Joel Embiid RETURNING SOON? 👀 + TOP Most Improved Players candidates 👏 | The Lowe Post

Zach Lowe and ESPN's Tim MacMahon discuss Joel Embiid's expected return to the Sixers, the charging Mavericks, and a trio of teams succeeding without an injured star. Plus, TrueHoop's David Thorpe joins to run through the top candidates for Most Improved Player.
0:00 Welcome to The Lowe Post!
1:04 Impact of Embiid's return
9:42 Mavs currently in 5th in the West
30:57 Hawks without Trae, Wolves without KAT, and Rockets without Sengun
48:10 Thorpe joins
49:55 Most Improved Player candidates
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[@ashamsthomas6026]

good job Zach. the second person after Legler to notice the Mavs' defensive improvement.

[@tompratt7125]

Nuggets fan here hoping Embiid comes back tomorrow v. OKC. Embiid never plays in Denver but he can make up for it a little by helping the Sixers knock off the Thunder. Go Sixers!

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

😂 thanks bro

[@GTNover]

He will likely put up 38/12/1 in 25 minutes in a loss to the thunder.

[@Serenity01871]

Thunder still have boston, sixers, bucks, mavs so they will loose 2 easy especially against giannis. So if we win every game. We only have the wolves and if murray is fit we play at home we win

[@ctoaun23]

​@@Serenity01871Thunder gonna beat the Bucks at home. They learn a lot from their defeats.

[@geeovantarogers9045]

Thunder fan here today saying bad timing

[@thew512]

Zach, just an fyi if you ever want to sync the sound with your video a bit better there's a way to do that in OBS.

[@noahx.classic]

Just want to see the guy healthy. One of the best scorers in the league when he is, and he makes the east competitive and worth watching. Hopefully he doesn't overexert too early and go down in playoffs again.

[@willshelby6172]

This Thorpe guy is the best guest I’ve heard yet!

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

If Maxey doesn’t win MIP. They hate the sixers

[@SynthTerror]

Jonathan Issac and Jalen Suggs should absolutely be on the short list for MIP.

[@gnomechomsky2524]

Isaac? He hasn’t improved at all

[@odowney80]

​@gnomechomsky2524 he improved in 3 point and FG% also somehow some way availability

[@gnomechomsky2524]

@@odowney80 in his final season before getting injured he averaged like 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1.5 steals and almost 3 blocks. He’s come nowhere near that since then. How on earth would that put him above someone like Coby white?

[@odowney80]

@@gnomechomsky2524 I don't recall putting him above anyone?

[@SynthTerror]

@@gnomechomsky2524 tell me you don't watch Magic games without telling me you don't watch Magic games

[@CurseMonstr]

Aye lets go. Amen Thompson mention

[@ryanrowe1975]

Tyrese Maxey got to win MIP

[@victorvic4659]

Mavs play great ball If Lukai stay healthy,its 2nd best team in the west for me

[@Frank-hv7xj]

I can see the anger in McMahon eyes that he has to talk positive about the Mavs and not trash the team 😂

[@Wellwellwell32]

Tim gave off the vibes like his family is being held hostage and he had to read a note to make sure they would be ok.

[@Big_AL_Nowitzki]

Lmaooooo howdy

[@calebbongalos3828]

It shows. hahaha. He doesn't want to do it.

[@hestilllives192]

As a Thunder fan, of course Embiid will be back just in time to play OKC. At least this is one more game to prepare them for the coming playoffs.

[@davincerica7232]

The second guy sounds exactly like Scalabrine 😮😅

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

Lol this David dude said Shai's better than any Jokić or Embiid season 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

[@blablablaa14]

The Hawks can’t make any trades that require them to tank as they have none of their picks. Their only chance is the spurs making a terrible decision and giving them the picks for Trae. But if that doesn’t happen, they are stuck with Trae

[@danielgibson1441]

One thing Mavs will have to deal with is Kyrie missing a playoff series due to injury..it always happens & probably won't stop as a guy gets older.

[@johngoodman21]

How does someone go from 94% to 97%?!?! Maybe because some others fell off? Like how you mention jjj falling way off? That doesn’t affect everyone’s else’s %???

[@semi6544]

The Bucks won't scheme up a defense for Giannis in the post season; not with Doc.

[@dirkcallaway]

If I'm the Spurs, I want Murray back 10 times out of 10 instead of Trae. Aren't we at the point where we know that Trae just isn't a winning player? Spurs need a good starting PG who can defend the point of attack and distribute the ball well (apologies to Tray Jones).

[@PensFan35]

What is a winning player, anyway? Is it just someone who wins? I don’t really love the term in professional sports. Anyway, Trae Young is the best lob thrower in the league. Pair him with Wemby and forget about it. They’d be an offensive juggernaut day 1. Do it.

[@CurseMonstr]

@@PensFan35 Dejounte is a really good defender and is 6'5 vs Trae who can't defend at all, literally dead last in the NBA and is 5'10 max I don't care what lies the NBA list him as I've seen him irl lmao.

[@feelsgoodman420]

Traes been to the ecf dejounte hasn't prooved anything

[@gregorycastillo4799]

Tre jones is a better passer n POA

[@andycundy5822]

He would have been the MVP no doubt.

[@thefebo8987]

Suggs MIP

[@benjousan8470]

Boston, Denver and Dallas are the only contenders

[@bhop1871]

Dante divencenzo most improved

[@MrOctober44]

Come on Zach, do you really think the Celtics are scared of the Sixers? Especially a Sixers team where their two best players have been injured half of the year?🙄

[@Moooo1666]

Look all the fans says Luka mvp a few dumb media people says jokic that it

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

cry

[@Serenity01871]

Look at tze value advanced stats and plus minus jokic could wcore more if he had more the ball or takes more shots but he chills luka plays 100%

[@dras-pv8qv]

Mavs net rating almost identical without Luka. Doesn't sound like MVP to me

[@warlockmagic3416]

If he goes down again his career could be over if it's this knee again.. I don't see the point of coming back now.

[@tzamac9346]

Duncan Robinson should be MIP

[@SquidysTents]

Agreed, the award is meant for guys like him, not all stars like Maxey

[@johngoodman21]

Took 15 min to get to the clear favorite Tyrese Maxey to win MIP…lmfao

[@okkomp]

Bahn McMahn

[@bkelly625]

So JDub is in average to good tier Maxey in good to elite tier and D White in elite to great tier? I’m a huge DWhite fan but I feel like this guy is way overanalyzing advanced stats(which are propped up being on the best team) there is no way anyone else really thinks White is better than either of them is there?

[@andycundy5822]

J Dub clears both of them..he is a 3 level scorer and can defend as good as white. These folks have never played basketball, they just rely on advanced stats.

[@bkelly625]

@@andycundy5822 Yea and crazy part is his advanced stats are very close to White anyways but everyone who has watched both play enough knows who the more talented player is and it’s not even close tbh

[@AhsanBoyd]

Jdub def more talented and has more potential but no lie if u watch basketball you should know Derrick white is a elite basketball player

[@bkelly625]

@@AhsanBoyd D White is literally 6th on my favorite NBA players to watch list and I’m a diehard. But JDub and Maxey are legit top 30 caliber players and the way JDub has played since end of December he’s closer to top 20. I love D White but he’s not quite that good and has the best team possible around him that elevate his advanced stats which overstates his abilities a bit if you are judging just off those

[@AhsanBoyd]

Derrick white cracks top 30 easy buddy

[@Bolt_btw]

31 11.5 6.5 on 62% FG = hasn't been good this season... giannis is the most disrespected superstar in NBA history

[@Von199X]

Lowe is becoming an ESPN puppet.

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

lol, becoming?

[@dras-pv8qv]

Always was

[@SquidysTents]

Anyone who works for a massive corporation is a puppet lol