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Joel Embiid earned his extension. Now it’s time to cement his legacy

As Rocky Balboa gears up for his rematch with Apollo Creed in Rocky II, Adrian Balboa has complications during childbirth and slips into a coma. Rocky halts his training to tend to his wife. When she finally awakens and the couple holds their newborn son, Rocky asks Adrian what he can do for her.

Her response: win.

With the business side of things done — both for himself and core teammates — and enough personal accolades to have No. 21 hang in the rafters one day, there’s only one thing left for Joel Embiid to do for the city he loves: win.