I, apparently, was not a man of my word. Apologies for slacking on this weekly column recently. Nonetheless, I’m back for what I hope to be every week again. No guarantees, though.
Solid week for the Philadelphia 76ers, going 2-1 and narrowly falling at home to the two-time defending NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors. Now, time for some observations.
Let’s dive in.
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The Sixers’ lack of pick-and-rolls in their offense is well-documented and, generally speaking, logical. They don’t sport ideal floor spacing to dissect defenses with spread pick-and-rolls; the hub of their offense, Joel Embiid, is much more comfortable brutalizing teams on the block than he is rolling to the rim and dunking over fools.