Joel Embiid

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: [tweet https://twitter.com/Sixers/status/804086583792193540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] 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. [...]

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: [tweet https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/796258910617370624] He [...]

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 [...]

We should finally get to see what the Joel Embiid hype is all about in Philly this year. The big man, who has yet to see regular season minutes, has been medically cleared and has had no set backs from the foot injuries that have sidelined him for two seasons. He should be a go [...]

If you were skeptical about Joel Embiid actually making his NBA debut during the preseason or at the start of the regular season, we don’t blame you. Foot surgeries kept Embiid out of action through the first two years of his career. The Philadelphia 76ers, as a result, have been reluctant to commit to much [...]