Wes Goldberg

Like they don't have like last year they had names, right?

Eric Gordon, Kyle Lowry playing minutes, but those names are gone and they actually have players who are contributing right now.

I think Philly is a really dangerous team in the playoffs because I think

This version of Philly has a really clear pecking order, and it's Tyrese Maxey at the top.

And you don't necessarily always need the big Embiid games to win games with this group anymore.

And it always felt like that was the case, and now they can just win games in other ways.

And if Embiid has it going, great.

Ride Embiid until the wheels come off.

But I think this team has multiple ways.

Maxey is a legit MVP candidate this year.

He's going to be on ballots.

He's not going to win it, but he's going to get on ballots.

Um, so given the, the sort of shakiness of the East, would it be crazy if they won a first round series against one of the top seeds in the Eastern conference?

Like, I don't think any, I would be surprised, but I wouldn't be shocked if that made sense.

And so, um, I like, I like this Philly team quite a bit.

I think they have a really clear identity.

I think Nick nurse has finally figured out like with all these guards and stuff, he's really doing some interesting things offensively with some of the sets that they're running in.

And if Ben beat is able to kind of peak at the right time, which remember had been the plan for the last two years, this isn't just like a coincidence.

If he's speaking at the right time, who knows?

Maybe they can't make some noise.