David Fizdale

I think you do have to have it because it was just so in and out all year.

And if you look at what Maxie and Edgecombe and those guys did without him to hold it down, even without Paul George as well, those guys held it down and they play with a certain tenacity and a certain speed.

They have their own identity when they don't have Embiid out there now.

Embiid being out there for the playoffs, you need him.

For this team right now, he's everything because when the game slows down, you're posting them.

When you need a pick-and-pop jump shot or a trail three, he's knocking that down.

He's one of the few bigs in the league that covers all three ranges and does it well.

It's just unfortunate that his body keeps going through this.

And I personally, I do think if this is how it continues throughout the rest of the series and they don't win this series, they do need to at least start having some conversations about, you know, the potential of not having a Joel Embiid and maybe having to move on and, you know, trading him for some serious assets.

Yeah, I think that's a great argument.

In a league that's hard to build champions anyway, and you're knocking on the door.

Like, again, if you do anything, it's tweaks.

Like, small tweaks.

You know, I think, you know, if they can find a talented young guy to mix in with those guys.

I think that would be great.

Some more size at the wing, that would always be great.

Or a big point guard that could play behind Jalen Brunson or play next to Jalen Brunson.

You know, those are just tweaks.

But what they've done, what Leon Rose has done, what Worldwide West has done, it should be commended.

They've continuously put this team in a position to be successful.