00:00I wanted to get to some other players here because I didn't even get to talk
00:03about some of the players that I truly feel like are washed.
00:07And we touched on it a little bit.
00:09Joel Embiid.
00:11I mean, John, Joel Embiid.
00:13Let me just read off his stats.
00:15And, you know, people will say, well, look at his stats.
00:17He's not doing that bad on a team that has three stars.
00:2117.7, 9.3, and 3.8 on 37% field goals for a big man.
00:27Not good.
00:274 for 33 from 3 when that was one of his big calling cards.
00:33A big man that can shoot the way he does.
00:35He's played 10 of 12 games.
00:36I'll give him that.
00:37His last three games, though, John.
00:40Six points.
00:420 of 9 at Cleveland.
00:4418.7 of 19 against your Chicago Bulls.
00:48And then 2 of 9 against Boston.
00:51So really not great for a guy that usually needs the ball a lot.
00:57And they want to run a lot of the offense through, as we've all evidenced.
01:00Like, they need the ball to run through him if he's going to be successful.
01:05And he said on November 2nd, I will say this.
01:08He said he quits three-point shooting.
01:10They said he's reportedly down to his rookie weight, John.
01:17And I will say, when I'm watching Joel Embiid, it is a disaster.
01:23I mean, he cannot move out there.
01:26And for a Sixers team that is destined to be in a deep playoff run, that is destined to be
01:35a very high contender in the East, not what you want to see from a guy that you kind of
01:41expected to be, oh, like Paul George, a renaissance, a rejuvenation.
01:46He's down to his rookie weight, right?
01:49Here's the issue with Joel Embiid.
01:51When you've never really played hard, and then you start losing a little bit of what you did have, you're
01:58not going to start playing harder because it's just not in your repertoire.
02:01It's not what he does.
02:02It's not in his skill set.
02:04I'm glad he has publicly said that he quits shooting threes.
02:08I think that's great, okay?
02:11That's like an alcoholic said, I quit drinking, okay?
02:16The second he walks past a liquor store, he's going to be drunk again.
02:21Joel Embiid will only be successful the closer to the basket he plays.
02:26The reason he's not making threes is the reason we're talking about him right now.
02:29He has no lower body strength whatsoever.
02:32His knees have failed him.
02:34His ankles have failed him.
02:36So at this point, he has no lift on his jump shot because everything he's doing on the perimeter, whether
02:42it be those elbow shots, oh, here we go.
02:45Sprayed ankle.
02:46Dog, it's just unbelievable to see.
02:50And then he tripped Paul George, by the way.
02:53He cannot move like he wants to.
02:57And so if he doesn't operate closer to the basket, his numbers will continue to decline.
03:03I think this is one of the things where Nick Nurse has to be a better coach.
03:08Nick Nurse and LeBron James, or LeBron James and Nick Nurse, however you want to put that mix together, need
03:14to get him in a room and be like, hey, brother, within 10 feet, you're not getting the ball.
03:19You go in 10 feet, it's all yours.
03:21You go outside of 10 feet, you go outside that low block, we're not throwing you the ball unless you
03:26are passing to cutters off the elbow.
03:29Because the elbow jump shot no longer falls.
03:31The three-point shot was always spotty.
03:33When he made him, he made him.
03:34When he didn't, he didn't.
03:35Now he's just not making them.
03:37And so, in totality, I think he has been the person that I've seen in the NBA that I've looked
03:43at and I went, oh, man, this was quick.
03:46Another one, John.
03:49Trey Young, just not good at all.
03:5311 games, 18.
03:55This is what box score watchers will do.
03:5818 and a half and 8.7 assists.
04:01Like, he's been great.
04:0239.3% from the field.
04:05Can I attribute that to something now?
04:0728.8% from three.
04:09Yes, please.
04:09I would love to hear.
04:10I've watched because I wanted to see the rookie.
04:14I wanted to see A.J. DeBonson.
04:16So, I've watched their last four games when DeBonson was available.
04:19I think what Trey Young is doing, Trey Young's trying to find his way of how to run this team.
04:24Because Trey Young still has it.
04:26That's one way to put it.
04:27And he'll do it in bursts.
04:28But oftentimes, he's looking for Georgia.
04:31Georgia scoring numbers are up.
04:32He's trying to fill out the rookie.
04:33He's getting the ball to A.D.
04:35He's getting the ball to Alex Sarr.
04:37And then he's trying to find his game.
04:39I think that's where his struggle is coming in at.
04:41I don't think Trey Young has lost a step in any way, shape, or form.
04:45Physically, no.
04:45I don't think so either.
04:47I think he's trying to find his way and how he's going to play with this team.
04:52And so, he doesn't look like Atlanta Trey Young because he's just not chucking up whatever shot he wants.
04:57He's trying to play point guard because he's always been a volume scorer.
05:00And if he can't be a volume scorer, these are the statistics that you're getting from him.
05:05I'm not worried about Trey Young.
