It's difficult for the Philadelphia 76ers to view Joel Embiid as anything other than the MVP who was promised. Between 2020-21 and 2022-23, he won an MVP award, twice finished second in MVP voting, and took home two scoring titles for good measure.
Unfortunately, Embiid has appeared in just 64 of the 76ers' past 181 regular season games—thus making a trade for Domantas Sabonis an option worth exploring.
With all due respect to Sabonis, trading Embiid for him or just about anyone else is a difficult sell. There are levels to greatness and the 76ers' franchise player has reached Wilt Chamberlain peaks of per-minute production on the scoring front while anchoring the team on defense.