Joel Embiid has sent Philly fans into a bit of a tizzy with his postgame comments after the 76ers were routed by the Knicks in Game 4.
Philadelphia weren’t able to win a single game in the Conference semi-finals.
But, Embiid surprised everyone by hailing it success.
“I know we lost and I know that’s not the right mentality to have, but for me, this was a success,” Embiid said, via ESPN. “I came into this year not knowing where I was going to be, how long I was going to play. If I was even going to play based on how the knee was the last two years and I came in hoping for the best.
“I feel like we’re in a position where we figured out the knee, it hasn’t been an issue.”
He then surprised everyone even MORE by expressing uncertainty on whether he would remain a Sixer beyond this season.
“VJ is going, I know, you know, I’m gonna talk to him, he’s gonna be better, and he was amazing for his first year,” The Tyrese is gonna be better, and he’s taking a step every single year. PG that we saw the last couple of weeks, you know, he still got it, and then everybody else. I don’t know who’s gonna be here. I don’t even know if I’m gonna be here, you know, whatever happens happens, but, you know, for me I’m excited about, you know, really getting back to myself.”
It’s worth noting he’s teamed up with many stars of the game including Ben Simmons, JJ Redick, James Harden, Tobias Harris, Al Horford, Tyrese Maxey, Jimmy Butler, Paul George and has still NEVER made it past the conference finals – the only MVP in history to do so.
Maybe Embiid is just looking at the writing on the wall, because it is true that the 76ers front office have a lot of pondering to do.
A TONNE of their cash in tied up in Paul George and Embiid’s contracts, so they won’t able to do much in the way of improving the roster – unless that changes.
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