Joel Embiid 'very much' untouchable
Source: Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Sixers mailbag: ‘Is the front office willing to trade Joel Embiid or is he untouchable?’ inquirer.com/sports/76ers-o… via @phillyinquirer – 8:47 AM
ICYMI…
New @SixersBeat, where we go over the latest Harden rumors and the coaching search.
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Then, I went long on Joel Embiid, his legacy, and why this playoff exit hit differently.
dailysix.com/joel-embiid-th… – 8:37 AM
#Sixers mailbag: ‘Is the front office willing to trade Joel Embiid or is he untouchable?’ inquirer.com/sports/76ers-o… via @phillyinquirer #BrotherlyLove #fortheloveofphilly #NBA – 5:57 AM
Cody Zeller is just like Joel Embiid… getting toasted by Tatum in the pick-&-roll. – 8:50 PM
In 1975, @nyknicks tried to trade for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar but had no assets for a deal. It’s much the same in 2023, if they wanted to go for Joel Embiid.
“Pipe dream, but I am not sure what pipe that came out of,” one exec said.
More at @HeavyOnSports:
heavy.com/sports/new-yor… – 12:33 PM
An unnecessarily long, borderline incoherent rambling about Joel Embiid, the chase of a championship, the playoff failures and why Embiid has more to prove now than he ever has.
dailysix.com/joel-embiid-th… – 12:01 PM
How would you grade Joel Embiid’s season? phillyvoice.com/sixers-76ers-s… – 11:01 AM
Celtics have already lost games at home during these playoffs when Embiid and Dejounte were out, so they have to be careful here.
Boston’s injury luck, meanwhile, has been wild. Now 18 playoff games without a single absence. – 10:53 AM
I took a stab at ranking the top 10 players in the NBA with most of the playoffs now behind us. Go nuts, QTers
1. Nikola Jokic
2. Giannis Antetokounmpo
3. Stephen Curry
4. Luka Doncic
5. Kevin Durant
6. Joel Embiid
7. Jimmy Butler
8. Devin Booker
9. Jayson Tatum
10. LeBron James – 6:39 PM
The first of a two-part Sixers mailbag: theathletic.com/4547508/2023/0…
— Reevaluating this Sixers run after Miami/Boston
— The Sixers are still building around Joel Embiid
— What a James Harden-less 2023-24 might look like
— How much cap space could the Sixers have in 2024? – 2:07 PM
New episode of The Feed To Embiid out now!
@LandesBrock on the two-man game and what went wrong in the Sixers-Celtics series, I reflect on Games 6 and 7, Doc Rivers fired and the potential candidates to man the helm, and James Harden’s future in Philly:
thepaintedlines.com/games-6-and-7-… – 10:00 AM
Total number of postseason triple-doubles by Nikola Jokic over the past month (a 13-game stretch):
8
Total number of CARRER postseason triple-doubles by Michael Jordan, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Jason Tatum and Kevin Durant COMBINED:
7 – 11:50 AM
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