76ers-Knicks Predictions: Why Embiid & Sixers offense will overpower New York | Hoops Tonight
Jason Timpf shares his predictions for Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and the Philadelphia 76ers’ first round matchup against Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks. Jason breaks down film of the two teams from throughout the season, and ultimately predicts that the series will go seven games, but with the 76ers coming out with the 7-seed upset of the 2nd-seeded Knicks. Jason then reacts to the USA Basketball Olympics roster, and decides what the starting lineup should be, as well as answer fan mailbag questions about the hottest topics from around the NBA.
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in regards to that last mailbag question, I think you are downplaying the the supporting cast surrounding Lebron, as opposed to Steph. it is fair to say there has been a decline especially if you are comparing it to the season he had in 2021, but Lebron definitely would not be able maintain this kind of production if he had to be the focal point of the defense without any other options to take the load off of him consistently(Dlo, Reave, AD). Not only does he had a second star in AD but 2 other guy who can create for themselves and others.
Enough scholar talk. Orange and blue skyies, baby.
Joel is hurt Knicks in 5
For someone who knows so much ball and has made so many good videos breaking down the Knicks properly, I could not be more disappointed in your assessment here. Saying that our secondary option is just DiVincenzo shooting The threes is severely missing the mark on his analysis. When JB and iHart are on the court together, there is no set secondary scorer. It becomes the iHart short roll show. Dante and OG become cutters and spot up shooters. It's just that most of the time, Divo's defenders don't realize how little space he needs to get those threes off and hit them. If you put Tobias Harris on OG, OG is going to catch Tobias sleeping on the backdoor constantly for dunks or OG will drive and kick and most likely find Divo or Brunson. Don't be shocked if you see Josh Hart come off the bench this series to allow Deuce to guard Maxey. They gave Deuce the job of guarding Steph and he excelled. But if not, OG absolutely will be guarding Maxey as the Knicks don't respect Tobias Harris. We can put Hart on him and Tobias will be forced to post Hart up. The Knicks are probably the best team in the league at guarding the post because we are the best team in the league at stunting. So when Embiid or Harris try to post, they'll be forced to pick up their dribbles and now the Sixers have to hope that Divencenzo hasn't closed the space on a Batum or Heild to get those shots off. OG will also get switched onto Embiid at times and OG can guard him very well. There's a reason the Knicks spanked the Sixers by 36 with Embiid on the court. Not to mention that there are no away games for Hart, Divo and Brunson. Sorry man but your analysis of film is just off here. If you think big head Brunson won't find a way to get others involved or figure out how to cook Batum or Oubre, you've severely underestimated him for someone who says he loves JB. C'mon fam. Do better.
This is going to be a dog fight. Sixers in 6!
Brunson against embiid drop coverage is going to be BBQ chicken. Those knees will be done by game 3
He’s playing it safe.
He’s basing Batum on herro as a basis 🤣
OG on Tobias ? huhhhh 🤣🤣🤣 you have to be joking
Nicholas Batum will get a 40 piece wing meal delivered by Jalen Brunson
I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more BATUM
🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢Lol you definitely haven’t watched enough Knicks my guy ….
OG or Duece will be on Maxey ALL game.. Hart will be on Harris…..
And Embiid is not Mobile enough at this point to do any of those drives to hoop you mentioned…
Shocked you're picking the Sixers after how bad Embiid looked the other day.
I love your show always good analysis. Thanks. Iam a knicks fan. I don't disagree with you. Knicks win this in 6. You are assuming that embid will is healthy. That guys isn't healthy and the knicks are tough.
Knicks in 5,
You speak as if Embiid is 100% or even 90%. Knicks in 5
Knicks in 5
OG on Maxey is definitely the best use. Nobody is afraid of Tobias Harris. Any possession ending in a Tobias Harris shot attempt is a win for New York.
Knicks hater 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Their secondary offensive options are by committee, which, in my opinion, is better than Randle. Either ride Divo's hot hand from three. Or you let Hart slash to the hoop. Or hit OG for a nice look from the corner. Or hit iHart on a pick and roll, or let iHart play QB from the top of the key. Heck, let bogdanovic try to cook from mid range or mcbride (a 40% 3-pt shooter) snipe from behind the arc. All of those options are efficient and good value options. No team can shut all of that down, and I think its harder to guard compared to relying on two ball dominant guys playing iso ball.
Easy series to predict for me. Knicks in 4 because the rebounding advantage. Embiid is not 100%. And the knicks will dominate the board. Not going to be competitive
When it comes to breaking down the game your one of the best jason
Your living in a fantasy… embid contested zero shots last game and herro literally drove on embid and had him pushed into the stands😂😂😂 good luck
nobody is overpowering the Knicks
This is sad analysis.
Hey brother, just candid honest advice to improve these IMO – hope you take it into consideration. This content is pure gold and you have so much great commentary. I can’t tell you how much better and easier to digest this is to show the films you’re referring to in post edit or something because you tend to refer to a lot of concepts that will be shown “later in footage” and that makes people rely on having to visualize or use their imagination until then… I would love to be seeing the action or what you are referring to as you say it. Keep up the great work 💪
Do you think any players watch your show and take any really useful information into their game they might not have known / isn't included in scouting reports?
The Knicks fans tears are leaking hard with your analysis 🤣🤣🤣. It's cute how they are so confident with their one scorer led team.
Bro HATES the Knicks 😂😂😂😂😂
Knicks gotta push the pace on Embiid. Work that boy legs out. Don’t over help leaving shooters open. Make Embiid solely beat us
Embiid goes down with an injury in game 2. Tyrese Maxey dissapears. Batum goes back to being irrelevant. Kyle Lowry is fat. Knicks in 5