Joel Embiid can see the finish line of the regular season now just eight games away. The Sixers were in first place, just for a moment, before they fell to the best-in-class Phoenix Suns. Now they have dropped all the way to fourth place, although just a half a game separates the top four teams in the Eastern Conference.
The Athletic’s Sam Amick, actually a friend of our “Gastroenteritis Blues” pod, caught up with the front-runner for the 2022 NBA MVP award Joel Embiid, and got him to share some thoughts on a few hot topics in Sixerland.