Joel Embiid Rumors
All NBA Players
Position: C
Born: 03/16/94
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:250 lbs. / 113.4 kg.
Salary: $29,542,010
Born: 03/16/94
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:250 lbs. / 113.4 kg.
Salary: $29,542,010
Derek Bodner: Embiid on his struggling perimeter game: “They haven’t been going in. A lot of it has to do with the brace, and getting back to myself. It just feels like every shot that I take I just have a hitch in it. Like it’s not a full motion. It’s not as smooth as it was in the past.”
Noah Levick: Joel Embiid: “It just feels like every shot I take, it has an itch in it. It’s not as smooth as it was in the past.” Embiid says his knee brace is affecting all areas of his game and his legs “get tired fast” because of it.
Justin Grasso: Joel Embiid is not on the #Sixers injury report. Looks like he’s good to go for tonight vs. #Thunder
Justin Grasso: Doc Rivers says there is no plan to automatically sit Joel Embiid out tomorrow. Says they’ll figure it out after tonight’s game #SIxers
Julius Erving: “First of all, [the Sixers] have an advantage coaching-wise based on experience with [head coach Doc Rivers], in terms of championship experience that [Green has], that Dwight [Howard] has. And the ambition of Ben [Simmons] and Joel [Embiid], these guys are hungry now, they’ve been a part of what they call ‘The Process’ for several years, and it’s time for The Process to bear some fruit. I’m betting my money on Philly … Ws mean confidence. It’s not cool to be overconfident, but it’s very cool to be confident. So you need to maintain that confidence and get out there and perform, that’s the way I see it.”
Joel Embiid: Doesn't matter who's in front of me
That mindset is what is going to carry Embiid and the Sixers the rest of the way. He has a nastiness streak to him right now and he knows it. It doesn’t matter who is in front of him. “It doesn’t matter who’s in front of me,” he stated bluntly. “As we’ve seen all season, it doesn’t really matter who has been in front of me. I just attack every single game I want to be aggressive. I want to get the other bigs in foul trouble, I want to get to the bonus early so now they’re going to stop playing physical. Even if they play physical I’m going to use that to my advantage to get the free-throw line.”
