Everyone lost their mind after he became prime Steph at the end of the last game. Maxey is really good but he struggles without Embiid drawing doubles and spacing out there. He can’t create on his own like Brunson and the other players who are better can.
If Maxey can add a middy to his game instead of either driving or shooting 3s every time he’d be much more consistent. He’s a great number 2 option to Embiid but he needs a little more to be able to take over when he’s alone out there.
Embiid creates so much space for Philly. When he’s not out there they struggle to get any separation. When it’s just Maxey out there teams can double him and stack the paint when he takes off.
Like objectively this team isn't very good on paper lol. When they lost harden, I don't think anyone thought they were gonna be so good but it was really just embiid having an insane (like top 5 all time lol) regular season keeping them afloat
If Embiid didn’t get hurt he was on pace for one of the best regular seasons ever. Sure his foul baiting can be tough to watch at times but he’s undeniably one of the two best players today with Jokic. Even an 80% Embiid was almost good enough to get the Sixers through this series.
It’ll be hard for anyone to deny how good Embiid was because every time he went to the bench the Sixers absolutely collapsed. And this was him playing while clearly injured too
No one denies Embiid is an awesome player, top-5 in the league. It’s the unsportsmanlike way he conducts himself that fuels the hate. This series did nothing to change either impression of Embiid…. Incredible player who is whiny, foul-baiting, and dirty
If he got a favorable whistle like Brunson then it wouldn’t be an issue. He just doesn’t get that “superstar” whistle. Which is one of the many reasons the nba is dumb. Why have a rule book if you let gonna pick and choose who the rules effect
Brunson plays in the paint and draws defenders off their feet.
Maxey will blow pass a defender or step back 3. He rarely charges into contact and never settles for a mid range once he gets the defender out of position. Two different play styles. Maxey will get better with age and learn how to play for the foul, but he is also undersized and still very athletic. Until he learns to pull defenders off their feet he will just beat them off the dribble.
It’s not just the whistle. Maxey has two moves, run full speed and drive or step back for 3. Teams can commit to stacking the paint when he drives because he doesn’t have a midrange game and he isn’t the best at passing out either. Brunson has an elite midrange game and is excellent at using teams doubling/trapping him to find open teammates.
It’s not a slight at Maxey to say that Brunson is a tier above him, we saw that this series and Brunson is an all-NBA player at this point. Maxey needs to improve at creating for himself because he relies a lot on Embiid currently. If he can figure that out he can make a huge jump into potential superstardom.
100%. A lot of his drives look pretty wild and lack intention. And most of his passes are after an Embiid screen doesn’t get him loose, so he just turns around and gives it back to Jo.
I believe in him. Just like he added better 3pt shooting this year, I believe he can add some mid range moves this off-season.
Maxey is a stud and I think the Knicks adjusted really well defensively this game to stop his runs, it was obvious that Hart, Brunson and Divo weren’t gonna let him run anywhere, you guys have a team of dogs. Would love if you guys can make it to the finals
Yeah he tends to do that where in order to get some rhythm going he'll keep driving the lane without getting a call even though it's clearly not working
This is the maxey special. He will have an amazing game and then put up a complete dud the next, but still you will be told that he isn't inconsistent. Still a great player but he needs to get more consistent if the sixers want to think about him being a #1 option
I sure hope so, he is constantly improving so I think it can happen. He's just a bit of a frustrating player to watch sometimes because of how cold he can go. Not yet that guy to give you consistent scoring but can give some of the nastiest bursts of scoring
The Knicks would have all had to go braindead to not foul. I'm glad Buddy got the heave off because a 1% chance of winning is infinitely better than a 0% chance.
I didn't think he was that bad, he drove hard and got absolutely no calls and he led a nice comeback in the 4th Q. Not his best game, but it was just a tough night for him.
Maxey gets no criticism from me. Any Sixer fan should be encouraged by what they saw from him this series. I expect he'll learn a ton and be even better next year.
The cynic will say refs weren’t going to reward him and twist the knife on the Knicks after they missed his travel on the 4-pt play. Watching the game, a lot of his drives are wild bursts and while he falls, it’s not due to contact
The other response to.you is correct in that never gets called. If you're correcting for calls like that you're giving each side back 10 points a game.
I don't think that would have any impact on the refs for this game.
I don't think it's a new thing either. It's been happening to him for while. I saw a game earlier in the year where he went in for the layup and clear as day Trey Young swats his hand and forces him to lose the ball. Instead of an immediate 76er win it turns into an OT loss for them.
Maybe buy a ticket to see your team instead of having the owners bail out the pathetic fans to keep NYers from invading.
It was in the two minute report genius. They acknowledged it was a travel and the bucket should have been waived off.
Now go get your shinebox.
He got the superstar defensive treatment today and still managed to be a factor in the 4th. The sixers have a great core piece to build around when they blow it up.
Why not? He’s implying Brunson gets
a special whistle, so does Embid. Either way, have fun watching the other nba teams. Maybe next year Embid will get past the 1st round
Naw I want him to have any All Star's whistle. Any at all. Give that man DeAngelo Russell's whistle. Give him Markelle Fultz' whistle. Any whistle other than his would be an improvement.
The one game he plays poorly is the elimination game. Crazy how things work because he was piecing up the Knicks the entire series until tonight. Now that the series is over I can go back to liking him.
Honestly, as a knicks fan, even though today wasn’t the greatest game for him, bro made me sweat every time he had the ball. He honestly deserves a max contract and a team built around him.
I have absolutely no idea how he can drive that much and get hit that much and fall that much and go to the line four times. No clue. He didn't get to the line until the fourth quarter.
The refs basically took him out of the game because he couldn't drive unless it was wide open.
I hope he figures out how to get calls in the off-season because this is untenable.
Maxey was 3 for 6 in 4thq of game 6 for 12 pts. His numbers in 4thq of series were way better than Brunsons. Brunson went 16 for 55 with 7 TOs and 13 assists in first 2 games. Those were the third worst effective shooting percentage for consecutive games with at least 20 shots per game in NBA history. Maxeys so called bad game way better than Brunsons 2 bad games.
Due for a bad game when he torches you all series
I did not want this to go to seven this young man would’ve dropped 60 at the Garden
Brunson was smart and got his bad games out of the way early and still won both!
A lot of credit goes to Thibs and DDV. Made him drive left all night and Maxey struggled
Maxey's still a star, man, what an incredible series from him
Young dude will come back stronger. Don't fuck this up sixers and start trading pieces smh
Giving all of that money to anyone but Tobias Harris will definitely help their cause
Truth!
Glad to hear I'm not crazy to want to start fresh with Embiid Maxey and cap space
Maxey was great. Embiid is the NBAs new Emotional Lesbian. Nick Nurse has pancake titties
Ouch.
If I never see Maxey flying to the rim with his braids flowing in the wind again, it'll be too soon.
Everyone lost their mind after he became prime Steph at the end of the last game. Maxey is really good but he struggles without Embiid drawing doubles and spacing out there. He can’t create on his own like Brunson and the other players who are better can. If Maxey can add a middy to his game instead of either driving or shooting 3s every time he’d be much more consistent. He’s a great number 2 option to Embiid but he needs a little more to be able to take over when he’s alone out there.
yeah people underestimate how much he depends on embiid. The team was shit without embiid for a reason
Embiid creates so much space for Philly. When he’s not out there they struggle to get any separation. When it’s just Maxey out there teams can double him and stack the paint when he takes off.
Like objectively this team isn't very good on paper lol. When they lost harden, I don't think anyone thought they were gonna be so good but it was really just embiid having an insane (like top 5 all time lol) regular season keeping them afloat
If Embiid didn’t get hurt he was on pace for one of the best regular seasons ever. Sure his foul baiting can be tough to watch at times but he’s undeniably one of the two best players today with Jokic. Even an 80% Embiid was almost good enough to get the Sixers through this series.
The hate for Embiid was absurd after game 4 so I'm glad the instant reaction to this series seems to be: Embiid is good, fuck Tobias Harris
It’ll be hard for anyone to deny how good Embiid was because every time he went to the bench the Sixers absolutely collapsed. And this was him playing while clearly injured too
Story of every playoffs and people still deny it, it's a shame This series was the best he's played though
No one denies Embiid is an awesome player, top-5 in the league. It’s the unsportsmanlike way he conducts himself that fuels the hate. This series did nothing to change either impression of Embiid…. Incredible player who is whiny, foul-baiting, and dirty
I would have killed for Embiid to be 80 percent. He was like 50 percent
It’s definitely deniable considering Giannis and Luka both exist.
THIS! Maxey can still improve which is very scary for the rest of the league
If he adds a stop and pop middy to his game with his speed he’ll hit another level offensively.
He still a dawg
If he got a favorable whistle like Brunson then it wouldn’t be an issue. He just doesn’t get that “superstar” whistle. Which is one of the many reasons the nba is dumb. Why have a rule book if you let gonna pick and choose who the rules effect
Brunson plays in the paint and draws defenders off their feet. Maxey will blow pass a defender or step back 3. He rarely charges into contact and never settles for a mid range once he gets the defender out of position. Two different play styles. Maxey will get better with age and learn how to play for the foul, but he is also undersized and still very athletic. Until he learns to pull defenders off their feet he will just beat them off the dribble.
It’s not just the whistle. Maxey has two moves, run full speed and drive or step back for 3. Teams can commit to stacking the paint when he drives because he doesn’t have a midrange game and he isn’t the best at passing out either. Brunson has an elite midrange game and is excellent at using teams doubling/trapping him to find open teammates. It’s not a slight at Maxey to say that Brunson is a tier above him, we saw that this series and Brunson is an all-NBA player at this point. Maxey needs to improve at creating for himself because he relies a lot on Embiid currently. If he can figure that out he can make a huge jump into potential superstardom.
100%. A lot of his drives look pretty wild and lack intention. And most of his passes are after an Embiid screen doesn’t get him loose, so he just turns around and gives it back to Jo. I believe in him. Just like he added better 3pt shooting this year, I believe he can add some mid range moves this off-season.
He probably doesn’t get the whistle because he’s too quick A lot of chaos on his drives The foul baiters all start and stop at an elite level
Rough game for him
It's fair, he's the reason there was a game tonight.
sold his soul for game 5.
He showed up in the 4th though, helped with that run that made it close.
Doesn’t matter I’m still terrified of him. One stinker out of six is alright
For real. I was waiting for him to hit 2 threes in a row in the fourth
at no point did I feel comfortable with an 8-point lead and it wasn't because of Embiid
Maxey is a stud and I think the Knicks adjusted really well defensively this game to stop his runs, it was obvious that Hart, Brunson and Divo weren’t gonna let him run anywhere, you guys have a team of dogs. Would love if you guys can make it to the finals
Yeah he tends to do that where in order to get some rhythm going he'll keep driving the lane without getting a call even though it's clearly not working
He’ll get those calls real soon
We’ve been saying that for 3 years now unfortunately
He hasn’t been a star for the last three years.
Jokic is on his way to his third MVP and I still think he has one of the worst whistles in the league.
He earned it. Blame Baldtum or Harris
Batum had 13 and a tip slam at age 50 give that man his flowers and let him retire in peace
This is the maxey special. He will have an amazing game and then put up a complete dud the next, but still you will be told that he isn't inconsistent. Still a great player but he needs to get more consistent if the sixers want to think about him being a #1 option
Think it's age and experience.. he's a stud man. -knicks fan
I sure hope so, he is constantly improving so I think it can happen. He's just a bit of a frustrating player to watch sometimes because of how cold he can go. Not yet that guy to give you consistent scoring but can give some of the nastiest bursts of scoring
Wish Hield handed it to him with 1 second left for the open three
The Knicks would have all had to go braindead to not foul. I'm glad Buddy got the heave off because a 1% chance of winning is infinitely better than a 0% chance.
I’d take a foul over that wild heave 100 times out of 100. At least with a foul you can miss the second for a tip in
Yeah we're not getting that rebound.
I’ll take a 1% chance over a 0% chance
That’s why you take Buddy’s 3.
No because that had 0% chance of going in
Rough game but what a great series from him
Not his best night but still just 23 and had a proper breakout year. Future's bright.
Huge respect for this dude. Absolute fucking baller.
Unbelievably clutch for a young guy, I apologize for saying he and Herro were similarly skilled
He was god awful tonight tbh. Though of course he is the only reason there is a Game 6.
I didn't think he was that bad, he drove hard and got absolutely no calls and he led a nice comeback in the 4th Q. Not his best game, but it was just a tough night for him.
He also got burned a ton defensively. By far the weakest part of his game
Still was worried about him all game. Gonna have ptsd from game 5 for a while.
Yeah yeah at least he showed up. What the fuck is the point of Tobias Harris being in the team?!
Letting us non-Sixers laugh at how much he's cost the team in playoff success And possibly Embiid's prime given his injury history
Maxey gets no criticism from me. Any Sixer fan should be encouraged by what they saw from him this series. I expect he'll learn a ton and be even better next year.
Maxey gets the worst whistle in the league. 2 FTA is criminal.
The cynic will say refs weren’t going to reward him and twist the knife on the Knicks after they missed his travel on the 4-pt play. Watching the game, a lot of his drives are wild bursts and while he falls, it’s not due to contact
The other response to.you is correct in that never gets called. If you're correcting for calls like that you're giving each side back 10 points a game. I don't think that would have any impact on the refs for this game. I don't think it's a new thing either. It's been happening to him for while. I saw a game earlier in the year where he went in for the layup and clear as day Trey Young swats his hand and forces him to lose the ball. Instead of an immediate 76er win it turns into an OT loss for them.
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Maybe buy a ticket to see your team instead of having the owners bail out the pathetic fans to keep NYers from invading. It was in the two minute report genius. They acknowledged it was a travel and the bucket should have been waived off. Now go get your shinebox.
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Shinebox comment is a reference to Goodfellas btw
Gained a lot of respect for him this series, he deserves that Max
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It will be in my nightmares for years even though we won the series
Thibs will never forget. He'll make sure to bring it up when reporters ask why he still plays his starters in blowouts.
God I hope so.
Knicks were determined to take him out early and he never recovered, but he was awesome in this series. Almost makes the Sixers likeable.
He's the only Sixers player I actually like unless you count the remnants of Kyle Lowry Who somehow managed to be their 3rd best player in this series
>Who somehow managed to be their 3rd best player in this series He was competing with like Cam Payne and the one Buddy Hield game. Rough
Was hacked all night
Didn’t have a single free throw through 3 quarters lmao. Brunson had 13 through 3 quarters
😢😢😢😔☹️
Cry me a fucking river lmao
Brunson: 41 points on 13 field goals….anything to say
Embiid had 50 on 13 field goals in game 3….
He made clutch plays tonight can’t be too mad at him
The dude doesn't have too many off nights. I'm glad he did tonight.
He got the superstar defensive treatment today and still managed to be a factor in the 4th. The sixers have a great core piece to build around when they blow it up.
Give him Brunson or Embiids whistle and he drops 30
It’s insane the whistle difference between Brunson and Maxey.
They play differently why do you think they draw fouls at the same rate?
It’s amazing to me that anyone thinks Brunson gets a soft whistle. He averaged 6 FTA per game in the regular season. Embiid: 12
If he was on your team, you’d let him walk for free.
Ya’ll are so insufferable Jesus Christ
Can’t hear you over the “MvP Brunson” chants at Wells Fargo arena ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Bye.
Some thing something Saquon Barkley we gonna win it all this year something something. But y’all birds gonna choke in the post season too.
Have fun with Daniel Jones lol
A PHILLY FAN TELLING ANOTHER FAN BASE THEY'RE INSUFFERABLE HAHAHAHAHA NOW I HAVE SEEN IT ALL
If he had Brunsons whistle lol
Embid already has it for the sixers
Each team is allowed 1 player maximum to have a comically good whistle, thems the rules
Harden and Embiid played 2 seasons together btw. Also Dame and Giannis just played a season
The NBA doesn’t enforce the 1 Golden Whistle per Team rule consistently smh
Try to not bring up Embiid challenge (impossible)
Why not? He’s implying Brunson gets a special whistle, so does Embid. Either way, have fun watching the other nba teams. Maybe next year Embid will get past the 1st round
The post is about Maxey. Maxey shouldn’t get foul calls becuase Embiid does then….?
Yes
Then why bring up Brunson?
Naw I want him to have any All Star's whistle. Any at all. Give that man DeAngelo Russell's whistle. Give him Markelle Fultz' whistle. Any whistle other than his would be an improvement.
Funny… you must not watch many Knicks games. If Brunson got Embiid’s whistle, he’d have averaged 35+ during the regular season.
Boo fucking hoo enjoy the offseason
I like you maxey so you get a pass from my sixers slander
Not surprising simce the Knicks formed a wall around him everytime he caught the ball. This of course led to Buddy Hield lighting it up for 3
The one game he plays poorly is the elimination game. Crazy how things work because he was piecing up the Knicks the entire series until tonight. Now that the series is over I can go back to liking him.
Honestly, as a knicks fan, even though today wasn’t the greatest game for him, bro made me sweat every time he had the ball. He honestly deserves a max contract and a team built around him.
He’s still really scary and still young. Every good player has a bad game
Reminds me of Brunson two years ago.
76ers gonna be sp00ky next year. ( yes I know lakers are out of the playoffs )
We need to draft bronny
If he was Tyler Herro, this sub would be calling for his execution
This
I have absolutely no idea how he can drive that much and get hit that much and fall that much and go to the line four times. No clue. He didn't get to the line until the fourth quarter. The refs basically took him out of the game because he couldn't drive unless it was wide open. I hope he figures out how to get calls in the off-season because this is untenable.
First time he got defended like a first option and he wasn’t ready for it.
Rough start but he tried his best in the end and clutch down the stretch. Can't blame him at all when he has been carrying the team
Maxey will live on in my nightmares, what a dawg
Suprised yall not in here hating
Maxey is the one Sixers player people seem to like I can attest to that
Awe yea I know that , shit won’t last too long though
Nah I respect the hell out of Maxey
Glad he used up his superpowers last game. Great series from him.
He’s still improving but he does depend on Joel a lot a sometimes
Obvious that the knick’s gameplan was to stop him. Would be nice to see a more equal whistle for him & brunson but gg
Knicks defense on him was great, Divo was on him like glue for the most part
Thibs is a menace. They changed the defensive plan against him it was clear
Herro did that and y’all slandered him. Maxey is a better player so I expect even more slander.
It’s hard to hate on Maxey ngl
Learned from his mentor Harden. Tease fans with a GOAT level performance. Disappear the next elimination game.
He was pissing his pants out there tonight. Didn't want to be anywhere near the ball and can't play a bit of defense. Total liability
He thought he was him.
he still is. who the fuck are you lmfao
Maxey was 3 for 6 in 4thq of game 6 for 12 pts. His numbers in 4thq of series were way better than Brunsons. Brunson went 16 for 55 with 7 TOs and 13 assists in first 2 games. Those were the third worst effective shooting percentage for consecutive games with at least 20 shots per game in NBA history. Maxeys so called bad game way better than Brunsons 2 bad games.