Joel Embiid is a really good basketball player.
He can protect the rim, bang in the post, hit the occasional three and elevate the Philadelphia 76ers to the elite tier of the NBA. But there’s one huge weakness in Embiid’s near-perfect game: his conditioning.
It’s no secret that a clean slate of health has alluded Embiid for his entire career. He missed his first two professional seasons with a foot injury, played just 31 games in his rookie campaign due to a meniscus tear and broke part of his face in his second year, which sidelined him for about a month.