The production value on this is top-notch. I like detail. I admire attention to detail– it’s why I try to limit myself to six typos per post. Speeding things up to get to the salient part here is what separates Philly from other sports cities. Of course, Philly may be the only city where a hulking 7’2 professional athlete needs a security detail to run at night.

Here are some details from the Reddit post:

I was just in shock. I was freaking out to my lyft passengers when they got in. They weren’t even basketball fans, but they seemed to admire my excitement.

This was on Pine St., so like Rittenhouse, bordering South Philly.

This is lore. One day, men will tell their kids of how, if you were lucky, you could spot The Process running the Philly streets under moon and lamp light. So many Philly tropes in that it’s hard to count– there’s obviously Rocky, but imagine M. Night’s surprise if Embiid tore off to 30th street like The Beast in Split. We’d have some real synergies there.

Anyway, this appears to be real (or an excellent viral marketing campaign). Either way, as balmy summer eves turn to cool fall nights, warm your bones with a super-soft hoodie: