If you want to talk about the current team building mode of the league, the more popular one is a super outside line + super inside line. You can look at the Timberwolves, they swept the Suns in the first round, and they built the team with Edwards as the interior and Towns as the interior. During the playoffs, Edwards averaged 31 points, 6.3 assists and 8 rebounds per game, shooting 51.2% from the field and 43.8% from three-point range. Towns averaged 19.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game during the playoffs. He shot 53.1 percent from the field and 52.9 percent from three-point range. With them at their core, the Timberwolves have built a lineup that can be said to be the championship favorites this year, and they can also wrestle with the Nuggets in the second round.
In addition, let's take a look at the Nuggets, which is also this team building model. Jokic is a super insider, and he is the number one presence in the league. Jokic has played 5 games in the playoffs, which can be described as quite a luxurious statistic. Jokic averaged 28.2 points, 16.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game while shooting 59.1% from the field. Murray is an outside player born for the playoffs, averaging 23.6 points and 7.2 assists per game. Although Murray shot just 40 percent from the field and 29.4 percent from three-point range, he only needed to shoot in crunch time. The Nuggets' super inside and outside combination has proven that they can win championships, maintain a good record, and even increase the number of championships in the next few years.
In fact, the 76ers in the East have also been in this team building mode, since Harden left the team. But when it comes to playoff performance, Embiid is hard to say. Take G5, for example, it was an ugly win for the 76ers. Everyone worked hard, but Embiid wasted many chances and even almost gave the Knicks a victory. G5 Embiid had 19 points, 10 assists and 1 three-pointer, but it was Maxey who really dragged the team up, with 46 points, 9 assists and 7 three-pointers. It is true that the two combined to score 65+19+8 three-pointers, but the real credit lies with Maxey. Maybe at the last minute, most people gave up the game, but the lad didn't give up and fought until the sixth game.
Regardless of the outcome of this series, Maxey became a league superdefender who was tested in the playoffs. Only Embiid's side is too much of a difference. Of course, some people say that G3 didn't score 50 points. It's true that there have been 50 games, but more games are dragging their feet. G1 hits 36.4%, G2 hits 41.4%, G4 hits 36.8%, and G5 hits 32.4%. When an inside shooting percentage is so poor, it's really incomprehensible. Embiid has been targeting Jokic before, and Jokic has hit 10 streets away from Embiid. To say Embiid, he is the most overrated supergiant in the NBA. During the regular season, it was really fierce, and you can win the scoring title and you can also win the MVP. But after all these years, Embiid didn't contribute a convincing round of the playoffs, nor did he break through the second round.
The 76ers are still in the playoffs, and they have no problem building their team, but they really don't have a championship picture. It's not that Maxey has no room to grow, but Embiid is a player who doesn't have Jokic's ability to have stable output and carry the overall situation no matter what game or intensity it is. In addition, the 76ers can also follow the example of the Timberwolves, let the interior core give up the position of the team's leader, and correct Maxey to be the first man. Regardless, this offseason, the 76ers need to make changes, both to the roster and Embiid himself.