Embiid is currently leading the league in PPG at 31.9 in just 34 minutes per game. He is also averaging 6.2 APG. (32/11/6). He’s also shooting a career high 88.5% from the free throw line.
This means he is scoring more than, and assisting as much or more than the following guards:
Steph Curry
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Donovan Mitchell
Anthony Edwards
Tyrese Maxey
Damien Lillard (tied in APG)
Jalen Brunson
Kyrie Irving
Since this is a post about Embiid I’m also obligated to acknowledge Jokic’s obscene statline at 29/14/9 through the first 13 games.
I’m a fan of centers, and the modern NBA is a new golden age for big men, especially as we see the Chet and Wemby coming into the league.
Shout out to Sengun as well. There’s a lot of great young centers in the league right now
Maxey has more assists - 7.1 per game. But Joel has been an exceptional passer this year
numbers are hard
Thinking Basketball made a good video about the Sixers’ offense and why it’s actually slightly better this year than last year with Harden gone.
Philly has essentially chopped their isolations in half, and Nurse has introduced a ton of movement into the offense. Philly now uses “handoffs” a lot now, and a lot of opportunities for cutters/shooters open up from that which Maxey can find either in a P&R or Embiid can find from the short roll/elbow