Sixers’ Player of the Week: Joel Embiid’s strong start
Joel Embiid’s strong start earns him the Philadelphia 76ers’ first player of the week award for this season.
Just like in seasons past, The Sixer Sense presents the player of the week award. Its purpose is to highlight the Philadelphia 76ers’ most impressive player of that particular week. While this coming out on Saturday, in the future it will be coming on Fridays.
It should also be noted that in addition to the player of the week award, there will be another player who gets an honorable mention for their week as well. With that being said, to no surprise, the Sixers’ best player Joel Embiid claims the first award of this season.
Due to beginning of the season being so short, every game up to the point of this article’s release will be included.
Embiid’s impressive week for the Sixers.
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In the 76ers single digit victory against the Washington Wizards, Embiid was the game’s second leading scorer behind Bradley Beal of Washington. The big man finished with 27 points, 14 rebounds, two assists, one block, three turnovers, and three fouls. He also shot 10-17 on field goal attempts, 100.0 percent on his one 3-point attempt, and 8-9 from the free throw line.
Embiid led all players in points and rebounds in the blowout win against the New York Knicks. He finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds, two assists, one steal, one block, one turnover, and three fouls, while converting 50.percent of his field goals, 3-pointers, and going 5-7 from the foul line.
The All-Star big man didn’t play against the Cleveland Cavaliers and that game is the only loss of the season for Philadelphia thus far.
The center returned in the seven point victory against the Toronto Raptors, and led all scorers and rebounders. He finished with 29 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, two steals, two blocks, five turnovers, and one foul. He went 7-17 from the floor, 1-6 from behind the arc, and 14-16 from on his free throws.
Embiid tied with Seth Curry as the games’ leading scoring in the blowout win against the Orlando Magic. The big man had 21 points, nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks, and two fouls, while going 7-11 on shot attempts, 50.0 percent on 3-point shots, and 6-8 on foul shots.
Honorable mention
Despite the rough start to the season, Tobias Harris has quickly become a super efficient scorer. He’s averaged 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.0 steal, 1.2 blocks, 1.6 turnovers, and 2.0 fouls per game.
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Embiid is the obvious choice for the Philadelphia 76ers’ first player of the week award for this season. The center has averaged 26.5 points, 12.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.5 blocks, 2.3 turnovers, and 2.3 fouls per game.