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You know what they say: NBA superstars never forget. In Joel Embiid’s case, they may not ever forgive, either. Speaking with reporters in advance of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Game 2 matchup with the Boston Celtics, the All-Star center lamented the time his team spent as the punchline to everyone’s jokes. Here are his full thoughts, [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers are relatively young. They have the NBA’s 10th-youngest team by average age, according to Basketball-Reference. And what they lack in birthday youth, they make up for with general inexperience. Joel Embiid is 24 and in his fourth season, but he’s yet to play in 100 games. Ben Simmons missed his rookie campaign. [...]

Joel Embiid really wants to rejoin the Philadelphia 76ers’ rotation. We always knew that, and it became infinitely more clear following the team’s Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat, when he posted some not-suitable-for-work sentiments on his Instagram. But if you think him applying passive-aggressive pressure to the Sixers will get them to rush, [...]

Joel Embiid seems like he’s done watching the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff campaign unfold from the sidelines. The big man has missed the past 10 games, both regular season and postseason, after having surgery to repair an orbital fracture near his left eye. Though the Sixers won the first nine of those contests without him, their [...]

Here’s the good news, Philadelphia 76ers fans: Unlike Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving (done for season), Joel Embiid sounds like he’ll be ready to rock at some point during the first round of the NBA playoffs. But here’s the bad news: It doesn’t seem like “ready to rock at some point” refers to the start [...]

Ben Simmons remains the NBA’s odds-on favorite to win Rookie of the Year, and he would love to make good on that distinction. But not for reasons you would assume. Sure, he would no doubt enjoy the recognition and cachet that comes with earning the honor. Many Rookie of the Year winners go on to [...]

So this seems like a good time to panic—or to at least mentally prepare ourselves to panic. Joel Embiid left during the second quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Wednesday night win over the New York Knicks after colliding with Markelle Fultz. He was diagnosed with a facial contusion and did not return, even though he [...]

Joel Embiid is currently on track to appear in more than 65 games and eclipse the 2,000-minute plateau—touchstones no one around the NBA, not even inside the Philadelphia 76ers organization, expected him to surpass. So, with this in mind, might it be time to rest him down the stretch? After all, the Sixers are guaranteed [...]

Joel Embiid wasted little time in using the Philadelphia 76ers’ victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night to his advantage. On the heels of his team’s 108-97 deconstruction of the reigning Eastern Conference champs, the expert-Instagrammer subtly began his public courtship of LeBron James: Is this tampering? It feels like tampering. Even though Joel [...]

The NBA’s All-Star Weekend is known for many things—food, parties, fashion statements, great memes, awesome gifs, even a little basketball. It’s also a hotbed for tampering. How could it not be? Put that many agents, team executives and league officials in the same vicinity, and some risque discussions are bound to take place. All-Star participants, [...]