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Highlights from Joel Embiid’s First 12 Minutes of Professional Basketball
By Jim Adair
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Joel Embiid played all of his allotted minutes in the first half of tonight’s pre-season opener at UMass Amherst. The strategy out of the gate was “give Joel the ball.” He got doubled early which forced a couple of turnovers, but he also showed flashes of the Joel Embiid we have been waiting for. Here’s his first career three long two:
Doing some work in the post:
And his first career block, on a DUNK attempt:
Embiid ended his night at halftime with 6 points on 2 for 6 from the field, 4 rebounds, and two blocks.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.