Joel Embiid the center of the Philadelphia 76ers has been in the news recently due to the speculations about his trade-off to the New York Knicks.
In a recent tweet, Ramona Shelburne ESPN’s Senior Writer made her views clear on the Embiid situation.
"He is happy to be a Sixer. I don’t think this is a precursor to something. I think this is Joel Troel." – @ramonashelburne on Embiid changing his Twitter bio
— 975TheFanatic (@975TheFanatic) August 16, 2023
Questions concerning the makeup of the squad for the upcoming season have been raised after the 76ers were defeated by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoffs in seven games, losing for the third year in a row.
The 76ers have changed the coach after Doc Rivers was fired after the game 7 loss. That loss marked the seventh year, Rivers failed to get through the second round of the playoffs.
The 76ers have hired Nick Nurse, who guided the Raptors to the NBA Title in 2019, and in 2020, he won the NBA’s Coach of the Year.
Shelburne appeared on NBA Today and said, "I mean look, [Embiid] just got back from his honeymoon, he was in the Caribbean, like this is what you come home to. ‘Welcome back,’ right? (Laughs). And I think what’s difficult about this is that Joel Embiid still has a good relationship with James Harden".
Excited about the idea of playing with Tyrese Maxey and where he can go with his game. Maxey’s been out here in Los Angeles working with Joel’s trainer this summer. And there’s still a hope that maybe they can patch things up with Harden. But look, ‘leave other people’s problems to them.’
I think that’s the tactic right now that Embiid is taking is ‘let you guys figure it out, that’s not my problem.’ There’s still, what a couple months ’til training camp. But at some point it becomes his problem."
The talented player, Embiid has earned his six-time All-Star nomination this season. He averaged 33.1 points per game, shooting .548%, and 10.2 rebounds per game.
The 2022-23 NBA MVP, Embiid gave his views when he was asked about winning a championship.
He said, "I just want to win a championship," Embiid said. “Whatever it takes. I don’t know where that’s gonna be. Whether it’s in Philly or anywhere else. I just wanna have a chance.
“I wanna see what it feels like to win the first one, then you can think about the next one. It"s not easy, but it takes more that one or two, three guys."
