{"id":10526,"date":"2017-10-09T18:28:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=10526"},"modified":"2017-10-09T18:28:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:28:13","slug":"joel-embiid-agrees-contract-extension-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/10\/09\/joel-embiid-agrees-contract-extension-philadelphia-76ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Joel Embiid Agrees to Contract Extension with Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> have reportedly agreed to sign center <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a><\/strong> to a five-year, $148 million deal. ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to break the news on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Philadelphia center Joel Embiid has agreed to a five-year, $148 million designated rookie scale max extension, league sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/917502978533330944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Report: Joel Embiid, Sixers Agree to Contract Extension<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Embiid&#8217;s new deal will keep him with the Sixers until the end of the 2021-22 season. If left unsigned, Embiid would have become a restricted free agent next summer. As a player with a bad injury history, Embiid&#8217;s deal includes some salary cap protection for Philadelphia, per Adrian Wojnarowski. The extension will kick in at the beginning of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Averaging 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and a stellar 2.5 blocks per game, Embiid proved he can be a key player when healthy. When available, Embiid is a force to be reckoned with, putting up All-Star calibre numbers whilst playing just 25 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>Playing just 31 games in his NBA career, this deal is a huge risk for Philadelphia. Drafted in 2014, Embiid wouldn&#8217;t play a game in the NBA until the start of last season.\u00a0The Sixers see the Cameroonian as their centrepiece, with the team willing to take a big chance by giving him this new contract. If Embiid can stay healthy, this new deal looks great but if his health problems re-occur, the Sixers will be left in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joel Embiid, who has appeared in 31 games over three years, gets a $148 million contract extension. Life is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFrankIsola\/status\/917505962197639168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Embiid is the first big name member of the 2014 draft class to be re-signed, with the likes of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wiggian01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Wiggins<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smartma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Smart<\/a><\/strong> rumoured to be re-signed long-term in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers believe they have found their core. Alongside <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmobe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Simmons<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fultzma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Markelle Fultz<\/a><\/strong>, Embiid is now the face of a franchise that has shown unbelievable patience. The term &#8220;Trust The Process&#8221; has become a\u00a0common phrase in Philly, with Embiid leading the way. This team&#8217;s future is uncertain, to say the least, with the direction of a franchise being decided\u00a0by the health of one big personality.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"jjHv7nFSSC1fNzEZCAXxFg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/822907328\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jjHv7nFSSC1fNzEZCAXxFg',sig:'cCL5DXAcWWGwSsB5zSpO46ALxG8HqOHO9MPU28ABwCw=',w:'594px',h:'438px',items:'822907328',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report: Joel Embiid agrees to 5 year, $148 million contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers despite playing in just 31 career NBA games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":10535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,2,3,13],"tags":[65,267,96,202,225],"class_list":["post-10526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-featured","category-news","category-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nba","tag-nba-news","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"modified_by":"Harrison Marcus","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}