Joel Embiid said he was going to come back from a debilitating foot injury and most of us laughed. He said that he was going to start shooting trey bombs and most of us laughed. He said he wanted a Shirley Temple, and all of us laughed. Now, Joel Embiid is back, and shooting trey bombs, and drinking Shirley Temples, and saying the Sixers have a chance to go to the playoffs. And we're still gonna laugh?
I got you, big fella. Let's make this happen.
In a desperate attempt to buy what the big fella was selling after the Sixers’ third win in four games, I sat down at the kitchen table determined to identify a semi-realistic roadmap to the playoffs.