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Brett Brown reacts why Joel Embiid only took 1 shot in the 3Q #Sixers pic.twitter.com/PysqqKoXjR
— Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) February 4, 2020
Joel Embiid responds to Brett Brown saying that the zone bothered him. He disagreed on that notion. #Sixers pic.twitter.com/wpdzddrExu
— Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) February 4, 2020
The Sixers were absolutely demolished in Miami tonight. Listen, if you didn’t think this had letdown written all over it after most of the team went to the Super Bowl the night before in the party capital of the country, then I don’t know what to tell you. But having one of the highest payrolls in the NBA and only having the 6th seed to show for it is very frustrating. And now it looks like the Brett Brown’s favorability in the locker room is becoming an issue.
I thought Brett gave a good answer when speaking about why Joel only got 1 shot in the 3rd quarter. It wasn’t that he struggled with the zone, but more how they were playing him when he caught the ball in the post. I don’t think the question Ky Carlin asked Joel was necessarily framed right, but that didn’t stop Joel from saying if the Sixers want to get him the ball they will. Listen, he’s had a tough stretch since coming back so I’m hoping the animosity more lies there. But it doesn’t help when Joel is this candid about how frustrated he is, Brett Brown is basically telling Joel to get his ass in the paint and get more offensive rebounds and find different ways to score, and Ben Simmons is calling the whole team soft.
Ben Simmons: "We were soft.”
“Soft is just don’t get bullied, fight over screens, get through screens. If you gotta knock somebody down, knock 'em over. If you gotta hit somebody in the face, knock 'em down to make sure they don’t score, hit 'em in the face.” pic.twitter.com/wd01bqbFlC
— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) February 4, 2020
Ben Simmons called the team “soft” tonight. Mike Scott’s response: “Yup, we were soft.” How do you get your physicality back? “Not be soft” #Sixers pic.twitter.com/sSHYLH57PP
— Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) February 4, 2020
Over the next 6 games we have the Bucks twice, a Grizzlies team that plays hard every night, the Clippers, Nets and Bulls. If we go 2-4 over that stretch we’re going into full panic mode.
Also, I’m no body language Doctor, but this didn’t paint the clearest picture that this team actually respects Brett.
At Sixers game in Miami, Brett Brown trying to get his team going #Sixers pic.twitter.com/mzAzDsDaMG
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) February 4, 2020