I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still shook by the Joel Embiid feature from ESPN’s Dotun Akintoye last week. If you haven’t read it, stop what you’re doing—yes, that even means reading this article—and go check it out first.
As LB’s Paul Hudrick covered, it was a profile of a man who has suffered through both physical and mental trauma over the past decade. It’s remarkable that he managed to overcome as much as he did to reach the heights he had prior to his meniscus injury. However, that feature also underscored the enormous burden that the Sixers have placed upon Embiid’s shoulders.