.
If the Warriors are willing to trade Embiid, they might as well send Wiggins, Wayne Rooney, Poole and a first-round pick for the next three years to get Embiid for the 76ers. And Embiid and Curry and Klay's blocking will become the new tactical combination, even though the Warriors lost Poole off the bench. However, they can still sign the player who replaced Poole on the free agent market, is such a trade in line with the future of both teams?