Pre-Simmons trade, I had picked Philly as the team to come out of the east. I figured all they needed to do was trade Simmons for a couple reliable rotation players, and they were set for a deep run. I haven't watched a lot of them post-trade, but they definitely didn't look like a contender last night, and the things that they were missing - reliable shooting, size and rebounding when Embiid sits - were exactly the things they traded away.
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