It was a little over a year ago that Joel Embiid sat in the media room at the Wells Fargo Center and basically begged for the Sixers to get a player like P.J. Tucker.
Tucker was everywhere for the Heat as Miami was able to dispatch the Sixers in six games last postseason. Embiid mentioned his team lacked a physical and mental toughness that Tucker has in spades.
A couple months after that availability, Daryl Morey didn’t go out and sign a player like Tucker. He signed the genuine article. The 37-year-old inked a three-year deal with the Sixers on the first day of free agency.