After two games with the Philadelphia 76ers, against the Suns and Clippers, Paul George has not managed to give victory to a franchise in need of results without Embiid.
Frustrated return to Los Angeles
Second game for him, and a conflictive visit after his recent transfer to Pennsylvania. The atmosphere was not the best for him, in the stands messages from fans were read such as: «PG, think before you speak«, in reference to his statements. Also phrases from fans directly against him such as: «Don’t wear the 8, you’re not Kobe«, in reference to his new number in Philadelphia. Despite all this, there was a tribute video from the franchise.
As for purely sports, signed a great card in % TC with 7/9 TC and 2/3 3PTto which he added 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, although he was hindered by 4 turnovers in just 24′ on the court.
On Tuesday against the Suns he already had his first minutes in the tight loss at the Footprint Center.
Paul George’s tribute video from the Clippers. He helped lead the team to its first Western Conference Finals ever, and deserved the applause he received pic.twitter.com/5NesgkmhDw
— Farbod Esnaashari (@Farbod_E) November 7, 2024
The Sixers, against the ropes
Last in the Eastern Conferencesharing the red lantern with the Milwaukee Bucks, and with an overexploited Tyrese Maxey so far in the regular season. With the loss of Embiid, until at least Tuesday against the Knicks, they have only added one victory for a record of 1W-6D.
Postseason reinforcements seem not to be enough. Caleb Martin, Eric Gordon or Andre Drummond are luxury complements to build a championship teambut if the two stars “leave” at the same time, and for a fairly long time, the team suffers as we have already seen. Nick Nurse has work ahead of him to make this ‘big three‘ a competent team in the East, where so far, the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers seem intractable.
