Joel Embiid made the impression of his best Ben Simmons.
In the midst of a disastrous season, Embiid passed a wide open shot that could have given the Philadelphia 76ers the lead in seconds after Tuesday's 106-103 loss to the Raptors.
The Sixers are cornered, 105-103, with about 10 seconds left, Embiid is handed the ball by guard Tylese Maxie at the top of the key in the set of legs, and is surely ready to shoot a wide open three-pointer. But instead he returned the ball to the floor and dribbled into the flood of Toronto defenders.
Embiid accidentally looked at the ball while looking at the basket without a defender even in the photo before placing it on the floor, dribbling between his legs near the free throw line.
Dick went to the free throw line and created one of two, with Maxie missing out on a 3-point attempt, a game with 26 feet with 5.1 seconds left.
Embiid was a painful sight of Philadelphia's eyes. Because he played 17 of his 53 games for the team that appeared this season with his championship aspirations.
Philadelphia (20-33) is currently the No. 11 seed in the Eastern Conference while dealing with a ton of injuries across the entire roster.
Embiid (missed 446-400), who missed 47% of his career games as of January 29, speculates that he is a health risk after playing just 39 games the previous year. Despite this, he played at Team USA's Olympics.
He followed the uneven 2023-24 season by not appearing in the game until November 12th, when the 76ers began 2-8.
If Embiid, 30, played all the games for the rest of the regular season, he would have played just 44 games this season.
He has never reached the 70-game plateau in his career.
Embiid, like his former running mate Simmons, is part of Philadelphia's “Reliable The Process” era, with the 76ers front office tanking consecutive seasons, with two stars taking up much of the regular season I was sitting there.
That lack of play time is the future as Simmons was later added to the Superstar after being traded online from the 76ers after being eventually cut off from the team and signed with the Clipper in the buyout market It will be a sign.
Embiid and the 76ers are scheduled to play the net in their second consecutive game on Wednesday, and although he is not listed in the injury report, he has said he will not play in the remaining two straight games before. I did. His career.
“If I had to guess, I probably wouldn't play the rest of my career in a row,” Embiid said before the start of this season. According to ESPN.
