I’ve always enjoyed watching big men play, and anytime one comes around with some fantastic skills, I always make sure to check them out as much as I can (when I’m not watching the Rockets, of course). And some of what Embiid is doing is ridiculous.
He’s practically impossible to guard, he’s got skills close to and away from the bucket, and he’ll be a building block for the Philadelphia 76ers for years to come.
But as seems to be the norm in these harrowing days of NBA Twitter, social media is dripping with knee-jerk hyperbole and conjecture.