After being out of the first round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers will inevitably take a series of major actions during the off-season this year, focusing on contributing to the combination of their star duo Terrence Maxi and Joel Enbid. These two players are excellent cornerstone players, because they have enough talent to lead the team, but they still need more help, as evidenced by the loss to the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs this year.
Both teams suffered from serious injury problems in the series. Enbid came out injured, while the Knicks entered the playoffs without Julius Randall, and then lost Boyan Bogdanovic and Mitchell Robinson in the series. However, in the end, the Knicks won this round of series with a 4-2 support team that was far stronger than the 76ers, while Buddy Hilde, a new recruit who was expected by the 76ers, was disappointing.
Hilde was traded to the 76ers by the Indiana Pacers before the trade deadline. He is an excellent three-point shooter. On paper, when the opponent's defense pays too much attention to Maxi and Enbid, he will get a lot of empty seats, which seems very suitable for the current lineup of the 76ers.
Unfortunately, the deal was not as successful as the team initially hoped. Although Hilde did his best to prevent the team from being eliminated, he scored 20 points in the sixth game of the first round. However, his performance in the first five games was poor, which can be ignored basically. He didn't get playing time in the fourth game, and only got 4 minutes in the third game.
At the season farewell press conference, a senior manager of the 76ers team was very honest when talking about Buddy Hilde's transaction. Instead of blaming the players, he shouldered all the responsibilities himself, but his speech also implied that Hilde would not return to the team.
The executive said: "I don't think Buddy is wrong, but his compatibility with the team is not as good as I thought. Most of his games are played without Joel (Enbid), but I think when Joel comes back, his impact and shooting will give him more opportunities to shoot in the open, but he doesn't. It's my fault. The result is not as good as we hoped. But I still think it's one of the better deals, and I'm really glad he showed his ability in Game 6. "
"No one is more disappointed than him, because he quit the rotation. I think Nick (Nass) has correctly seen that Hilton is difficult to influence the game based on our opponents' defense. I think Kyle Lorry and Cameron Payne have made contributions to the team, so they can make contributions at a high level. Hilde did not play as we hoped, but I do think that it can still play a role in the future, which depends on the other players around Joel (Enbid) and Terrence (Maxi). "
The senior manager of the 76ers finally became a member of the team. Because of Hilde's poor performance in the Philadelphia 76ers, he received some bad reports and was widely questioned by the outside world. But basketball is a matter of five people after all, and not every transaction can be successful. Since Hilde's contract will expire at the end of this season, and the executive's words did not mention Hilde's return to the team, the 76ers obviously did not intend to let him return to the team, they will certainly put all their eyes on the free player market, looking forward to getting better players than Hilde.
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