Joel Embiid lastly made his season debut on Tuesday for the Philadelphia 76ers after they hosted the New York Knicks after being held out for load administration and serving a three-game suspension for shoving a reporter.
Due to him, the 76ers, when wholesome, have virtually nearly as good a roster as every other crew within the NBA, however for all his skills, Embiid’s resume appears fairly empty.
Embiid struggled mightily within the first half of Tuesday’s recreation, and it led Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal to present some actual discuss on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” about what it is going to take for Embiid to lastly win an NBA championship.
“Joel Embiid will never win a championship until he gets his mind and his attitude right,” O’Neal mentioned.
“Joel Embiid will never win a championship until he gets his mind and his attitude right” 👀
Shaq provides his tackle Embiid’s first half efficiency and his future 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/GQJHHVPrfK
Individually, Embiid has gone from a terrific participant to a dominant one over the previous few years, and he gained the MVP award for the 2022-23 season whereas averaging over 30 factors a recreation in every of the final three seasons.
Nonetheless, he has but to achieve the Japanese Convention Finals, and as a corporation, the Sixers haven’t gotten there since 2001.
Embiid’s postseason numbers are considerably decrease than his common season numbers, and that’s one thing he completely has to rectify if he’s to take the Sixers farther than they’ve gone in recent times.
They signed nine-time All-Star ahead Paul George over the summer time, giving them three reputable star gamers in Embiid, George and guard Tyrese Maxey, to go together with stable supporting gamers comparable to Kelly Oubre Jr., Kyle Lowry and Andre Drummond.
However in the long run, they may solely of so far as Embiid will take them come playoff time.
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