Throughout training camp and the first few games of the preseason, much of the talk surrounding Sixers’ big man Joel Embiid has been about “bully ball mentality” on the offensive side of the ball. Embiid has made it clear that he wants to highlight his physical strengths and his elite array of post moves to become the type of dominate post player the league hasn’t seen since the primes of Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal.
While the focus has been on his offensive game, the Sixers coaching staff have spent their offseason figuring a way to highlight Joel’s strengths on the other side of the ball.