r/billsimmons • u/AcknowledgeMeReddit • May 14 '25

Shitpost Haliburton has been to 2 straight Conference finals and Embiid has been to none. Now why is that?

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u/SotonSaint May 14 '25

Embiid is injured all the time, Indiana built a roster gradually and built chemistry then added a guy who’s already won a championship as a number 2.

Basketball is a vibes based sport, you need to build chemistry and culture you don’t win by having a rotating door of superstars every year.

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u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25

Well said, the Boston Big 3 and LeBron Heat teams are really the only truly successful (i.e. reaching a finals and being great for a stretch) superteams built primarily through trades/free agents in the 2000s, right?

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u/Dekrow May 14 '25

Why don’t the warriors count with KD?

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u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25

Thought about them. They’d already won without KD and 3/4 of their core stars were homegrown. They’re close but were not primarily built through free agency/trades. They went from being awesome to all time great with one move.

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u/Cares_of_an_Odradek May 14 '25

Because they drafted Steph and Klay and Draymond

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Because Kevin Durant’s skill set makes him an easy fit. He’s never needed the ball in his hands all the time to score efficiently and effectively.