When thinking of Joel Emiid’s season so far, I feel the best way express my feelings is to use an acronym.
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He has JOLTED the fan base and Philadelphia 76ers franchise. In his two years of inactivity, Embiid was known for his antics on Twitter, but now he has brought hope and life to a franchise that has just lost its first overall draft pick from this past draft until January. His play has caught everyone’s eye and he can only improve from here on out.
He has become an OVERPOWERING force at the center position. He is top 5 in the league in blocked shots per game and leads the team in scoring. He continues to wow people with range. In the first win of the season he proved that he can over power a defend and make an “and one” play.
He’s EMPOWERED by head coach Brett Brown to play through mistakes. Embiid is not perfect but Brown understand that as a rookie and someone relatively new to the game there will be some hiccups with his game. Brown still allows Embiid to play through mistakes and learn from them.
He’s LACKING playing time and refinement. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, Embiid will be allowed to play more minutes, but until then it is hard to tell how good he will be. Refinement will come in time, but like I said his is not perfect in some areas of his game.