Reigning MVP Joel Embiid raised eyebrows earlier this week when his comments about winning a championship in Philadelphia or “somewhere else” made the rounds on social media. Talking heads and Vegas alike immediately put the Knicks at the top of potential destinations.
Sound familiar? It should. It’s precisely the situation New York was in with Donovan Mitchell last summer.
However, the Knicks were too confident in their pole position, and another team was able to capitalize. Mitchell was seemingly stolen right out from underneath the Knicks.
The Knicks cannot let Joel Embiid slip away like Donovan Mitchell
Should Embiid officially announce that he would like to close the book on The Process in Philly, the Knicks must not sit idly by while another team swoops in.