Like Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James before him, Joel Embiid has quickly become Public Enemy No. 1 for the Detroit Pistons.
Embiid’s 39-point, 17-rebound game against the Pistons on Saturday should serve as a wake-up call to Detroit. The 24-year-old center is certainly in Andre Drummond‘s by head now. There’s no debating that.
But he should be on the mind of everyone in the Pistons’ organization.
Saturday was Embiid’s fifth career game against Detroit. In those five contests, he’s averaged 30.0 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game on 53.