 What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real. We are finally doing this Philadelphia 76er video A lot of Philly fans been mad at me because I've been teasing it at the end of every video for about a week And they like Kenny we need you to talk about Philly and I will Philly every single season I feel like I make the same video where we try to figure out if they are contenders or pretenders before the season start And I'll be the first to admit it. I bit last year. I had them winning the Easter conference I had them going to the championship I don't remember if I had them winning at all But I had them on that upper echelon of NBA teams and of course it did not go that way First round exit and we'll talk about all of that and I think now I am way more wise than I was back then Be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe if you're new at four o'clock eastern time My merch is going on sale our called game merch It's relevant to this channel because we'll probably reband this channel to called game So if that sounds something like something you're interested in it's going on pre-order starting at four And it'll be live for a couple weeks. So if you're interested link is in the description I'm like I was saying I'm way more wise now than I was last year I think last year I kind of had this idea and I think a lot of people did when we picked Philly It's like sure Tobias Harris contract looks disgusting I'm sure you had to get rid of Jimmy Butler, but you got back Josh Richardson And sure Al Horfrey will probably look weird alongside Joel and B But in our mind, we're like they'll figure it out talent is talent And at the end of the day that is the only thing you really need to win basketball games, right? I'm way more wise now. I think that the overall team construction is way more important Than just getting talent think about the team that won a championship this year the Lakers Sure, they have two of the top five top six players in the NBA, but after that we always question Who's that third player? Who is there? Who was their third best player last season? You can make the the case that it was rondo on the playoffs But throughout the course of the season there was never really a third best player for their team But the end of the day they put together a roster that fit well together and played well together We saw with the with the Clippers last season We thought that just because they brought in these two superstar level players They already had a team that was pretty good that they'd be able to come out and win a championship It just doesn't really work like that. There's chemistry things There's ego things and they need to have solidified roles and they didn't really have that with the LA Clippers And that's something we also found out the 76ers that you can't just put talent on the floor and think it's all gonna mesh Especially when you have such a unique talent at your point guard And that has been Simmons where he is so much different than the average point guard that you need to really orchestrate a team around him that fits his strengths and and caps his weaknesses So they made some moves this offseason started with firing Brett Brown And I recognize that Brett Brown was super important to Philly Being there for the process And I'm happy that they gave him a few years after the process to try to make his case to stay the coach And at the end of the day they may have Ran out of rope when it came to to Brett Brown and they brought in dock rivers I don't know how much of a better coach dock rivers is in 2020 compared to what Brett Brown was But we'll figure it out. Um, just having a new coach in there will matter And then the biggest surprise is that after Daryl Morey stepped down from the Houston Rockets about a week later He signed to be the top guy in Philly and we're like, yo Daryl Morey is a dude that averages I think the number was averages eight trades a season and the 14 years He was with the or the Rockets or however many years eight eight Which means that he was about to come in and he's about to boom break it down because at the end of the day This team had bad contracts It had just players that didn't fit together and the the future was kind of grim People had always brought in do they want to trade joe well? Do they want to trade ben Simmons and Daryl Morey was like not at least not yet We're gonna try to put together a team that every NBA fan knows that this team should look like Going into like we know that would a guy like ben Simmons if he doesn't have shooters around him He's gonna be less effective How the heck that I expect that team to win games when they didn't have much shooting around him Josh we're just saying good good shooter a Tobias here is good good shooter, but like nothing great And they made those changes the first thing that Daryl Morey did was an absolute Amazing deal to get rid of Al Horford I do believe that Al Horford still has a lot left in the tank again The Philly mess just wasn't really there and I think that he can contribute and Sam Price He may turn around and turn Al Horford to another first round pick because he's gonna do the old cp3 thing Go out next season be silent and some team is gonna want him But then again, he has such a big contract And and looked so bad last season It felt like Daryl Morey would have to throw in two To two first round picks at the least and maybe a young asset to get rid of Al Horford And at the end of the day, he got it done for one pick And not only that he got back a quality NBA player in Danny Green that fits what Philly should be wanting to do Danny Green again the butt of a lot of jokes, but he does shoot the three ball well Most of the time and he does play defense He's may not be as quick as he was back when he was in san Antonio But he's still a plus defender and he's still a plus floor spacer for your team exactly what ben sem is needed So you are you trade that and that's just a beautiful thing You able to slide to buy his hairs back to the four because the four has been where Tobias Harris has had the most success They brought in doc rivers to coach that coached Tobias Harris went to buy his Harris was at his best It's it looking it's looking solid, but not only that he made a couple more moves He traded Josh Richardson and Josh Richardson is a good NBA player This is going to be one of those trades where I feel like both teams ended up with with what they wanted, right? Josh Richardson goes to Dallas and now Dallas has a more defensive oriented backcourt may for luka donchets who can still score the ball a little bit And the 76ers get shooting like literally one of the most lethal shooters in NBA history as far as percentage goes um And now they have a lineup Is what i'm guessing the lineup's gonna look like ben Simmons Seth curry dany green to bias and joelambie and the reason i am laughing Because I had saw a screenshot on twitter of people on the jump or first take i get them all mixed up Where they were projecting to start a lineup for the 76ers They had the white howard starting at the four and it just makes me laugh They're like i don't know how you would go on national tv and talk about philadelphia starting the white howard at the four how anyway That team has way more space than that they ever had before And when you look at the stats for philly last season, they were a good 3.1 percentage team But the volume of which they they shot three pointers was not up to par with the current mba The ormory is a great guy by this analytics. He's gonna want layups He's going to want three point shots and set set curry and dany green helped that a lot And now to bias harris has a lot a lot more room to to work um You're going to see at least I hope you're going to see a lot of dh shows with set curry And joel and bead it won't be on the level of jj reddick jj reddick is such a good dho player And I don't think set curry has that same play making a ball handling ability But they should definitely definitely think about that because the most lethal thing philly did during that run With they had the du du du du du from kawai liner is when they had that dribble handoff between jj reddick and joel and bead and when i listen when you listen to them talk to each other On jj reddick's podcast JJ was like I'll I'll never play with a center as good as you are on those dribble handoffs And then joel and bead was like and I'll never play with a guard That's as good as that like they had that type of connection And philly fans should be hoping that set curry can do the similar things to what jj reddick did on that front So dear mori comes in he makes these two significant trades When now the top end of your team looks different than what it did last year and then they they actually Draft really well too. Um, there are some concerns when I have a philly like Other than to bias harris, they don't really have a shot creator anymore Um, and I'm guessing they're gonna rely on ben Simmons being that but obviously ben Simmons is limited to the Seven feet from the rim. Um, at least at this point in his career But that that will be like my main concern and they don't have that off the bench either I would love for them to end up with a player that can shot create off the bench You know, I'm not saying Lou will like but like a guy where you like, okay We could give him the ball and he can get us a bucket off the bench because they don't really have that at the moment I like for a concord masby is similar in a similar mode of like the stef curry's and the and the danny greens Where he's mostly going to be a catch a shoe guy They don't have the guys to create for them on their selves and that's a little bit um concerning I do believe this could be a season where jewel and bee bounce back heavily The last time I saw a jola beat in the bubble and in the playoffs. It just it just wasn't great. Um, you wanted to see him dominate You know, boston because they didn't really have that back end defense that you would think would be successful It gets drill and be but shout out to brad steven daniel tyson all those guys They played it very well You want to see him dominate again and going into last season He has said is his real goals was to win defensive player of the year or win the mvp and obviously he didn't live up to any of those I don't even think he was an all NBA player at the end of the day So this is a resurgence season for him and honestly, this might be This might be the last year that we see the jewel and be been sent his experiment Because we know that daryl morey is not afraid to pull the trigger on the trade He's not crazy enough to come in and make that big time trade a month after getting the job He don't want to do that But if we get a year into it and philly doesn't perform to the to the way we want them to to perform I wouldn't be surprised if daryl morey was shopping those two guys one of them two guys And they try to pick who to build around me and my guys have this conversation or podcast a lot When we talk about philly like if you were the general manager of these 76ers, who would you rather build around? Jorlin bead is a amazing talent Offensively and defensively But we know he has his questions with his motor and we know he has his questions with his injury And then ben sements is such a natural talent of the game of basketball But you know, he has that big limitation of not being able to hit a jump shot Both of them have pros and cons to it And I know some people that would pick ben sements and be like hey get ben a bunch of shooters And I know people that pick jorlin b because he is that nice and at the end of the day I don't know. I do not envy daryl more because he might have to make the decisions soon He just might I don't know if he has done this off season Um, it was some rumors that some players could be on the move and they might be willing to look at But I don't want to just make videos talking about potential rumors, you know Um Philly is an interesting team. Are the philadelphia 76ers contenders Are the philadelphia 76ers contenders? Yeah Yeah, I would say yes Some of the teams they will battle with in the eastern conference. They get worse It may be not that much worse, but you can't tell me toronto losing their two big man rotation That was was very very great for them in the last couple seasons Though they did replace it with the goat erin veins. It's just like losing those two players does hurt Um, boston lost gordon. Hey refer nothing Some of the top end teams got worse And I would argue that philly got better so I would say they are contenders More than If they didn't make those changes going to the off season, they would not be contenders in my book But I would say they are now Let me know what you think. Do you see philadelphia 76ers as contenders or pretenders? All of this could change once I see that first night of mba season to see how they're working with things I may switch I'd be like, boy, these dudes are pretenders Um, but again another season where they are one of the most interesting teams in the league Gotta love philly, right? Be sure to leave a like subscribe if you new link in the description to the to the merch And uh, I'll see y'all tomorrow. Peace