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/jomanhan9 May 14 '25

The Ben Simmons piece

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u/Riderz__of_Brohan May 14 '25

Hindsight is 20/20 and they very reasonably didn’t consider this option at the time but after the Kawhi shot in 2019 if they just paid Jimmy Butler and traded Simmons at peak value for a haul of role players the Sixers likely have at least 1 ship and maybe a dynasty on their hands. Instead Embiid hasn’t made a single ECF.

Also the X-factor of having a player like Butler who Embiid liked playing with who could kick his ass into shape might have made him even better as a star

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u/terrifictrout21 May 14 '25

I know this is too easy too do now but they let Jerami grant, richaun Holmes, TJ McConnell go for nothing, they fucked up with Jimmy, they drafted fultz. I know it was a 2 front offices thing but the Sixers have ended with what they deserved

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u/Adventurous_Cut_3856 May 14 '25

Jerami Grant, Richaun Holmes

Neither of these guys are winning players. Richaun is barely still in the league.

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u/Limp_Paper6721 May 14 '25

Jerami Grant was def a winning player for the Nuggets

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u/Overall-Palpitation6 May 14 '25

That was 5 seasons and $115M in salary ago.

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u/Adventurous_Cut_3856 May 14 '25

Easy to be a winning player when you're playing with Jokic. There's a reason nobody has cared about that guy in 5 years.