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Joel Embiid impressed DeMarcus Cousins during the Sacramento Kings’ 102-100 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. So much so that Cousins believes Embiid will one day be the best center in the NBA—after Cousins leaves it, of course: This is very dope, in its humor. It’s proof that there may be a friendship [...]

The plot between Nerlens Noel and the Philadelphia Sixers…is getting weirder. Not 48 hours ago, it seemed like Noel would be out of the Sixers’ rotation indefinitely, which would in turn lead to the trade we’ve all been waiting for. But general manager Bryan Colangelo clearly has other ideas, per CSN Philly’s Jessica Camerato: Not [...]

Let’s call Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown an optimist. Nerlens Noel is inching closer to making his 2016-17 debut, and that means Brown will have three top-tier center prospects on his hands. For his part, though, he believes he can make Joel Embiid, Jahlil Okafor and Noel coexist, per the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Keith Pompey: [...]

Joel Embiid is so close to being able to play 30 minutes in an NBA game. Check this out: Embiid didn’t get to test out his increased minutes limit against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. The game was postponed because the floor at Wells Fargo Center was deemed too slippery/unsafe to play on. (Seriously.) But [...]

Joel Embiid and Chandler Parsons are apparently good friends off the basketball court—which, come to think of it, makes more sense than anything else in the world. From CSN Philly’s Jessica Camerato: Embiid and Parsons met through mutual friends in Los Angeles in 2015. They quickly clicked over their similar outgoing personalities, a love of [...]

Joel Embiid already has the NBA All-Star Game on his mind…in a manner of speaking. Asked about the bright future of the center position and whether it warranted the 5 being returned to the league’s All-Star ballots, Embiid agreed, laying out a strong case, per Jessica Camerato of CSN Philly: Embiid sees a bright future [...]

Don’t let Donald Trump winning the presidential election over Hilary Clinton distract you from the fact that Joel Embiid is the greatest peddler of snark ever. Late Tuesday night, as it became clear Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States, Joel Embiid took to Twitter with some thoughts: He also tweeted [...]

If the Boston Celtics had gotten their way ahead of the 2014 NBA draft, Joel Embiid would have never needed to trust in The Process. On The Ringer’s Bill Simmons’ latest podcast, he divulged that the Celtics tried trading up for Embiid in 2014, who went with the third overall pick in that draft (transcription [...]

Joel Embiid has arrived in a big way for the Philadelphia 76ers. Finally healthy, the 22-year-old made his NBA regular-season debut on Wednesday night, more than two years after being drafted. Though the Philadelphia 76ers lost a nail-biter to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Embiid racked up 20 points, seven rebounds and two blocks, even draining [...]

At this point, with Joel Embiid having missed his first two seasons in the NBA due to foot injuries, simply seeing him on the court, in an actual game, will be a boon for the Philadelphia 76ers’ morale. Just don’t expect to see him on the hardwood too much, or even on back-to-back nights. From [...]