Max Kellerman on Joel Embiid and Sixers
by Yetundejones: Max Kellerman
Max Kellerman isn't convinced the Sixers can hold onto Joel Embiid. He says Embiid is too big a piece to integrate and work around, adding that it's always something else with this situation. The take came up on Game Over.
Transcript (en)
because you have optionality. So basically, you're putting LeBron in a Draymond type of role on that Sixers team. I don't think they can keep Embiid. I don't think the team can keep Embiid because he's like a victim of his own excellence in the sense that I don't care how good he's feeling in the offseason and all that. And look, if he stays healthy the whole time to win the whole thing, he proves me wrong, right? But he is such a big piece to integrate and then have to work around. And then if he comes back to integrate and every year of his career, it's always something else. if I'm the Sixers I'm moving off Embiid as soon as possible come on Max I wouldn't let this go by the wayside and by the way when healthy he's the best player on the team that's the problem you just don't know when he's going to be healthy in the playoffs you want mismatches if Embiid is healthy he's a mismatch every night and you know what happens he comes back to the lineup he plays well but they lose because they have to figure out how to play with him he plays well again and now they win because they figured it out and then he's out of the lineup you're on a different team now though Max don't get me wrong you have to figure out how to stagger minutes. This is all about staggering minutes. How many minutes you give Embiid a night? To start the season? No, like throughout. What's he averaging a night? Well, you would hope all these guys are averaging around 32 minutes a game. If I'm the Sixers, I'm keeping Embiid under 28 minutes a game in the regular season.
