Both teams have pretty similar title odds according to Vegas with all the Harden trade stuff going on. And ironically these are the 2 teams linked for the Harden trade.
But lets assume Harden gets traded somewhere else for swaps and 2nd rounders.
Which team the Clippers with Kawhi/PG13/RUSS or the 76ers with Embiid/Maxer/Tobias
if they both make the finals who would be the bigger stunner…
the West is a lot more stacked but the East is more top heavy so for these 2 teams to make the finals they will need to be upsetting the favorites
Sixers.
If the Clippers were guarenteed to be 100% healthy then it should surprise no one to see them make it to the finals.
The Sixers have been completely healthy with multiple different roster iterations and havnt sniffed the ECF in years.
Even with the Clippers fully healthy I would definitely be surprised if they make the finals
There’s no denying it would be surprising but would it be more surprising than the sixers? I don’t think so
Yeah I think the constant injuries have almost caused “healthy Clippers” to get weirdly overrated due to mythical factor
They’re far from invincible either way
Oh they sniffed it, they just kissed it goodbye when Kawhi and Tatum buried them
Also Embiid wasn’t healthy going into their recent series with the Celtics, and he wasn’t healthy when they played the Hawks either. Simmons hurt in the bubble too.
Like the Clippers, they’re never healthy.
2019 was the only post season the Sixers were close to healthy.
What injuries did they have in 2021 when they had that embarrassing choke to the Hawks in the 2nd round? Or last year since they won the one game that Embiid missed during the Celtics series.
Sounds like you made up your mind on this one before you did even a simple google search
Joel was playing on a 2nd grade MCL sprain during the playoffs last year, and in 2021 he was playing with a meniscus tear.