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4:18am, 20 May 2025【Basketball】

On May 18, Paul George said on his podcast: "Everyone wants to win the championship, I don't care whether there is a championship. Many great players don't have a championship, such as Iverson."

When George threw out the remarks that "it's not necessary to win the championship", the Philadelphia boss's blood pressure is probably going to be overwhelmed - after all, the team just gave him a maximum salary of 210 million yuan in four years last year, so he turned around and was going to lie down?

Last summer, the 76ers thought they bought a championship puzzle, but it turned out to be the 2.0 version of Embiid. They played 41 games due to injury, and averaged only 16.2 points per game.

introduced Paul George, and the 76ers didn't even enter the playoffs, which made the Philadelphia boss a new type of injustice. The previous one was George's former boss Ballmer.

To be honest, it's time for 76ers to consider rebuilding! George + Emperor's salary will account for 65% of the salary cap in the next three years. It's time for these two patients to be thrown out!

The 76ers this year won the No. 3 pick in the draft year. They are likely to choose the wing forward Bailey, plus Maxi and McCain, which is already the foundation for the new core of the 76ers.

They need to quickly throw Embiid and George out in exchange for some players with good combat capabilities, such as Nets' Cameron Johnson, Celtics' White, and Knicks' Bridges.

If 76ers want to bet for another year, the risk is very high.

If 35-year-old George is still at last year's level and Embiid's knee injury has not recovered 100%, then the contracts of these two people will become a burden of salary, and it is estimated that they will have to be cleared out in the first round.