Undoubtedly “franchise player” of the Sixers, especially since Ben Simmons requested his transfer, Joel Embiid has a little more strengthened his legend in the city of brotherly love during his last meeting.
By reaching the mark of 7,000 points scored in just 282 games, the Cameroonian pivot simply joined another local legend, a certain Allen Iverson, who had put in exactly the same number of games to reach this total. And in NBA history, only 18 players have been faster than the two Sixers …
“It’s great but obviously I would have preferred to be in better health”, the pivot explained on Sports Illustrated. “I probably would have accumulated at least 15,000 points at this point. That’s fine, but that’s not the goal. The objective is to improve every day, so that we have a chance to win the title. “
Third choice of the 2004 Draft, Joel Embiid was first the symbol of the “Process” in Philly, taking this nickname head on while he missed his first two campaigns due to repeated injuries.
“For me there was no way I was going [en NBA] »
Moreover, the young Embiid did not necessarily expect such success in the NBA, he who rather imagined a career in volleyball.
“When I came to the United States, my goal was to use this opportunity to get a scholarship and a degree before I came home and could use it all. But it was fuzzy. What I mean is I started playing basketball when I was 16. I didn’t really think I could break into this area. “
The puny, left-handed teenager with the orange ball in his hands, Joel Embiid made a potential MVP. A quite spectacular development, which still amazes him today.
“What helped me the most was that a lot of people believed in me from the start. It made me work even harder to try to improve. But I wasn’t thinking of going to the NBA then. I always thought I wasn’t good enough, even when I got to college. For me, there was no way I was going to do it. But the fact that people believed in me and that I got to college was all I honestly wanted. I never would have imagined [ce qui m’arrive aujourd’hui]. »
| Joel Embiid | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2016-17 | PHL | 31 | 25 | 46.6 | 36.7 | 78.3 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 20.2 |
| 2017-18 | PHL | 63 | 30 | 48.3 | 30.8 | 76.9 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 22.9 |
| 2018-19 | PHL | 64 | 34 | 48.4 | 30.0 | 80.4 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 27.5 |
| 2019-20 | PHL | 51 | 30 | 47.7 | 33.1 | 80.7 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 23.0 |
| 2020-21 | PHL | 51 | 31 | 51.3 | 37.7 | 85.9 | 2.2 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 28.5 |
| 2021-22 | PHL | 22 | 33 | 45.8 | 37.7 | 81.2 | 1.6 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 25.5 |
| Total | 282 | 31 | 48.4 | 33.2 | 80.9 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 24.9 | |
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