During Joel Embiid’s entire NBA career, it’s felt like a dark cloud has hung over the Sixers.
Weird injuries, roster and front office upheaval, burner accounts, trade demands — a Hollywood script about The Process would get thrown out on account of its ridiculousness.
But the beacon of light from those dark times arrived in a way that’s truly stranger than fiction. The stakes were pretty low when the Oklahoma City Thunder squared off against the Miami Heat in “The Bubble” on Aug. 12, 2020. Both teams were locked into playoff positions and emptied their benches in the second half.