While preparing for a Sixers visit to Toronto, the big question is always the same: will Joel Embiid play? The big Cameroonian was selected third in the 2014 draft and in three years has never appeared on a court in Toronto. (To be fair, he didn’t appear on any courts his first two seasons.) It’s worth noting that the one time the Sixers beat the Raptors in the past four plus seasons was with Embiid on the floor.
But now the big man has been tearing it up in 2017, and that means surely the Raptors (and their fans) will have to deal with Embiid on their home court.