As we prepare to take on the Sixers, we followed a long standing tradition of exchanging questions and answers with our fellow bloggers over at Liberty Ballers, the SBNation Sixers blog. Today I had a chance to answer some questions from them (see that here) and Steve Lipman and Dave Early were kind enough to answer my questions here:
Jeff: From an outsider’s perspective, it seemed like the Sixers have been pulled in two different fundamentals directions dictated by the two stars (Embiid and Simmons). It is never “good” losing one of your top 2 players, but does focusing on Joel Embiid and surrounding him with shooters help focus the offense for the better?