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Cooney: Likable Embiid could surpass Wentz in popularity

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. - As the 76ers wrapped up their second day of training camp on Wednesday afternoon at Stockton University, coach Brett Brown was asked the usual question of how his team looks after three sessions in two days. The fourth-year coach started with the normal rhetoric you'd expect about guys playing hard and learning to play with one another, and so on and so forth. Then the conversation took a quick upswing as Brown approached the subject of Joel Embiid.

The coach spoke of how he sees rookies Ben Simmons and Dario Saric being "6-10 do-alls" and the excitement of having them both on the floor together for stretches this season.