Joel Embiid is the toast of Twitter, the prince of the Process and the envy of his fellow world-class athletes. Boy, just wait until the Sixers start letting him play on back-to-back nights.
It’s to imagine that for all of Embiid’s considerable charm and dominance, and for as long as he’s been a Sixer, he still hasn’t played 50 games yet. But that will change Saturday night when the Detroit Pistons visit the Wells Fargo Center.
Embiid’s career started with two redshirt seasons because of a nagging foot injury and the tanking, which helped build the current promising roster, rolled on.