Joel Torrid

Joel Torrid

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66-54

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48-71
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66-54

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AMDEN, N.J. -- Joel Embiid sometimes looks like he’s having a party on the basketball court. It’s no surprise, then, he credits some actual partying with turning around his season. C
Yes, that’s right. After Sixers practice Friday afternoon, Embiid said hitting the town in Los Angeles on the team's recent road trip helped him out of a funk.
“All my close friends live in L.A., so before that, I wasn’t really doing anything, I was frustrated because I wasn’t in basketball shape and I wasn’t having fun on the court,” Embiid said. “So I won’t lie, I decided to go out, have fun a little bit. And that just kind of gave me the energy back, and the next game against the Clippers, I had more than 30 points [32], and then the following game I had more than 40 [46], so I think it’s just about having fun and making sure I can control what I can.”
For what it’s worth, Embiid is averaging 25.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks since the Sixers arrived in Los Angeles. The Sixers are 5-1 in those six games.
As the Sixers keep winning, the expectations keep growing. Is this a legit playoff team? Contenders in the near future? Embiid deals with the pressure that sort of attention can bring the same way he does just about everything else.
“Just be myself," Embiid said. "Have fun on the court. You know, just be myself, and I know it’s going to come, I know the guys are going to find me whenever they have to find me, I know coach is going to call plays for me. I think I kind of figured out if I’m not having fun on the court, I’m not going to play well, so I really need to have fun, and that’s the main thing for me. From there, I’m going to be dominant.”
A big part of having fun on the court for Embiid is trash talk. He insists he doesn’t initiate it, but he’s more than happy to give it back. He’ll be without Ben Simmons Saturday night against Orlando, but he’s eager for some banter with the Magic.
“Me talking trash, it doesn’t usually happen because I want to, it’s because the other guys start talking trash. So if any of the guys want to, I’m up for it. It elevates my game, it makes me play better because I know if you talk trash to me I’m going to talk back, and I’m going to back it up, and that’s going to make me play better. I can’t wait, I really hope they do [trash talk]. It’s going to be exciting.”
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Joel Embiid has put up MVP-caliber numbers in the 2021-22 NBA season

Embiid was out after surgery for a stress fracture in his foot when the Sixers drafted him in 2014. He never gave up, and now he's staring down that MVP trophy

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Joel Embiid has come a long way since his first few injury-riddled years in the NBA . The 27-year-old sat out the first two seasons after being selected as the third overall pick in the 2014 Draft. He also had to miss a substantial portion of the 2016-17 NBA campaign, as a meniscus tear in his left knee forced him to undergo surgery.
The meniscus tear came on the back of foot injuries in his first two seasons. This, coupled with the death of his younger brother at the time, made him consider retiring from the game of basketball. The Philadelphia 76ers star lost his sibling Arthur in a car crash in Cameroon in October 2014.
Embiid told the media after the 71st All-Star game how hard those initial years were in the NBA. He said:
There is no denying that Joel Embiid has put the disappointing events of his past behind him. He is leading the league in scoring this season while putting up a career-best 29.6 ppg before the All-Star break.
Embiid has never won the scoring title in his six-year NBA career.
It is Joel Embiid's dominant play that currently has the Philadelphia 76ers in the third position in the Eastern Conference standings.
Embiid is also averaging 11.2 rpg and a career-best 4.5 apg while shooting 36.9% from deep for the 2021-22 season. He earned his fifth All-Star selection on the strength of these numbers, which have also put him in pole position in the MVP race.

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