A couple days before Christmas Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid raised eyebrows when he said he doesn’t like shooting 3’s. It was kind of ironic. If you ever listen to broadcasters (not named Marc Zumoff or Alaa Abdelnaby) call a Sixers game it feels as if they invariably mention how the Kansas product loves to shoot 3’s and talk trash on social media.
For the Sixers, it appears that to truly maximize their core of Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler and Joel Embiid that the big man is going to have to sacrifice a little bit and play some stretch-five at times.