Why There’s Nothing More To Learn From The Sixers’ Final Regular Season Games

Sunday night, the Philadelphia 76ers fell to the Milwaukee Bucks in an annoyingly ugly loss on the road. It leaves Philly with 4 games remaining in their regular season, and drops them to a full 3 games back on the Boston Celtics for the 2 seed. In fact, the Sixers are all but locked into the 3 seed, with the Cleveland Cavaliers 2.5 games back of them. Ok, so the seeding is set already, and we know that Doc Rivers is currently dealing with maintaining the health of his two superstars, Joel Embiid and James Harden. Embiid has had some type of lower body soreness since he was born, and Harden has been fighting off soreness in his Achilles, ailments which have led to nights on the bench for each of the Sixers’ top duo. I think we all know by this point that Philly is going NOWHERE in the playoffs without Embiid and Harden both healthy, so, to me, this all points towards one thing.

The rest of the regular season does not matter. The only goal is delivering 2 healthy superstars to the NBA playoffs. I understand people who want to see the Sixers take down the Celtics to prove that they can beat that team, but that seems like a moral victory that is not guaranteed to lead to success in the playoffs. Bottom line? We’ve learned everything we need to know about the Sixers in the regular season. There’s nothing that they can show over the final 4 games that should change your opinion on the ceiling of this team. Short of something going haywire health-wise, (everybody please pause and knock on wood) there’s nothing new that the players, coach, or team in general can show.

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I mean, just look at their resume. Joel Embiid is the best player in basketball. James Harden has been transcendent when healthy, an elite pairing with Embiid. Tyrese Maxey, as a starter, can be lethal on any given night. The bench isn’t perfect, but they have players that have settled into their roles. After a 12-12 start, the team has been unbelievable record wise. And be honest with yourself; even if Doc Rivers coaches this team to a 4-0 finish of the regular season, are you really going to stop being nervous about his penchant for blowing big playoff leads? No, you’re not. I’m not saying to just completely tune out on the Sixers until the first round, and I’m not necessarily saying the team should shut down Embiid and Harden. My only argument is that these next 4 games should not change anyone’s opinion on who the Sixers are as a team. They’ve earned the fan bases faith; now, let’s get to the games that matter.

It is that time of the year! NFL (mock) draft season! The draft will go down April 27th-29th LIVE from Kansas City Missouri. The three day event should see Howie Roseman and the Eagles be very active as the team has two first round picks (pick 10 and pick 30) but hold only 5 picks total. Howie could trade down to recoup some picks. He could trade up to grab a player he targeted. He could trade a first round pick for a current stud player who is in a contract battle with his current team, like he did last year with AJ Brown.

The beauty of Howie Roseman is he works in the shadows. Last season no one saw him snagging AJ Brown for one of the team's first round picks. But he did. He was able to get Brown, and pay him. Something the Titans were not willing to do. They then used the pick they got from the Eagles to draft Treylon Burks. A player who scouts said "Could be AJ Brown." AJ Brown proceeded to have the best season of any wide receiver to wear an Eagles uniform.

So what about this season?

Our own NFL Draft expert Jamie "The Bro" Lynch is BACK! He is in "the lab" (as the kids say) and has been crunching the numbers. Making phone calls. Watching the tape. Jamie will give you a mock of the top 10 picks, ending with the Eagles drafting 10th overall. "I cant do picks 1-30....I dont have the stamina," Jamie told us. "Low motor."

We kick it off with Jamie Lynch's Mock Draft 2.0, because I just forgot to include the 1.0. But the 1.0 is yesterday's news anyway and no one cares about it. 2.0 is where its at. Make sure to tweet Jamie your thoughts about his picks on twitter @JeLynchJr

Jamie has the Panthers trading up for their franchise QB. Stroud has been tagged to go #1 for a while, and he goes #1 here.

The Texans desperately need a quarterback and they get a really good one in Alabama's Bryce Young.

back to back Alabama players go top 3 ion the draft. "I just dont think the Cardinals pass on a talent like that" Jamie told the morning show. Anderson can give the Cardinals a dominant pass rush.

Yes! There is a lot of negative surrounding Jalen Carter right now. Jamie is thinking that dies down by the time the commissioner hits the podium and Shane Steichen elects for the dominating D-Linemen over a franchise QB.

The "project" is driving up draft boards but is a perfect fit for Seattle. Pete Carroll will get a QB that he can sit behind Geno Smith. Richardson will hold a clipboard and learn his first year, then hopefully take over when hes ready.

The Lions get the first corner off the board with Devon Witherspoon. Pairing him with former top 5 pick Jeff Okudah

With Derek Carr leaving for New Orleans, Josh McDaniels get to hand pick his QB. He may look to trade up if he loves Anthony Richardson, but if he stays at 7 then Will Levis is in play

The Falcons have attempted to overhaul their offense the last few years and now they look to improve the defense. They Falcons have only gone offense once in the last five draft classes but that one time they took CB AJ Terrell. They now go Christian Gonzalez, who some have as the best CB in the draft.

The Bears have their franchise QB. Now its time to protect him. They will look to do that by grabbing Skoronski, the top tackle on the board.

Myles Murphy gives the Eagles much needed depth on the edge. With Brandon Graham getting up there in age, the Eagles need to add a guy who they can pair with Josh Sweat for the next 5-10 years. They do that with drafting Murphy.