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Fud

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  1. Players see diminishing returns in efficiency as usage goes up, but Joel’s remain very high. Rare offensive hub players can pull that off, and he’s one of them That said, I don’t think he’s a great fit for this team, especially in his current form
  2. I don't take him very seriously as a pundit, but his podcasts are entertaining
  3. He takes a 2-3 week break from the main podcast every year right before football starts, although he'll pop up on other ringer pods
  4. lulz at getting negged for this post. Hopefully his keyboard didn't get fried from his tear drops
  5. Embiid doubles up AD in assists. He's a better offensive hub than AD. He's a better scorer. He demands more double teams. AD might be more impactful to winning and thus might be the better overall player at the highest levels largely because he's more flexible defensively, he's more malleable around other good offensive players, and he runs the court better, but Joel is the better overall offensive player by any metric. If free throws are taken out of the sport, then AD might have an argument, but then Joel would probably flop less and just try to score more without flopping; Joel is, after all, an excellent jump shooter within about 20 feet, and can just shoot over most players
  6. They're objectively not similar at all offensively in terms of impact. Embiid averaged over a point per minute along with over five assists per game this year. This is silly.
  7. Tatum is excellent, but the bar is high for team USA when the stars decide they want to play, especially if your typical role is the primary initiator and KD/Lebron play your position. If he was a better connector and transition player, he'd probably be playing more. There still might be some matchups where he makes sense defensively, but I think Kerr probably just doesn't love him as a player and would rather play KD/Lebron
  8. What years would he have won multiple MVPs? He's a better defensive player than Embiid because he's more switchable on the perimeter, but he's not in Embiid's universe on offense
  9. Kerr hates ball-stoppers/surveyors, which Tatum is. Also, it made sense to go guard heavy against Serbia. I think against lesser teams you'll see him play, but against teams with a real chance of losing, you'll see his time limited Embiid needs to sit at this point. There was merit to seeing if you could play him into good form, but he's been a net negative against the starters of other teams and he doesn't really fit how this team plays. AD and Bam rotate with the option to go big by playing both or small with Lebron and KD. Embiid can match up with true big centers when you play them Regarding who starts/closes, keep in mind Holiday needs to be in those lineups. He's the best on-ball defender on the team so he's guarding the other team's best perimeter player, and he's shown to be an excellent catch-and-shoot spacer, connector, and cutter
  10. He’s seemingly tied to the agent world. He’s broken a lot of stuff this offseason
  11. It just means he'll be fresher for the super bowl stretch run
  12. He gone They have depth at the position and he wasn't appreciably better than the others, but it doesn't help their depth at the very least
  13. Tice has Houston as the #7 offense (he's still not sold on the OL), Harmon as the #3 offense (he's all in) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/predicting-the-top-10-offenses-of-2024/id1757723241?i=1000663194403
  14. I think USA will still probably be the favorite *if* everyone plays (even with Lebron, KD, and Steph aging out), but France might be the next best team next cycle. Obviously they have Wembanyama and Gobert, but they also have a lot of young perimeter players who weren't quite yet rip for this run
  15. Talking Sheppard at about the 36:30 mark https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/duncd-on-basketball-nba-podcast/id986901174?i=1000663025165
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