Name: Stephen A. refuses to call Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons an 'elite duo' | First Take
Uploaded: 2021-02-26T18:30:36.000Z
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The superlative

Joel unbeaten Ben Simmons were dominant in a round of the Dallas Mavericks last night and Beat had 23 9, while Simmons had 15 and seven for the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Doc Rivers has the boys playing Stephen A.

Have they finally arrived living up to their potential?

The Philadelphia 76 is making a deep playoff front.

Ah, lot of people could do stuff in the regular season.

Their great talents, no question about it.

We all know how I feel about Ben Simmons.

I think he's a jump shot away from being LeBron James.

There's, Max has pointed out, is the best big man in basketball.

There's no question that these guys are sensational in that regard, but I'm sorry.

Last time I saw the Philadelphia 76 is they would get swept in the first round.

So the Seth Curry Tobias Harris is playing out of his mind right now.

James Harden has led the league in scoring the last three years, and even though he hasn't been the same in the postseason, he's no scrub.

And right now he's arguably the best player in basketball the way that he has been playing.

Even with Jamal Murray and the Coal Yokich look at how they bought Damian Lillard C J.

When you talk about the dynamic duo, I know what their talent says.

But when you wanna be in that conversation, it's about what you do in the postseason.

Remember, I covered the team for many years, covering it for The Philadelphia Inquirer in Philadelphia for 17 years.

Okay, I've been covering the MBA in 10 years.

Still know a lot of people within the organization they know where the hell I stand thes brothers get ball there big time.

19 and four with them on the floor together last night.

When the playoffs begin, I was beginning.

May am I gonna see the Sixers playing in June?

I wanna hear nothing about being B and Benson.

But what I'm saying is Big Tom talent demands big time results, and I ain't saying anything to them that Doc Rivers hasn't told them.

Well, what you're talking about is the coaching and the role players.

They got the role players to, and it's fair you want.

They can't just can't play in the postseason right now.

But if you're asking me if you're asking me they didn't have the role players.

Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons have become an elite duo.

How Maney duos air better than them in the league.

The Nets got a triple that's been like That's the best, right?

And if you said the two best or K D and Harden, that's even better.

If you want to say that that LeBron and A D or even better, I agree with you.

But look around the league at duos, we consider elite or the next thing to it.

Lillard and McCollum When when they're healthy, when becomes healthy, Simmons and be better than those two, it's a better do.

C, even right now, when they've been on a little bit of a role.

If you said Westbrook and Bradley Beal, that's an elite backcourt Simmons.

You'd rather have Simmons and Embiid as just a duo.

If you look the Sun's backcourt, I think you could say Chris, Paul and Devin Booker.

But if that's not elite, that's the next thing to it.

In fact, even Jamal Murray and Yokich I don't know that they're better than and beat and Simmons I might put em beaten Simmons as the third best duo in the league.

Here's the bottom line and beat right now.

Right now, he's the M V P than the best offensive player.

Team is leading the conference, But here's the thing about Ben Simmons people are sleeping on.

He has created more open looks from three since he got in the league than any other player.

If you look at what he's been doing offensively last, I don't know 8 10 games.

No, he doesn't shoot, but he's been in elite offensive player, incredibly efficient, setting up teammates, scoring, doing whatever he needs to dio.

And that's only half the story with Simmons.