Is This Finally Joel Embiid’s Moment?

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Joel Embiid’s 2021 season has been marked by seismic ups and downs. With the Sixers leading the Eastern Conference, Embiid was the front runner for NBA MVP through mid-March...until he went down with a knee injury that sidelined him for 10 games. The injury was just the latest roadblock in a career that’s seemingly always just on the cusp of fulfilling its potential. And off the court, Embiid has faced personal tragedy, with the death of his brother Arthur, as well as joy, with the birth of his first child, whom he’s named after his late brother. As Embiid and the 76ers look toward the postseason, Ramona Shelburne sits down with Joel Embiid as he reveals his emotional journey and shares what drives him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So March 10th, the Caesar's Palace Sportsbook decides Joelle and Bede is now the favorite
0:11.4	over LeBron James and Nicola Yokic for the NBA MVP.
0:16.0	Ramona Shelburne covers the NBA for ESPN.
0:19.5	He's averaging 30 points a game.
0:21.8	The Sixers are in first place in the East.
0:24.3	He's trying to become the first center to win MVP since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000.
0:28.6	On NB, Thompson took a shot earlier, Joelle, quickly around Tice and giving them the stare-down after slamming.
0:39.1	March 12th, he's coming back from the 10-day quarantine
0:41.7	that forced him out of the All-Star game,
0:43.7	and the first game back is against the Washington Wizards.
0:50.0	It could have been against anyway,
0:51.8	because whoever he was going to play that night,
0:55.4	he was taking it out on.
1:00.9	Oh, and Bede, emphatically slamming in the face of Bokner.
1:02.1	Oh, my goodness.
1:05.3	He had four dunks that night.
1:11.5	And the last dunk, where he takes the dribble handoff from Tobias Harris. He goes up.
1:14.2	The contact comes from Garrison Matthews.
1:21.6	He goes and turns to the side, and instead of just laying it up, he decides to dunk it, just to prove a point.
1:28.3	And when he lands, everything goes wrong. And he's throwing down two, and Terry to get in his way was Garrison Matthews and it beat his hurt.
1:36.3	And he is clearly in pain.
1:54.0	As soon as I just fell, and the pain, the first thing that I'm thinking about is my season is over.
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