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Philadelphia 76ers Fatal Flaw to be fixed after 2025 NBA All-Star Break

Philadelphia 76ers Fatal Flaw to be fixed after 2025 NBA All-Star Break

Before season 2024-25, Philadelphia 76ers had a relatively successful success offseason by Lurking Paul George to Philly in the free agency. However, it seems that Sixers do not receive the same George who broke the all-Star form in previous years. Moreover, a often injured Jel Embid, followed by the absence of Jared McCain, placed the final nail in the coffin for the hopes of discolored playoffs from the 76ers.

With the second half of the season already in progress, the fatal defect of the 76ers to be fixed after the All-Star break in 2025 is their tendency to rely on the team veterans.

The failure of the Embid Paul George-Joel experiment

After making a Splash in offseason, removing George from Los Angeles Clippers, the 76 years old looked like a solid suitor in the East Conference. With George and Embid’s duo, the 76 years were expected to be threats to defend the Boston Celtics. However, before today, the All-Star duo has disappointed long time. George did not look like his old self, with an average of only 16.2 points, 5.2 recovery and 4.2 assistants per match, while filming only 43.2% of the field in general. On the other hand, Embid has endeavored to stay available for the team.

Apart from the wounds, George was poor on the field. Sixers fans have expressed their frustration towards nine times NBA All-Star, especially when it raised only two points in shooting 1 in 7 in a loss of 100-96 on the networks in Brooklyn. Though he recently announced an Hiatus for Podcast PIt will take a Herculean effort to return the 76ers season this late.

Moreover, Embidid rarely saw the floor this season for Philadelphia. In fact, the NBA MVP from 2023 missed a total of 38 games already this year. Expect to miss more games after approaching some problems around his knee. But whenever he was healthy, the team did not play very well, because the 76 years are 8-11 whenever he saw action. Embidid also has an average of 23.8 points, 8.2 recovery and 4.5 assistants per this season, which amounts to a slight dive compared to its past seasons.

Duo transported high expectations in season 2024-25. However, even without the lack of the power of the star, Philadelphia is on the verge not only missing a playoff, but also a blow to the play tour. Whether they do it or not, it does not seem that the people at Sixers have enough gas left in the tank to save the season.

Philadelphia 76ers Center Joel Embid (21 years old) controls the ball against Brooklyn Nets Center Day'ron Sharpe (20) during the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center.
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Philadelphia 76ers were injured by wounds

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Although not a veteran, Rookie McCain’s injury must be the biggest blow in the team. But, given that his promising rookie campaign was reduced by seasonal end-end surgery, Nick Nurse was forced to play his veterans in the hope of turning the season. Unfortunately, this move did not give the correct results.

A major problem to rely too much on Grizzled veterans to transport a team are injuries. Empiid’s absence had an effect on the team and the fact that he had a smaller than full health forced the team to carry out an exhausted list for the most part. On the other hand, George also missed his correct part of games at 19, while revealing he resorted to injections Allow it to play by a fingertips injury.

Other NBA veterans, Kyle Lowry and Eric Gordon, also have their own wounds. In fact, the latter will go under a knife to repair his injury to his wrist, removing it endlessly. The lesions played a major role in the disappointing season of Sixers. However, it is not yet a valid excuse, given the amount of stars that the team has.

It’s time to start relying on the youth movement

With the 76 years who were sitting at the 12th seed with a 20-38 winning book of 20-38, it will be a long blow to follow even Chicago Bulls, which is in the 10th seed, for a place at the game tour. With the season becoming a lost cause, a good way for Philadelphia to use the rest of the season is to develop their younger players.

Apart from an injured McCain, the team still has Tyrese Maxey and a promising center in Adem bona. Philadelphia has also become much younger during the season. They developed Justin Edwards from a two-way contract and signed the former selection of the first round at NBA Draft 2018, Lonnie Walker IV. In addition to these players, the ones from Sixers also made Jared Butler and Alex Reese to create in a youth movement.

So far, it becomes more and more obvious that the process was nicknamed as a failure. While Embid, the only restraint at that time, raised Philadelphia in a legitimate competitor, the franchise will probably not win any championship with him at the helm. With his wound struggles, the 76 years are better to look at the future. Fortunately, the team already has some young assets to work with.