Stephen A. and Perk are IMPRESSED by 76ers’ output without Joel Embiid | NBA Halftime

Stephen A. and Perk are IMPRESSED by 76ers’ output without Joel Embiid | NBA Halftime

Hey welcome inside our Los Angeles Studio alongside Stephen A Smith Bob Myers Kendrick Perkins I’m Malika Andrew the Philadelphia 76ers they lead the Dallas Mavericks 56- 51 at the half what has impressed you most about Stephen A about Philadelphia well how about them being down 11 to nothing and then

Ultimately taking a lead that’s number one number two and more importantly Tobias Harris I want to throw that name out there because I’m looking at him now 14 points on six of 10 shooting when this brother’s aggressive we we don’t talk about Tobias Harris enough he’s not

A scrub he can play and if he was just more consistently assertive imagine a healthy embiid with the way Tyrese Maxi has flourished if that Tobias Harris is somebody that you can rely upon on a night in Night Out basis just imagine what we’d be saying about the

Philadelphia 76ers I I must admit I thought the Philadelphia 76ers were going to fall off like no limit when joeel andb got injured but they have done the complete opposite and did a great job before us stand in the middle of the pack we saw Daryl Moy right make

Some moves at the trade deadline and he still have a great mixture of veterans with the young guys and Nick nurse has done the exceptional job of keeping this team afloat when you think about it I love baton I love what Larry brings to the table Stephen A just chimed in on

Tobias Harris but again it’s the mixture it’s the coaching of Nick nurse and they got a quality win a couple of games ago against the Cleveland Cavaliers and look like they’re on the verge of getting one right now yeah this is a good the 26

And8 with MB I mean if MB is not hurt we’re talking about the Sixers as a real Contender but he’s hurt and so it puts Maxi in this A1 position to carry a team which is maybe not what he should be doing at this point in his career but

He’s doing a heck of a job but Stephen you’re right Tobias Harris needs to do more of this for them to stay out of that play in seven through 10 range and he’s capable and why we don’t talk about him is he’ll do this one night and then

The next night he won’t do it and we we get upset about that we question it he’s certainly capable he’s a good player but they’re going to need him to to do that Maxi’s been doing healed I think was a great acquisition at the deadline they have one turnover that’s that’s why

They’re up they they I think they lead the league and least turnovers per game so they do a great job remember since the All-Star break we talking about Tyrese Maxi being fifth in the NBA and scoring at 29.6 points a game shooting 38% from three-point range he’s doing

His thing even from that one position he just doesn’t need to be the one position and if he’s got to play that position then a guy like Tobias Harris has to step up this man is 6 s 68 got a Jay got a handle can play with his back to

Basketall could play face in the basket there’s so much more that he could do his talent says he can do it but his his statistics says otherwise because of the lack of aggression you know what I love right now about 20 games 22 games to go everything’s on the line these these

Games matter now that’s what that’s playoffs is started and that’s what the playin tournament has done too because it’s not just I just going to be the seven8 seed now we’re playing for the six seed we’re playing for the top four to get home court we’re playing to stay

Out of that 7 through 10 so these players are showing up for these games and these games especially these two teams they’re right there couple you’re the seed it but speaking of the Dallas Mavericks defense it struggled a little bit since the allar break Kendrick how can they fix this

Well I mean you know maybe it takes Jason kid calling him out again in the media but it’s going to start from the two franchise guys right and we know Luca is not known for his defense but damn it you got to show it like we didn’t seen Luca at his best taking

Charges we didn’t seen him fighting to get over screens we didn’t saw him battling battling in the trenches and Kyrie Irv also has to be a leader he’s a champion he’s been there it’s not just about leadership they got to give him the ball more Luca is shooting almost

Twice as much as twice as much as him in this game 255 and five Kyrie Irving is one of only three players in the league averaging that this year along with LeBron and KD the brother brings it and 40% for three-point [Applause] [Applause] range

Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and Bob Myers speak on Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey’s elevated roles for the Philadelphia 76ers as they continue to deliver despite missing reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid.

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