Joel Embiid Rumors

Austin Krell: "The goal is to get Joel on the floor as much as we can. That's for us obviously to help find out and to accomplish. We all know when he's on the floor, he's the best big, in my eyes. He's one of the guys who, when healthy, everybody wants." - Jameer Nelson on Joel Embiid

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‪Paul Hudrick‬: Mike Gansey said he’s had a lot of good conversations with Joel Embiid. Said Embiid is part of the group going forward and they have to make sure they keep their guys on the court.

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The Defensive Player of the Year portion followed the same pattern. Lau had Rudy Gobert third, even though Gobert was the runaway consensus pick with 82.2 percent of the maximum possible score that season. Giannis Antetokounmpo and George rounded out the Top 3 among voters, and Lau picked neither. His Top 2, Draymond Green and Joel Embiid, did not crack the Top 3 of the award overall. Though the league is less punitive about outlier votes than you might expect, it goes without saying that was the final ballot Lau ever got for end-of-season NBA awards.

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ESPN Insights: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's -28 plus-minus is tied with 2023 Joel Embiid for the lowest plus-minus by the NBA's MVP in a clinching opportunity in the play-by-play era (since 1997) ??

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The dream of a decade-plus of production for a franchise cornerstone also doesn't materialize very often. On average, top-five picks from 2000 through 2019 lasted 5.1 seasons with their original team, with 56% lasting until their fifth year (and their second contract) and 44% leaving before then. Only 6% played at least 10 seasons with their initial team. (Tatum will bump that figure to 7% next season.) And for now, only five of the 100 top-five picks in that period are still with the team that drafted them: Tatum and Brown in Boston, Joel Embiid in Philadelphia, Zion Williamson in New Orleans and Ja Morant in Memphis.

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Joel Embiid: IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING… PROUD TO BE A GOONER #COYG

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Kendrick Perkins: "It's time for them to part ways, a mutual thing. I think it's best for Joel Embiid to go see what another organization has to offer. I think it's best for Joel Embiid to go witness and see what another medical staff is like. Maybe under somebody else, maybe their medical staff might be better than the 76ers' medical staff. We've seen a lot of stories where guys left certain organizations, and all of a sudden you're like, who the f*** is that?"

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Tim Bontemps: As the Philadelphia 76ers embark on their search for a new team president after firing Daryl Morey on Tuesday, the consensus from sources around the league is that no matter whom Bob Myers chooses to run basketball operations, there aren't many levers to pull to significantly improve the team in the short term. "Run it back, load manage Joel [Embiid] as much as they can, be a playoff team and try to stay healthy," a West executive said. "I think there's stuff you can do on the margins."

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Adam Aaronson: Josh Harris on Joel Embiid: "I think putting all of the focus on one player is the wrong place to be." Harris calls Embiid a "warrior" and says "we're looking forward to welcoming him back on our team."

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Austin Krell: Josh Harris: "We're looking forward to welcoming [Joel Embiid] back on our team."

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First Take: "Luka Doncic is starting to get in that territory of Joel Embiid. When you need him the most, and it comes postseason time, he's not available." 👀 — @KendrickPerkins on if the Lakers should prioritize Luka or LeBron

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NBA Courtside: Brian Windhorst on Joel Embiid questioning his future in Philly: “He has 3 years $192M left on his contract which will begin next season. I can promise him he will definitely be back. He is not going anywhere”

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In a perfect scenario, the 76ers' front office begins to gauge the trade market on Embiid and George while building a roster centered around Maxey and Edgecombe. But unless Philadelphia is willing to include draft capital, moving off the $300 million in owed salary is difficult. Looking at trades for the 76ers' star veterans would counter what president of basketball operations Daryl Morey stressed at the February trade deadline. "We have some as-close-to-untouchable players as you might have in this league in Tyrese and Joel and VJ, Paul. We like our core," Morey said.

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As the season progressed, it became clear the star center didn’t see eye-to-eye with the front office and the coaching staff. In the days before the February trade deadline, he implored the front office to do something other than what he termed “ducking the (luxury) tax.” As such, he — along with others in the locker room — were not happy with the decision to trade second-year guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder, particularly without bringing in a player to replace McCain. In interviews over the next few games, Embiid noticeably had to hold himself back from verbally criticizing the front office.

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