Addressing the team’s biggest weakness should be top priority for the Sixers before the February 7th NBA trade deadline. The Sixers still get torched by the opposition’s backcourt.
My fellow writers and analysts here at Liberty Ballers have essentially made a case study of this issue all season long. Jackson Frank, Tom West, and others have compiled some great video threads:
The Sixers are generally comfortable funneling drives into Embiid but Redick offers zero resistance and doesn't give Embiid enough time to rotate over to deter Collison. pic.twitter.com/EcrLsfdmDC
— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) December 15, 2018
Andrew Patton tried to learn if what our eyes keep telling us is actually true, and here is what he concluded :
However, the combination of the data plus watching all the games (and reading what more knowledgeable people wrote) leads to a conclusion I am reasonable comfortable with — the Sixers get lit on fire by lead guards too often.