76ers Slow Start Continues With Loss vs. Grizzlies

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00:00It has not been a great start to the 2024-25 NBA season for the Philadelphia 76ers who entered

00:07the year in the Eastern Conference with the third-best price to maybe just maybe finally

00:13get past the second round of the NBA postseason and perhaps contend for an Eastern Conference

00:19crown. The answer so far a resounding no. The play on the floor atrocious. The drama in the

00:27locker room not great either and with Tyrese Maxey DRS returning to the lineup last night

00:33for Philadelphia. You had Paul George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey in the emerging rookie star in Jared

00:41McCain all in the starting lineup for Nick Nurse in Philadelphia finally right finally a win would

00:47be had. The Sixers booked as a four-point road favorite in Memphis. Psych! Paul George leaves

00:54early re-aggravating the knee injury. Tyrese Maxey looks like he forgot how to play basketball

01:00and despite 35 points and 11 boards from Joel Embiid the Sixers lose outright as a four-point

01:07road favorite in the grind city as the Grizzlies are victorious 117-111. Take away the XNOs

01:15yesterday right you see the Philadelphia 76ers in a bad loss on South Beach you say to yourself

01:19all right what has to get better here finally you let it breathe calling out teammates let's get it

01:24together let's get some fight in the room starting lineup coming back here which included Paul George

01:29Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid even though we know Max hasn't played in a while and was going to be

01:32on a minute's restriction against an injured Grizzlies team that they're okay this looked

01:36like it was one of those final spots where you put your stake in the ground and say it's time

01:41to start winning and showing up here because the team from last year to this year is so been much

01:46more talented this year than it was last year it's incredible you look at the starting lineup

01:51all-stars all the way across you look at the bench fortified we could actually get solid minutes out

01:56of not one two or three but four or five different guys you go into the draft this year and a

02:00questionable draft pick to many was Jared McCain looks like he might be the rookie of the year

02:05I'm not understanding a 2-12 start to the season but Donnie Joel Embiid hasn't been there I get

02:10that but there's been times over Joel Embiid's career in Philadelphia where he hasn't played for

02:14long stretches and the Sixers are still competitive at least being a 500 basketball team

02:18I saw last night is that spot even the odds makers opened up a minus one point favorite for Memphis

02:23which swung over to the Philadelphia 76ers as high as four and a half points at game time and they

02:28came out with that effort and Joel Embiid played 35 minutes and scored 35 points at 11 boards and

02:33they still lost it doesn't make sense and Paul George I understand he's injured 17 minutes and

02:38two points starting to come into his own last couple games 20 points 19 points you get the

02:42picture here now coming in with Joel Embiid and Maxie and he's down with an injury that

02:47they don't know how long it's going to be I'm flummoxed here by the Philadelphia 76ers

02:51I just can't make heads or tails right now