Monday night will mark the first back-to-back of Joel Embiid’s NBA career. The Philadelphia 76ers will be making the trip from OKC to Milwaukee, pitting Embiid and company against a Bucks team that has played well after firing Jason Kidd.
There are some underlying positives and negatives here. If Embiid is healthy enough to be on the court each and every night, that’s obviously a sizable boost to the Sixers’ playoff hopes. It also ends many of the “how often can he be on the floor” arguments used against Embiid when debating the best players in the league.