Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has been able to personally congratulate the NBA’s new $148 million man — former Jayhawk center Joel Embiid — on landing a five-year contract extension that will keep the 7-footer with the Philadelphia 76ers through the 2022-23 season.
“We texted back and forth. He’s happy. We’re all happy for Jo,” Self, who coached one-and-done college player Embiid during the 2013-14 season, said Tuesday after it was announced by the Sixers that Embiid had signed a designated maximum rookie scale contract extension.
“We’re happy for Jo and Wiggs, all those guys,” Self added of Embiid, Andrew Wiggins and other former Jayhawks in the NBA.