Daily News | James Harden gives the Sixers their best chance to win an NBA title with Joel Embiid
Embiid, 29, is at the apex of what is likely to be a relatively brief NBA prime. He has, at most, four good years left. They will be very good years. Great years. His best years to date were the past two, with Harden running the show.
But only if Harden returns. He brings talent and continuity. The team got better throughout the season. He became a better point guard; he’s never been better, in fact, now delivering passes crisply to the proper teammates in the proper spots on the court in places where they can immediately dribble or shoot.Of course he would. Who else will run his team?Maxey? He hasn’t even figured out how to be a complete shooting guard yet.
back injury left the Bucks unable to beat the No. 8-seed Heat, the Sixers would have been the best team in the East this year. Alas, the Sixers remained unlucky.Embiid injured his knee in Game 3 of the first round. He missed two games; Game 4 against the Nets, whom they swept, and Game 1 against the Celtics, whom they still beat that night at the Garden.
Which brings us to Doc Rivers. For many, Rivers’ postseason failures define his career on the bench. Fine. The Sixers fired Doc. If Doc was such a dunce, then a better coach should be able to get more out of the team — a team that includes Harden, and a healthy Embiid.
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