Thad Young calls him "a true bucket-getter," which is a fancy way of putting it. Al Jefferson has been getting buckets around the basket for 14 NBA seasons now, and nobody has yet to come up with a way to keep him from conducting his business out of the low post. That includes a 23-year-old center who sometimes defies the laws of nature as it's supposed to apply to 7-footers.
Philadelphia's Joel Embiid, a rising star who's averaging 23.6 points, 11 rebounds and a couple of blocked shots per game, needed just 3 minutes, 10 seconds to pick up two fouls from Myles Turner in the Pacers' win over the Sixers on Saturday.