Daily News | Joel Embiid outtakes: His MVP journey with the Sixers, in his words
Joel Embiid spoke for more than 30 minutes at midday Wednesday, about 18 hours after he won his first NBA MVP award. He was eloquent, and thoughtful, and gracious ... and long-winded. Much of what he said wound up in Inquirer content, but some topics that didn’t quite fit the day’s events merit mention as well:“I’m still kind of [ticked] at my dad, because he didn’t let me start playing basketball until I was 15.
He touched on Sixers controversies involving Process architect Sam Hinkie and his successor, Bryan Colangelo, who resigned in disgrace after he was connected to burner social media accounts that were critical of players:He defended his recent campaigning for the MVP award: He revealed the moment he realized he could dominate: Less than four minutes into his career debut on Oct. 26, 2016, against the Thunder in Philadelphia. He missed a three-pointer, turned the ball over ... then he dropped a buttery 16-footer :
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