Joel Embiid could be achieved trusting the method in Philadelphia if the 76ers fail to play for a championship within the close to future.
Embiid was named NBA Most Valuable Player for the 2022-23 season and enters his eighth season with the franchise considering his subsequent transfer.
“I just want to win a championship. Whatever it takes,” Embiid stated in an interview with Maverick Carter that occurred Thursday on the UNINTERRUPTED Sports Film Festival. “I don’t know where that’s gonna be, whether it’s in Philly or anywhere else, I just want to have a chance to accomplish that. I want to see what it feels like to win that first one and then you can think about the next one. It’s not easy, but it takes more than one or two, three guys. You got to have good people around you and myself every single day, I work hard to be at that level so I can make it happen. So, every single day, I’m working towards that.”
Embiid stated he “loves the challenge” of listening to different gamers talked about for MVP and proving himself.
“I understand the business, it’s fun at the end of the day I think of it like this: I’m extremely blessed,” Embiid stated.
Embiid was in Los Angeles to launch his personal new movie studio, however seems to haven’t any management over who’ll be his co-star subsequent season.
He has been paired with Ben Simmons and James Harden because the 76ers try to interrupt via within the Eastern Conference. Simmons was traded for Harden, who returned final season for lower than a most contract solely to request a commerce coming into the 2023-24 season. Harden reportedly knowledgeable the 76ers he desires to play for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Embiid stated final month he was hopeful Harden would nonetheless change his thoughts.
Embiid signed a four-year, $213 million contract extension in 2021 that runs via 2026-27 and averages greater than $52 million per season.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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