Okafor Is Embiid’s Wingman
While Noel is distancing himself from the team, the pair of Jahlil Okafor and Joel Embiid are embracing the concept.
Okafor believes he & Joel Embiid will be able to "figure it out," if given the chance to play together. Feels they could be a "force."
— brianseltzer (@brianseltzer) October 17, 2016
Will it work? Right now all the chips of the team’s future seem to be placed on Joel Embiid. So will that work out? It will if Embiid says it will. Right now, that seems to be the case. On a team plagued with injuries, the scramble to find a healthy core of players to build upon moving forward in paramount.
Joel Embiid likes pairing up with Jahlil Okafor so he can display his perimeter skills. "I think I'm a guard," Embiid said with a smile.
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) October 17, 2016
And so, the shift begins. While Okafor is a center whose offense can dominate the post, Joel Embiid’s game is part post, part perimeter. Noel and Okafor did not work because neither player had a perimeter game. Joel Embiid has one.
Embiid and Okafor on ESPN this morning https://t.co/facYGvrACf
— The Sixer Sense (@SixerSense) October 18, 2016
And without the presence of Ben Simmons, the team must determine who works with whom. For now, the two best players on the team appear to be the potential of Jahlil Okafor offensively and the two-way dominance of Joel Embiid.