Is Joel Embiid Showing He’s the Best in the NBA with 70 Point Game? | THE ODD COUPLE

THE ODD COUPLE – Chris Broussard & Rob Parker discuss what to make of Joel Emvbiid dropping 70 points against the San Antonio Spurs.

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Rob the Big Talk uh at least until the firing of Adrien Griffin around the NBA was the performance of Joel mbid last night Rob Victor Wim banama steps into the building and Joel MB baptizes him into the NBA by putting 70 on him now it

Wasn’t all on Victor but he went for 70 points 18 rebounds five dime shot 24 of 41 from the floor 21 of 23 from the line Victor had 33 when benyam and seven rebounds but uh obviously piled in comparison to what MB did Rob that’s the highest scoring game in the history of

The 76ers and Rob obviously you know wil Chamberlain played there and Allan Iverson played there and Julius Irving and Moses Malone and Charles Barkley all played in Philadelphia so for uh MB to do that set that record Rob is very impressive uh did you see any I tell you

What watching that game man he he unloaded the entire clip Inside Moves roll into the basket post UPS of course the mid-range jumper Rob we used to say Patrick Yuan was the best big man jump shooter I obviously it’s a different game today so he is not that anymore but Jo

Lmbi his mid-range jump shot I I don’t know who shoots it better and I’m talking about Kevin Durant Devin Booker like this dude is virtually automatic from the mid-range he’s great he’s great and so what I’ll throw out to you is this so we’ll get to a topic is he now Rob

Showing that he’s the best player in the NBA no way no how and if the Spurs were smart what they should have whispered in his ear during that game was postseason playoffs maybe he would have missed some buckets cuz he ain’t automatic when the playoffs start and that’s the issue why

I can’t say that Chris and I’m not the performance we had the TV on uh we watch I watching the game I saw all you’re right he emptied his bag of tricks and did everything under the sun saw a lot of it the game was Out Of

Reach for the most part and and you know when he was able to continue to do his thing and get to 70 I’m not so sure I like the picture of him holding up the paper sign like Wilt did with the when he scored the 100 points um where he had

70 and holding the ball just kind of like a it was kind of corny like trying to recreate it 70 ain’t 100 Chris like it just ain’t but anyway I’m G say this Rob if he he played he scored 70 and 37 minutes if he had played 48

Minutes I think he could have came close he might I’m not even playing he might have but I’m just saying I I will he’s at Rob he is averaging more points per minute than Will Chamberlain averaged the year he scored 100 and averag yeah but it’s easy to score now there’s

No doubt about it well it was easy to score back then too well no I know but I’m just saying but we’ve seen when played it was easy to score too yeah but we’ve seen an unbelievable uh uh ease in scoring points and all these guys and

I’m not taking anything away from him he did his thing I I just say when you look at his scoring average Chris didn’t it go down 10 points in the post season well that that’s where I agree with you that’s that’s all I’m going to say is

Like if we’re going to hold other people people and their postseasons against them and that was the argument made against the Joker about oh he can’t win another MVP he didn’t play well enough in the playoffs look at his playoff BL playoff playoff and now we’re going to

Look at him beating go oh he’s the best player in the league I I I’m not going to I’m not going to cosign that what I will say and I’m an MVP voter he’s the MVP right now I I agree with you I would not say he’s better

Than joic you got to do it in the playoffs I’m sorry and and it’s not even just about winning the championship obviously that’s what you want and we will harp on it you can’t beat 10 points off your scoring average Chris last year Rob his scoring average in the playoffs

Dropped from 33 a game to 24 his field goal percentage dropped from 55% to 43 the you can’t have it and part of mb’s problem I don’t know now we’ll see time will go on I think others and myself have given him the benefit of the

Doubt in that I don’t think it’s melting down like James Harden Rob I think there’s something mental that in in some big moments he tightens up I don’t think that’s the issue with embiid I don’t think but I think what it is is Rob every postseason it seems like he’s

Banged up he might play but he’ll generally miss a game or two and then he’ll play and when he plays he’s still hindered and hampered and that’s been his problem but if you know we’ll have to see maybe it is a a mental block or or tightening up

Or something as we’ve seen with other players but you’re right like he has to deliver in the playoffs and it’s interesting Rob because Brendan Haywood who former player who was calling the game last night did a really good job and does a good job uh commentating but he made a

Good point an interesting point he said he thinks these Sixers are a lot like the nuggets in these ways as you said Rob last year the Joker before they won the championship everybody oh we can’t give him the MVP to your point they kind of criticized him for getting the two

Because he hadn’t really done much relatively speaking in the playoffs uh and that’s one thing obviously beads in that boat secondly Rob the next to the Joker their second guy is uh Jamal Murray a combo guard who’s a score but not yet like a perennial allar well who’s the second guy in

Philly Tyrese Maxi a combo guard who’s a score not yet really a perennial Allstar they had Aaron Gordon or Michael Porter Jr is the third guy that they got Tobias Harris and Philly both had depth like both well coached like there’s some similarities and I tell you what

Philly I you know we haven’t made our picks or anything for the playoffs anything yet but I’m telling you man they’re for real MB looks like he’s on a mission I get it if a lot of people are like I’ll believe it when I see it that’s fair but Rob he looks different

He doesn’t his game doesn’t look as I used to say and I don’t mean this as a knock but I felt he had like a lazy game just his body language his movements it just looked lethargic even as effective as he was doesn’t look as much that way

Anymore uh maybe he’s in better shape Better Health but um you know he is balling out and 36 points a game Rob uh 12 11 and a half rebounds getting to the line 12 times a night shoot here’s the problem though where Denver was able to do what

It did in the west to get there I’m not so sure even MB with what he’s doing is good enough to get them where they need to get to out of the East and that’s the difference at with his numbers I still look at them Chris behind Boston um behind

Milwaukee and I’m not going to say the heat I would say behind the Heat have improved the heat you know no I know but but I’m not going to say the heat even though they made it to the finals I still would say they’re the third best

Team out of the East and that’s what him be playing like that so I you know I get it I’m not knocking him for what he’s doing but he could do all that and still not make it to the finals no they got a shot though I I I think they look better

Than Milwaukee right now now what I want to see and nurse has done a good job of getting him inside a little a little more than in the past you know I’ve always harped on I like to see him a little more inside I mean I don’t want

To take away his perimeter game because it’s so good but he’s like when you talk about playing a Boston he’s gonna have to punish them inside because they can trade jumpers with you so he’s gonna have to like get guys in foul trouble he’s going to have to get to the line an

Exorbitant amount of times and really you know work them inside because I don’t think just you know exchanging jumpers with them is necessarily the way to beat Boston and to be honest he gonna have to try to do that against uh M Milwaukee as well and Miami I mean that

That just should be a bigger part of his game and it’s getting there so uh but he the dude is fantastic I mean he is his game is