Joel Embiid

The Philadelphia 76ers? In the NBA Finals? Against the Golden State Warriors? In a winner-take-all Game 7? Joel Embiid will take it. Actually, strike that: He’s already predicted it. ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne released an interesting profile on the Sixers’ big man, and while the entire piece is worth your time, a sentiment near the beginning [...]

Joel Embiid is still riding or dying with Sam Hinkie. Though Hinkie stepped down from his position with the Philadelphia 76ers before Embiid ever made his NBA debut, the 7’2″ behemoth still feels a sense of loyalty to his former executive. He has adopted “The Process” as a nickname, a spinoff from the “Trust The [...]

Sorry, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins, Al Horford, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kristaps Porzingis, Nikola Jokic, LaMarcus Aldridge and so many others. Joel Embiid doesn’t think any of y’all are the NBA’s best big man. That honor, according to him, belongs to him. Consider Embiid’s recent appearance on NBA TV: Caron Butler: Who’s the best big man in [...]

Joel Embiid is a man of many words, talents and tweets. He is one of the most mesmerizing talents and personalities the NBA has seen in some time and has led the 76ers to a surprising 11-7 start to the season by averaging 22.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. He [...]

Joel Embiid is an expert troller. Whether he’s talking trash on the court, coming up with fire Instagram locations after a victory or dropping snarky gold on Twitter, he’s always going in on everyone who doesn’t play for the Philadelphia 76ers. I mean, Kevin Durant was excited the Golden State Warriors erased a huge lead [...]

Kevin Durant is really happy the Golden State Warriors didn’t lose to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. He wouldn’t have been able to check Joel Embiid’s Twitter timeline if they didn’t: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/932107502275190784] Well, this is just rich. Among every player in the NBA who might, quite possibly, maybe rush to Twitter immediately after [...]

Joel Embiid isn’t in the NBA to make friends. He wouldn’t indiscriminately trash talk everyone in his path if he cared about players who don’t don Philadelphia 76ers jerseys. The latest example of his equal-opportunity disdain for the opponent came on Monday night following a victory over Los Angeles Clippers. Embiid piled on 32 points [...]

Kevin Durant and Draymond Green have no qualms with Joel Embiid’s trash talking. They like it. From the Mercury News‘ Mark Medina: With a simple jab move and pump fake, Warriors forward Kevin Durant blew by Sixers center Joel Embiid for an easy dunk. But Embiid is a rising NBA star and has plenty of [...]

There was a time when it seemed like Joel Embiid may never have an actual NBA career and tensions were high between the No. 3 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft and the 76ers as Embiid sat out his first two seasons with foot issues and was away from the team for long periods. While [...]

Scenario: You’re a 23-year-old professional basketball player. Actually, strike that. You’re a 23-year-old anything. And someone gives you a five-year, $140-plus million extension. Are you buying anything after putting pen to paper? Probably. Most definitely. Unless you’re Joel Embiid. ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan penned an interesting profile on the Philadelphia 76ers’ big man, within which she [...]