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Joel Embiid on Sixers missing out on LeBron James, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard: 'I want to be better than those guys'

They were ready to strike. Brett Brown said he was star hunting. The Sixers struck out on landing LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, and Paul George. Joel Embiid didn’t care.

“When my season ended, there was a lot of talk about adding guys. I literally did not really care because I want to get better,” Embiid said during a conference call Wednesday from Johannesburg, South Africa. “I want to be better than those guys that were mentioned, if I’m not already better than them.”

Embiid’s goals have not changed from the end of the season to now. As if he didn’t already have enough confidence the Sixers’ 52-win season gave him everything else he needed.