Photograph by Amy Lombard

ESPN THE MAGAZINE

The Greatest Story Ever Trolled

Joel Embiid has turned the Sixers' famed process into performance art, and everyone is feeling merry and bright -- for now.

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's Dec. 25 Tis the Season issue. Subscribe today!

Joel Embiid has a theory. It's a Game of Thrones theory. He doesn't know anyone with the production team, hasn't read the books the show is based on and isn't active in Reddit chat rooms with the other crazy fans and GoT theorists.