76ers News & Rumors: Sixers Players That NEED To Step Up Ft. Buddy Hield, Paul Reed, Nicolas Batum
Happy Saturday hope everybody watching the show is having a fantastic weekend you’re watching 76ers Now by chat sports I’m Chase senior thanks for being here with us coming up three players that need to play better for the Sixers you think about where this team is at right
Now it’s getting a little bit dicey in the Eastern Conference standings they need some players to play better and improve in order to help the Sixers climb up those Eastern Conference standings first Philadelphia taking on James Harden and the Clippers on Sunday James Harden as Joel embiid would say
Type f laac down in the comments section if you don’t like the beard let’s have a discussion about Buddy heel he was really good after the 76ers traded for him at the NBA trade deadline of late though he has not been good and the shooting numbers on the down Teck buddy
Heel really good start I like the playmaking he was in Fuego from Beyond The Ark but this slump has certainly been ugly you look at the numbers over the last five games and he of course got taken out of the starting five rotation from Nick nurse and 20.8 minutes per 10
Points per game two rebounds less than two assists and those numbers are down from when he was creating surprisingly off the dribble but the shooting numbers have really struggled here 42 and a half% from the floor 31% from three-point range when your game primarily is living around the
Three-point Arc and you’re known to be a three-point specialist and that is the value that you bring to your team you better make sure that you’re knocking down some threes I remember I was playing Freshman Basketball Bayard Rustin High School Westchester Pennsylvania our team is struggling a
Little bit and my coach went up to every single one of us in the locker room and said what do you bring to the table what do you think you do well and I said I think I score pretty well and I think that I distribute well for my teammates
He said okay you think you score well I want you to average 15 to 20 points per game for the rest of the season buddy heel you shoot well you’re a chucker you simply got to do a better job of knocking down some three-point shots so Chip what is changed after that fast
Start how can the 76ers get healed back on track after moving him to the bench and is that a reason that he’s been struggling because he is coming off the pine cold instead of being in that starting five yeah look I’m not sure if the move to the bench is 100% what
Caused this but I I would love to see him maybe get the ball in his hands more like he was when he first got to Philly you know you mentioned he was attacking off the dribble he was creating for others I haven’t really seen that as of
Late and he’s really been struggling to hit even open threes and just not what you expect at a bud heeld I understand you know five game sample stretch Shooters can be up and down right but he’s someone right now that the Sixers they need scoring desperately they need
Three-point shooting they’ve been a very bad three-point shooting team especially since embiid left they need him to step up I I don’t know what Nick nurse needs to do maybe that he thought mve him to the bench getting him against second unit guys would help out they got to
Figure out a way to get him going I think give him the ball a little bit more let him attack like he was when he first got here yeah and we’re here on Saturday right round to 32 in the NCAA tournament buddy hee has so much name
Value what he did at Oklahoma in the regular season in the NCAA tournament as just a flamethrower from deep and a great score great right but he hasn’t really been able to stick with an organization he’s been dangled out there as trade bait he’s been included in
Trades is that part of the reason up and down doesn’t really give you much on the defensive end of the floor and now for the Sixers here you’re looking at him you’re saying your strength is shooting the basketball and I get it sometimes Shooters can be hot and cold has to find
A rhythm has to get better S for start B for bench what should Nick nurse do with Buddy heel coming up next two more Sixers they need to be better we told you that we were going to talk about three Sixers we weren’t lying to you but first Factor meals our sponsor for
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Seen flashes from and that’s Paul Reed golden opportunity after the contract after Joel embiid went out to really stake his claim as a very valuable player on this sixer Squad and Paul Reed’s been solid he just needs to be a little bit more productive on the
Offensive end of the floor and the story of his career and why I think Doc Rivers didn’t give him a bunch of playing time good game bad game good game bad time uh bad game sometimes makes some Championship hustle winning plays other times though he makes some head scratching plays and
He could be a little bit out of control last seven games for him 24 minutes per I get it right you’re trying to get buddy heeled going tyres Maxi has taken a bunch of shots Kelly UB has been more of a focal point of this offense you
Have Kyle Lowry at times Nicholas patum is involved in the offense Tobias Harris after the injury once he comes back he’s a focal point as well so 7.7 rebounds those are solid numbers a block per a steel and a half you will take that production but think about how much
Better this production could be if Paul Reed was just a little bit more efficient from the floor 37% when you’re a big is as bad as it gets and it’s as low efficient as it gets for a steady NBA rotation player and Paul Reed after
That Suns game I think it was is when he took to X and said and I appreciate the honesty here I played like look Tyrese Maxi played like crap as well he was ice cold from the deck and here’s what Paul Reed had to say about his play
I like somebody who looks inward looks in the mirror and takes accountability ility you were starting to see some more of my package for like my whole career I haven’t really been able to show all of what I can do is that a shot at Glenn
Rivers as I get more minutes it’s coming out and you’re starting to see a glimpse of it the coldblooded clutch three at the end of the game against the Knicks was awesome I want to see more of that and he’s right he’s showing what he can be he’s always been a late
Developer at the college ranks he was kind of overlooked a little little bit and let’s give credit to b ball Paul has come a long way chip in his career still very active defensively starting to improve that jumper even though the form is hella ugly but Paul Reed just got to
Be a little bit more consistent in my eyes yeah I I don’t have him on here necessarily because he’s been bad and I want him to just be a little bit better I I have on here because he’s been solid but I see another step he can take right
We’ve seen how far he’s already come in his career I think there’s another level he can get to I think he can get to being one of the Premier backup bigs in the league there’s no reason in my opinion that him and mo bomba should be playing pretty much the same amount of
Minutes I get Paul Reed’s under size he plays a lot bigger than what his size is but I just see so much potential particularly in his offensive game like it’s still just not quite refined enough it’s not as bad as it used to be but he’s just not completely all the way
There with the ball in his hands and the post look we’ve seen it in the G League level I know it’s completely different level of competition it’s never going to be what it was there where he’s putting up over 20 a game but he can shoot it a
Little bit he has some offensive game I’d love to be able to him to see him take that next step and you know the reason why the Sixers paid him and kept him didn’t let him go to Utah because they saw the potential I’d really like
To see him take that that next jump and that’s why he’s here yeah kind of a good Flex by Danny a to force the Sixers into having to pay him because they matched the offer and Paul Reed like came into the league when he was 1920 he went to
Depal not a college basketball Powerhouse by any means he’s still only 24 years old so there is room for him to grow his chip alluded to he can get better again the big word that I’ve obviously thrown out there a couple of times at this point consistency so can
Bball Paul be that long-term backup option for Joel MB because I also like the pick and roll type of ability if he adds that three-point shot a little bit more to his game why for yes and for no Nicholas patum time to step up and earlier in the week against the Miami
Heat he made a lot of really important plays and they talked about it on the broadcast Mark Jones outkick woke Allstar and um who else was on the broadcast um I forget who else was on the broadcast that night but they were talking about Nicholas patum how if you
Looked at the box score during that game you’d be like oh Nicholas patum hasn’t really done all that much he actually made a lot of plays that moved the needle for the Philadelphia 76ers he was very good early on after that James Harden trade has not been good without
Joel embiid of course that’s understandable I think it was Doris Burke by the way who was on the broadcast and he’s not been as good without Joel embiid look you get it right when embiid’s on the floor Batum doesn’t have a lot of focus toward him from the opposing defense but his last
Five games and this is really why the Sixers are having issues here Harris out embiid’s been out you expect some of these players to try to carry the water a little bit and they haven’t it all four and a half points four and a half rebounds assist and a half the field
Goal numbers are down three-point numbers down and I think that is a byproduct of embiid not being on the floor there is a correlation there because it’s looked harder for the 7 Sixers offense to get going and put the ball in the hoop and put the ball in the
Basket and when you have him beat things are made easier because all of the attention is centered toward him so same thing as buddy hee here I need better splits from Batum and I need him to continue to be that veteran player that he is glue guy type of guy but when the
Pressure’s on that’s when you need to play a little bit better and the pressure on embiid out Harris been out you’re in this playoff run you’re falling down the playoff standings now is the time to get it together and hopefully they watch this video and
They’re able to do that so who needs to step up the most for the 76ers here talked about three players anybody else if so drop those names have a great rest of your weekend we’ll see you early next week with more Coverage Oh
76ers news on today’s Sixers Now with host Chase Senior is all about Buddy Hield, Nicolas Batum & Paul Reed. The Philadelphia 76ers have been struggling without Joel Embiid, and Nick Nurse needs players on the 76ers roster to step up in his absence. Buddy Hield, Nic Batum & Paul Reed have all been struggling for the Sixers as of late and will need to play better for the Sixers to win games and avoid the NBA Play-In Tournament.
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Buddy Hield stats (Last 5 Games):
– 20.8 MPG
– 10.2 PPG
– 2.0 RPG
– 1.8 APG
– 42.6 FG%
– 31.0 3P%
Paul Reed stats (Last 5 Games):
– 24.3 MPG
– 7.2 PPG
– 7.2 RPG
– 1.4 SPG
– 1.2 BPG
– 37.1 FG%
Nicolas Batum stats (Last 5 Games):
– 28.1 MPG
– 4.6 PPG
– 4.6 RPG
– 1.6 APG
– 37.5 FG%
– 25.0 3P%
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Nicolas Batum (F)
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I do not like the beard. He's going to try to show off on my sixers tomorrow.
Nicholas batum, need to step up
And The other. problem is hill cannot play good with harris on the floor with him
Sixers need to draft hard! Taller players who can shoot three's and rebounds! And can attack one on one! Buddy and Lowry don't do that! They must let Jones play with this team! There is no big weight players on this roster except Embid! Council and Dowtin and T Smith has to play!
Morey needs to look hard at this team! Still too small!
When you find yourself demanding repeatedly that players "step up" it usually means you've already seen their best. We have greatly overrated our players. It's basically Joel, Maxey, maybe Oubre, and that's about it. We're two impact players shy of contending for the Eastern chip.
Shoutout West Chester.
They should have never gave up Lofton I think 💭 he’s way better than Pauly they never gave him enough time like Pauly I guarantee he would of had way better stats
76ers needs to adding more versatility and enough help on backup center and center position in the NBA draft
What tf is Lowry starting over buddy heild. 🫠🫠🫠. Heild is getting less and less usage and less minutes each game. Not to mention, a lot of players that were injured are starting to return to the team. They’re barely using heild and the dude is just sitting in the corner every play.
They want maxey to keep developing as a rising star lets be honest embiid with maxey they easily can get 30+ a piece
The way i see buddy's problem is that for one he doesn't have enough of a gunner mentality, the shots are there for the taking often but simply doesn't take them. Also by nba standards he's an average or below athlete n has problems shaking even average defenders. Thirdly, I know Maxey needs to score a lot but he's actually at this point taking too many shots bc many of them are not good shots n he could stand to focus more on getting others involved. Lastly bc Embiid is out there is no consistent source of gravity to draw pressure away from buddy, he rarely gets many wide open looks. Despite these circumstances if buddy would be willing just to be somewhat of a gunner it could help him n the team…
Paul Reed could improve right now simply by fouling less or one n also lost the finesse shots around the rim n go hard perhaps leading to more and-1 opportunities
Batum to me is spending most of his efforts trying to be the solid foundation n make up for youngsters mistakes which to me is commendable… his numbers have suffered but his presence is necessary despite his lack of numbers
Get ready for the draft
S buddy plus he isn’t getting much shots
They should have gotten the Guard from ALT.Sharp shooter!