Embiid the best player already? Haha I know that the Philly love is sarcasm-trolling, but come on...
When did people fall in love with losing? I used to hate losing games as a kid, and still hate to lose playing golf with my out of shape buddies.
If I were a Philly fan, there's no way I'd be ok with such a long run of a non-professional product. Wins excite me waaaay more than potential. There are plenty of teams with talent that still stink.
losing is the new winning!
But as far as embiid goes, he definitely looks like he could be a great player if healthy. Time will tell (as with everything)
Losing sucks. Everyone hates losing. Fans hate losing, players hate losing, ownership groups hate losing.
Really thats what is so brave(?) about HInkie's plan. He came in and intentionally sucked knowing he would p--- off the entire basketball world. He also surely knew that it was entirely possible that he would be fired before Philly truly became contenders.
Hinkie had the patience and strength to stand in there and take his licks because he knew that ultimately losing would result in more winning down the line.
I hate what Hinkie did. It was a disgrace to basketball and bad for the NBA, but it was always clear, that if executed correctly, that disgrace could result in more wins down the line.
Hinkie was able to look at fans like yourself and say basically, "I know better than you"
Its commendable in that regard.
However, I hope it fails fantastically. I hope Embiid has no career with Philly. I hope Noel walks I hope they are forced to trade Okafor and start over with the entire coaching staff and front office turned over from the HInkie era.