When Brett Brown was finished with Sixers practice on Monday afternoon, done with media obligations, he stood beside Joel Embiid and smiled as the star center launched a full-court shot.
It's a happy Monday for Brown, the Sixers' coach, and as he left the team's practice facility to get ready for a nighttime flight to London -- the Sixers play against Boston in England on Thursday afternoon -- he was feeling jovial.
"I'm completely excited," Brown said. "Joel practicing today makes it one of my happiest days."
This is what happens when Embiid is on the court, participating full-go, joining his teammates in a closed gym instead of only in front of a crowd of 20,000 people on game night.