Last season I wrote a series of articles looking at how a few members of the Philadelphia 76erscould improved based on the struggles they experienced in the NBA playoffs. Here is the second episode of the 2018-19 series; the first installment covered Ben Simmons.
Joel Embiid went up a level in numerous areas in 2018-19. He became the NBA's fourth-leading scorer at 27.5 points per game, his free throw rate went through the roof (second in the league at 10.