LOS ANGELES a Through Joel Embiid's (brief) NBA career, he has battled some of the league's best big men with aplomb, without a hint of nervousness. He talks trash, and backs it up.
The Sixers star will answer questions about his favorite pick-up line and call out celebrities for not taking him on promised dates.
Embiid relishes that.
Saturday, Embiid competed in the NBA Skills Challenge as part of All-Star Weekend. Apparently his assuredness doesn't extend through a competitive minute of passing a basketball through tires, dribbling around cones, making a lay-up and three-pointer.