Sixers Looking to Trade Up

[Coach Ellis]

Lol what?

You can still trade with the Bucks and if a Cavs/Philly trade happens you can still try and get the 3rd pick from the Cavs.

Bucks maybe, but the Cavs probably wouldn't trade out of the top 3. I could be wrong.

 

[Doublea]

I'm pretty sure Philly would trade with the Bucks to get Wiggins. Embiid is going first.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

Interesting.
If I'm Cleveland, I DON'T do it. Embiid is a once-in-a-decade talent and great 5's are just too hard to find. Cavs desperately need a center. Hawes is unrestriced and isn't a top talent anyway. Varejao is old and is always hurt. Would Parker be an upgrade over Thompson? Sure. But Thompson is at least young and serviceable. I don't think Embiid slips past Milwaukee since they need a replacement for their pothead, Sanders. There really isn't another center in the top half of the draft. Cleveland would have to go with someone like Stauskas or McDermott at #10, but they already have Waiters at SG and Anthony Bennett ostensibly replacing Deng at SF.

We'd be hard-pressed to go back and find another collegiate freshman with the relatively pedestrian statistics and wildly inconsistent play that Embiid logged this season and say he was a once-in-a-decade player.

I like Embiid. But he may be as big a question mark as anyone in the top 3.

 

[Doublea]

We'd be hard-pressed to go back and find another collegiate freshman with the relatively pedestrian statistics and wildly inconsistent play that Embiid logged this season and say he was a once-in-a-decade player.

I like Embiid. But he may be as big a question mark as anyone in the top 3.

You must not have watched Embiid play.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

You must not have watched Embiid play.

I did. He has a ton of potential and could be an elite player. But he is not a once-in-a-decade player right now. In the last 20 or so years, there have been how many, three? Anthony Davis, Lebron, and probably Shaq. Even Duncan, as good as he was in college and despite being the first pick, had questions. His motor and fire and ability to win big games against strong competition were concerns.

This doesn't mean Embiid doesn't have elite potential. It just means he's not THAT special right now. Hence why Wiggins, or Parker to a lesser degree, could go ahead of him.

 

[Stifle Tower]

"Once in a decade" was referring to 5's only. Maybe some hyperbole there. But true franchise 5's are very rare. Embiid has that potential. I think the CAvs want more of an immediate return, though, as they went all out trying to make the playoffs. Wiggins allows them to shop Waiters, who was a problem at times.

 

[Doublea]

"Once in a decade" was referring to 5's only. Maybe some hyperbole there. But true franchise 5's are very rare. Embiid has that potential. I think the CAvs want more of an immediate return, though, as they went all out trying to make the playoffs. Wiggins allows them to shop Waiters, who was a problem at times.

Cavs will go with Embiid or Wiggins, both make sense for them. Jabari is too ball dominant with them having Irving and Waiters.

 

[homeytennis]

Cavs will go with Embiid or Wiggins, both make sense for them. Jabari is too ball dominant with them having Irving and Waiters.

Embiid does have the back issue.