Joel Embiid wants to come back in the best shape of his life, ‘going to give everything he has to the Sixers’

Keith Pompey: Yeah, I do. I feel the factor with Joel Embiid is I feel all of it is dependent upon how this factor performs out. I feel we’re naive to assume that Joel isn’t being attentive to what’s happening, identical to everybody else. Whenever you take a look at this season, and we noticed how the Sixers have now misplaced three consecutive instances within the second spherical, 5 of Embiid’s six playoff appearances ended within the second spherical. The one time it didn’t finish that approach was after they have been swept by the Boston Celtics within the bubble within the first spherical. In case you’re Embiid, you’re going to see how this factor performs out. I feel we’d all be naive to assume that if it goes left that he’s not going to no less than think about asking for a commerce. I feel like when he made that statement a month ago (about winning a championship) when he said, and I’m paraphrasing, “If it’s in Philadelphia or anywhere else,” that was a statement made to the 76ers’ front office that I’m paying attention to. I do really feel like Embiid may ask to go elsewhere due to that. I feel Embiid desires to be a 76er and finish his profession right here, however on the identical time, all people desires to win championships, and so they need to go to a spot that’s going to allow them to try this. -via HoopsHype / August 5, 2023