00:00Would you agree, J.Y., that really how far the 76ers go
00:05is going to be really on the health of Embiid?
00:07Or has that shifted?
00:09I mean, you know, he got hurt last night.
00:12And, you know, he was flopping around on the floor there.
00:14He's been in and out of the lineup right now.
00:16Do you think how much and how important is he for the Sixers this year
00:21and how far they're going to go?
00:24He's overly important.
00:26I mean, if you really think about it,
00:28he is not their best player, but he's their most important player.
00:32And you saw Joel Embiid come back in, let's be honest, Big Sills,
00:36since his MVP time, the best shape we've seen Joel Embiid,
00:39he's probably down 30 or so pounds, a lot less workload on the knees.
00:43And the reason why Parsi, why Philadelphia's been so good defensively,
00:47is his ability to protect the basket.
00:49So if you can keep Joel Embiid healthy,
00:52you're going to have to manage his minutes.
00:54And although they're playing well, great record.
00:56If I'm Nick Nurse, I'm playing the finish line.
00:59Like, just get to the top six seed and then go from there.
01:03Because if they play defense the way they're playing defense,
01:05and they share the ball like they've shown earlier on this year,
01:09they're going to be dangerous.
01:11But they cannot do it if Joel Embiid is not healthy and playing in April,
01:18May, and June.
01:19And we all know that has always been the Achilles heel for JoJo.
01:22So...
01:22So...
