Tim Legler: Are 76ers asking TOO MUCH of Tyrese Maxey?
Tim Legler, All NBA & ESPN analyst, joins the PHLY Sixers podcast to discuss the burden on Tyrese Maxey as well as the bad aftertaste of trading away Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Tim's one of the few in mainstream sports media I love hearing from!
Maxey is Robin, not Batman. 😮😮
My view on the Jared move and the "sell high" comment from Morey is that at this time OKC had the highest demand for a player like Jared and the greatest willingness to part with a 1st round draft pick in what is considered a good draft. That is all informed by the injuries they were dealing with, the number of firsts they had, and the expectations about what their rotational players will demand this offseason. The OKC owner doesnt want to pay the tax same as every other owner so they were willing to give a first for Jared who had highs on 23 games and had a few good games leading up to the trade, but has physical limitations, and has already sustained one major lower body injury.
This all makes sense, despite also being a hard move. I wish Morey was not a robot and said "it was an incredibly hard move to make but we believe the roster will have a need for a player different from Jared and that Jared will have more opportunity in OKC."
The trade will be evaluated when we see what that first becomes. If it becomes a 7'3" center from Michigan, well that is something or a 6'9" PF from Michigan, or is part of a move to get a player who replaces PG, we may all be less disappointed.
Love Maxey I feel so bad for him but he's definitely 1b to JoJos 1a😢😅 it's not a bad thing it's a front office thing 😑
Based on the latest injury update our best player is on pace to play 45 games which is probably the number of games needed to stay out of the Play-In…But the focus by some is that Maxey is not a true #1…HE'S POINT BLANK TIRED AND OVERWORKED……Played 60 of 62 games at 38.5 minutes a pop…..BURN OUT!!!!!
i honestly wish we would’ve traded for russell westbrook. the jumper is still kinda broke but he rebounds, can run backup offense and plays with energy every night even tho the kings are terrible. his motor and mentality could’ve been helpful
Does Legs need a #2 ???
I feel bad for Maxey. Not financially of course but another first or second round playoff exit is coming. He knows it and we know it.
Traded his help to OKC. Fire Morey