This season, the NBA is competing for supremacy, and there are enough dark horse teams, and during this time, two super dark horse teams have emerged in the league, the Utah Jazz in the West and the New York Knicks in the East. The Jazz have 8 wins and 2 losses in the past 10 games, directly beating the 3-to-5 winning rate, and the Knicks traded Barrett in exchange for Anunoby, and immediately ushered in a wave of 4 consecutive wins, with an average net win of 18.5 points per game in 4 games. At the same time, several championship-level teams at the top of the Eastern Conference have been in poor form lately. The Timberwolves, who are first in the West, are 1-3 in the last 4 games, the Thunder, who are second in the West, are 1-2 in the last 3 games, the Bucks, who are second in the East, are 1-4 in the last 5 games, and the 76ers, who are third in the East, are also 1-3 in the last 4 games.
At the beginning of this season, the 76ers completed a blockbuster trade, they traded Harden and PJ Tucker in exchange for the Clippers Morris, Batum and Covington and others, plus multiple draft picks, just from the perspective of trade chips, the 76ers seem to be a little bit of a loss, they failed to trade Harden for star-level players, and even young potential players did not get, and the Clippers were unwilling to hand over Mann. On the other hand, the 76ers themselves have not reached the point where the roster is reorganized, and their star Embiid is at his peak, and the team is impossible to mess up. At that time, after the completion of the Harden trade, many fans felt that the 76ers might fall out of the range of strong teams, and they only had Embiid as an All-Star on their lineup, while other championship-level teams had two or three star players, and some even four.
Unexpectedly, the 76ers are still soaring this season, ranking in the top three in the East, and Harden's departure seems to have no impact. Judging from the process of the game, Harden's departure seems to have activated the 76ers team even more, first of all, the young Maxey took over as the second leader of the team, replacing Harden to assume the role of point guard, Maxey gave him the ball, it was really good, and his organizational skills were developed, this season, Maxey averaged 25.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, and his average assists per game nearly doubled compared with last season. Maxey, on the other hand, is still the league's most minutes per game this season at 37.2 minutes, and he has a good chance of running as the most improved player of the season. Harden's departure, in addition to giving Maxey more room to develop, also gives Embiid more scoring opportunities.
In the playoffs last season, Embiid said after being eliminated that he wanted to occupy more of the ball, he wanted to show his ability to control the dribble and be an all-round organizational big center, Harden's departure is exactly what Embiid wants, Embiid's average data per game this season is also rising, he can average 34.6 points, 11.8 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game, which can be called the emperor of contemporary NBA data, this season Embiid has also scored super high points in a single game many times, with 48 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists in a single game, 50 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists, and 51 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. Maintaining such data, while leading the 76ers to continue to be in the top three in the East, Embiid's MVP and the personal double honor of scoring champion this season are basically gone.
Despite this, Embiid, a player, is still questioned, especially after his past game, his identity as a "data brush" has been exposed. In the last game with the New York Knicks, Embiid felt average, and the 76ers were suppressed throughout the whole process, and the game quickly entered garbage time, and the difference between the two sides in the final quarter once came to more than 30 points. In order to continue his record of 30 points and 10 rebounds in a single game, Embiid still struggled on the court in garbage time in the fourth quarter, missed three mid-range shots in a row, and finally got a foul through a tough collision, stood on the free throw line to score two points, and scored just 30 points in a single game. As a result, he also scored 30+ for the 16th consecutive game and 30+10 for the 15th consecutive game, continuing to refresh the team record.
Such a shameless way of scoring is indeed rare, no wonder Embiid is not respected, what he values most is his personal data and honor, and he is also afraid of the soft and afraid of the hard in the game, he can't fight a tough battle, he has never proven himself in the playoffs, and at most he is in the second round. In addition, Embiid's scoring methods in games mostly rely on touching porcelain to stand on the free throw line to score, no wonder he can score so many points in a single game. This season, in order to keep his average data and record, Embiid takes turns to rest at every turn, and he doesn't want to play games and rests directly. Compared with Embiid, Jokic is really a few notches higher, Jokic and the Great are like a decent villain, Jokic is the kind of player who contributes to the team and doesn't care about personal data and honor, what do you think?