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I knew you'd get butthurt
You think him shooting 58% from 3 is not a fluke? If he was to go 0-3 from 3 next game his overall fg% might drop to 40%. He's shooting 40% from less than 5 feet, 41% from 5-9, 30% from 10-14. Also shooting 50% from 15-19 and 78% from 25+, both of these will absolutely drop unless you really think Joel is twice the shooter that curry is.
You realize his usage is 39.5%? I think only Russ is higher. This will absolutely drop when Simmons comes back and probably sooner than that. He's going to have to become a much better finisher and bump up his efficiency. He gets points because he gets a ton of touches. But you really think he's not going to come down to earth? He also could be a better passer and rebounder.
It's not hating to say a rookie has room for improvement.
Everybody has room for improvement but he's already proved that he's a really good foul shooter and three point shooter. If you ever went to a Sixers game last year or the year before whenever Embiid would come up to warm up he'd be sinking damn near every three pointer that he took, and now that he's playing in real games he's showing it was no fluke. This dude is amazing already and this is after 2+ years of playing zero organized basketball. Let's please not critique every one of his numbers that you can and spin it with how those numbers will come down eventually.
