LeBron Joins Philly: Embiid's Health & 76ers' Title Hopes

But there's a lot of juice going on in Philly right now with LBJ going to Philadelphia. You know, obviously, Big Sills, you want him to be healthy, right? And I think that's the key thing. No matter what you talk about the success of his Philadelphia 76ers, it's going to rely on Joel Embiid's health. A guy that has not been healthy. He looks slimmer than Big Sills. I haven't seen Joel Embiid look that slim since his MVP years. So, I don't know what it is. I don't know if he's on Olympic. I don't know if he's on that Charles Barkley guy. Big Sills, he may be on that Dick Gregory. All you people know about my age about the Dick Gregory diet. He may be on that Dick Gregory. But whatever he's on, he ain't on no cheesecake. He ain't on no cheesesteak. Joel looks good. They have to do a job here, Sills, in regards to how they manage the mix and the games for Joel. I implore Nick Nurse to kind of do what Mike Brown did with Mitchell Robinson. Listen, you're going to be in the top six. Get yourself in the top six. Give them off the second leg and back-to-back. Sometimes three and four. Give them two games off and just play the long game. The long game means playoff time. I know they want to talk about the NBA Cup and all. I don't care about that. If you're a Philadelphia fan, you want to see Joel Embiid game one Eastern Conference quarterfinals 100%. That is the goal more than anything else. Because if he's healthy, they got a shot. If he isn't, I'm sorry. Even with LeBron, they're not going to win a championship. I got to say also that one thing that has been really exposed here is the job that Gansey and Myers have done on building this basketball team. I mean, Bob Myers takes over operations of the entire group there for everyone there running the 76ers. Does it not expose Daryl Morey on what Daryl Morey couldn't do there? A bad contract? I get Edgecombe, there's some really good moves that he made there, but I mean, is it really that much of a difference? Bob Myers just comes in there and sprinkles the success dust and here they are all of a sudden. At least we're now talking about Philadelphia, right, J.Y.? As maybe the best team in the Eastern Conference or at least the best roster going into the regular season. Am I fair to say that? Yeah, I'm going to say they're the most talented team in the Eastern Conference. Let's just be honest with you. Sometimes it takes getting someone like Bob Myers in there to kind of steady the ship and bring championship pedigree. So I think that's what you're looking at with Philadelphia. But, you know, it's going to be interesting to watch. I said it last week. Bow, bow, bow. This is the team. This is the team that can get it done. And I was at a Phillies game this week. I am a New York guy. Everybody knows this. There may not be a more passionate fan base than the Phillies fans. They may be a little crazy. They may have had jails under the Veterans Stadium back in the day when you played in the NFL, Big Sills. But they're passionate and they're loyal. Show up, play hard for the city, represent them the right way, and try to bring them their first championship since 83.