Jonathan Tjarks 對 Okafor 批評的很嚴厲, 有些論點見仁見智, 但是相當突出:

1. That's the problem with building a team around an offensive-minded 5 - you are going to be waiting a long time for their defense to catch up. The Sacramento Kings have this problem with DeMarcus Cousins and the Orlando Magic have this problem with Nik Vucevic. DeMarcus has only begun to figure it out on defense in the last 2 years and that's still pretty hit or miss. Vucevic hasn't figured it out at all and my suspicion is that his presence at the 5 is one of the reasons why all the talent in Orlando hasn't coalesced into a winning basketball team. There's just a ceiling on how good your team can be when you are playing a sieve at the front of the rim - especially when there are a lot of young players in front of him who are making mental mistakes and giving up penetration - and it doesn't matter how many points he's scoring on offense if he's giving up just as many on defense.

2. The thing people don't get about the draft is that it's not just about finding the best players and maximizing the WARP you can select from your draft position. You have to draft players with an idea of what they are good at and what type of role they can have on a good team and then put them in a position to succeed. Nerlens could be a starter on an elite team if he's the roll man in a spread pick-and-roll outfit surrounded by shooters and playing with a high-level PG. Asking him to be the 4-man in a two-post offense that wants to play in the half-court is a recipe for disaster. I'm not sure he fits with Joel Embiid and I know for a fact that he's not going to fit with Okafor. Philly's going to have to do something and there's not exactly a huge market out there to make a big for wings trade.

3. It's the same thing to a more limited extent in Philly. They've had Nerlens for 3 years and they are no closer to fitting him into a role that makes sense for his skill-set. They are just trying to draft the player with the most upside at every spot in the draft and hoping they will be able to figure it out later. The problem is they aren't figuring anything out and the guys they are drafting are making each other worse and not better. You can't draft players in a vacuum - if they have 4 first-round picks in this year's draft, who they draft with their first pick should have a huge impact on who they draft with their 2nd and their 3rd and their 4rth. That's also why there's a diminishing return for having too many draft picks because you can only commit to building around so many young players at a time. Whose their core and who are they trying to build around right now? Who knows?

4. Robert Covington - The crown jewel of their developmental model. He's bigger, more athletic and more fluid with the ball than Thompson. He might be a starting small-ball 4 on a good team but he's probably going to be best as a bench shooter. That's a problem when the crown jewel is a 7th or an 8th man on a good team.

http://patternofbasketball.blogspot.tw/2016/02/76ers.html 

最近沒機會看轉播,今天接近中午,才看了前天76人 v.s 黃蜂的重播.

看到了一些額外的"驚喜",例如Covington,本季看了三場76人的轉播,他不只是能投三分球,還能作切入突破,看起來是個球風紮實好用的球員.

另外,就是Noel,他這場,罰球區的中距離,進了幾顆,如果持續這樣的穩定準頭,搭配Okafor,哇,真的,這對「雙塔」,真的是可以期待的.

還有,我之前沒特別注意的,Jerami Grant,這場比賽,有砍進三分球,然後我觀察到,他的活動力,不錯,也許會是除了Noel外,76人隊,另一個可以在籃下煽鍋,給敵方威脅的人.

不過,他該打哪個位置呢? 3號位?還是4號位?本人認為,他的三分球,練出一定準度後,會變得很棒.XD

P.S:轉播時,看到有Embiid在賽前練投的畫面,76人球迷,應該會很高興才對. 

這裡有一個大約 10 分鐘的 Video (週五), Embiid 的天份毋庸置疑, 期待下一季他健康回歸

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlPJ3NAif8Q&feature=player_embedded

他現在身高已是 7 呎 2 吋, 球隊的說法是體重減輕到只有 250 磅

一篇關於 Embiid 的 Reha 和 sport science, 而且是少見寫的相當中立的文章:

Trusting the process: the Sixers' plan to get Joel Embiid healthy

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14938684/man-charged-healing-joel-embiid

Kawakami Rinitsu:

一篇關於 Embiid 的 Reha 和 sport science, 而且是少見寫的相當中立的文章:

Trusting the process: the Sixers' plan to get Joel Embiid healthy

有時我不經懷疑76人球團是不是以傷勢當藉口私底下對Embid進行1對1的訓練 (玩笑話)

但目前來說76人的重建方針總體是正確的

唯一要擔心的是未來薪資,要留誰是球團會頭痛的問題

很難得看到 philly.com 上有寫的好的文章: Patience will be required with Embiid even if he gets healthy

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20160317_Patience_will_be_required_with_Embiid_even_if_he_gets_healthy.html

不知不覺,76人隊僅剩10場比賽,戰績還是9勝,但這10場的對手,皆不好惹.

拓荒者、勇士、黃蜂*2、溜馬、鵜鶘、尼克、公鹿、暴龍、公牛 

看能否從鵜鶘or尼克,公鹿手上,拿到勝利,把勝仗,"拉"到雙位數再說. 

反正史上最爛是 2012 年的 Charlotte Bobcats, 7 勝 59 負

己經不是 76 人了, 本季最後拿幾勝沒差

本人看到McConnell打球,中規中矩,挺穩的,居然讓我想到Luke Ridnour.XD

Jerami Grant,看來真的不錯,能投進三分,也能夠切入,還能靠著不錯的彈力賞對方火鍋,球隊,好好培養他吧! 

●Brand,還是能夠發揮老將的價值,掩護、卡位和籃板球等,都還有一定貢獻,真希望他能再多打一季,帶領76人這群年輕人成長.

ka48963245:

Kawakami Rinitsu:

一篇關於 Embiid 的 Reha 和 sport science, 而且是少見寫的相當中立的文章:

Trusting the process: the Sixers' plan to get Joel Embiid healthy

有時我不經懷疑76人球團是不是以傷勢當藉口私底下對Embid進行1對1的訓練 (玩笑話)

但目前來說76人的重建方針總體是正確的

唯一要擔心的是未來薪資,要留誰是球團會頭痛的問題

Joel Embiid Workout - March 4th, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlPJ3NAif8Q

 從這段影片看，投籃練習還可以，但禁區手感有待磨練。