NBA 2020/21 Season Preview: How the Philadelphia 76ers can win the Championship

Dimers’ comprehensive preview of the 2020/21 NBA season continues with a look at the Philadelphia 76ers.

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PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 2020/21 PREVIEW

Last season: 43-30 (6th in East)
2020/21 Win total line: 44.5 wins
Coach: Doc Rivers
Odds to make the playoffs: -700
Odds to win Atlantic Division: +400
Odds to win Championship: +2000
Odds courtesy of UniBet

Potential lineup:

PG	Ben Simmons
SG	Danny Green
SF	Matisse Thybulle
PF	Tobias Harris
C	Joel Embiid
6TH	Shake Milton

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⭐ Star Player: Joel Embiid

The poster boy for the process, Joel Embiid is one the league's most dominant players when he's at his best. Entering a new season, the 26-year-old is now in the prime of his career and needs to maintain a high level if the perenially underachieving Sixers are to get anything meaningful from this season.

🧨  X-Factor: Ben Simmons

The question on everybody's lips: will he or won't he SHOOT THE DAMN BALL?!

The former number 1 overall pick needs to put his jumper together to truly become a force to be reckoned with in the league. Simmons fanboys will point to all the other skills he has, but the reality is when the level of play intensifies in playoffs, the Australian gets found out quickly.

Simmons CAN be the X-Factor for the Sixers if he can add the final piece of the puzzle.

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🚀 Why they can win the Championship:

Ben Simmons

The clock is now officially ticking on Philly, and a shaky start to the season will reignite the can-they-or-can't-they-play-together debates surrounding Simmons and Embiid. When you have two generational stars, you have to try and make it work , but so far it has been tough going for the pair. As above, Simmons needs to be able to better space the floor by becoming a threat from range. If he can do this, the 76ers are a completely different team to the one we've come to expect.

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🙅‍♂️  Why they can’t win the Championship:

Jump shooting

The running theme here is spacing the floor and perimeter shooting. For so long, Elton Brand and the GMs that have come before him, have tried to fix the glaring issue with this Sixers team: the lack of shooting. In a league that is becoming obsessed with three-point shots, Philadelphia ranked 22nd in the league for attempts from beyond the arc. If the Sixers don't play with a bit more unpredictability they'll be out again in the early stages of the postseason.

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🔮 Dimers' season predictions:

42-30 (5th in East)

Teams around them have gotten better this season and it's tough to find a path for the Sixers to get any higher than around the 5-6 seed. Another disappointing year may spell the end of the Simmons and Embiid era in the city of brotherly love.

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