There are many outstanding players featuring in this incarnation of the NBA Playoffs, and unfortunately for the Toronto Raptors, they’ll be facing one of them in Round 2.
The man standing between the Raptors and their second ever trip to the Eastern Conference Finals is Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers. Obviously, the Sixers have a plethora of talent in their ranks. Ben Simmons, Jimmy Butler and to some extent, Tobias Harris, are all stars in their own right.
This is Embiid’s team, though.
If you needed any more proof of that, you only have to look back to the last five games as the Philadelphia 76ers bounced the Brooklyn Nets out of the playoffs in five games, even with Embiid only playing in four of them.