{"id":99109,"date":"2024-10-02T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=99109"},"modified":"2024-10-02T18:19:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:19:06","slug":"76ers-all-star-reflects-on-teams-winning-window-urgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/02\/76ers-all-star-reflects-on-teams-winning-window-urgency\/","title":{"rendered":"76ers All-Star Reflects on Team\u2019s Winning Window Urgency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia<\/span><\/a>\u00a076ers All-Star\u00a0<\/span>Joel Embiid<\/span><\/a> has endured an NBA career overshadowed by one looming crux: injuries. Now, as he and his Sixers team prepare for a new season, Embiid shed some light on his outlook for his squad while opening up on his health, teammates, and urgency to win this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

76ers All-Star Reflects on Team\u2019s Winning Window Urgency<\/strong><\/h2>\n

76ers <\/strong>All-Star Joel Embiid Opens Up Winning, Health, and Age<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With the 76ers about to embark on a new NBA campaign, Embiid, a seven-time All-Star, recognizes his and his teammates’ current situation. Philly brought in one of the off-season’s most prominent free agents in <\/span>Paul George<\/span><\/a>. They also acquired 16-year veteran Eric Gordon<\/a><\/span>. Aside<\/span>\u00a0from those two summer signings, <\/span>Kyle Lowry<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kelly Oubre Jr<\/span><\/a>. returned to the 76ers on new deals.<\/span><\/p>\n

On paper, the 76ers have a rather elite squad when you add\u00a0<\/span>Tyrese Maxey<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to the mix. However, a couple of things seem to be on Embiid\u2019s mind.\u00a0<\/span>During a press conference<\/span><\/a>, the oft-injured center spoke about the urgency he feels to win, given that his history is rife with ailments. Regardless, Embiid reassured everyone that his mindset is focused on winning more than anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhatever it takes to make sure that I get to that point and I\u2019m ready to go,\u201d Embiid said. \u201cBasically every single year of my career, I\u2019ve been hurting in the playoffs. So I think that\u2019s the goal. And it is all about doing whatever it takes to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Joel Embiid Is\u00a0Willing\u00a0to Doing Whatever it Takes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Embiid knows that his body has a penchant for getting in his way, especially come playoff time. However, even with last season\u2019s injuries, he still averaged 34.7 points per game and kept Philly hanging around in their first-round series against <\/span>New York<\/span><\/a>. Embiid alluded to a lighter workload this year to combat injury threats. However, he did not shy away from being willing to step up and put his team in a position to win.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI will [score] when I have to,\u201d Embiid said. \u201cIf it means I have to score some points at some point, then I\u2019m going to do it. But most of the time, I really want to focus on just really let the game come to me. I think in previous years I\u2019ve had to do it because we didn\u2019t have necessarily the manpower for me to take that step back and to put us in a position to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The former MVP is walking into this season focused. His summer Olympic experience has aided him in keeping perspective and relishing a chance to win again\u2014something he alluded to while speaking with reporters.<\/p>\n

Can the 76ers Old Guys Make A Difference?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 2024-25 iteration of the 76ers is up there in age. George (34), Gordon (35), and Lowry (38) are all past their primes. As for Embiid, he is just 30. However, given his injuries, as many as they have been, they certainly add a few extra years to him, at least in the physical sense.<\/p>\n

Still, GM Daryl Morey has put together a championship contending core in Philadelphia. Several NBA analysts and media pundits are putting the 76ers in the 2-4 seed range in the Eastern Conference. Suppose Embiid can finally make it to the playoffs on both legs this year and be relatively healthy entering them. \u00a0Not to mention the addition of George, as well as Maxey continuing to get better every single year. In that case, the 76ers are in good position to be a team to beat in the East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia\u00a076ers All-Star\u00a0Joel Embiid has endured an NBA career overshadowed by one looming crux: injuries. Now, as he and his Sixers team prepare for a new season, Embiid shed some light on his outlook for his squad while opening up on his health, teammates, and urgency to win this season. 76ers All-Star Reflects on Team\u2019s Winning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5081,"featured_media":99139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,62,13],"tags":[1107,446,267,1315,319,639,564,1052,50,2478],"class_list":["post-99109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nba","category-76ers","tag-daryl-morey","tag-eric-gordon","tag-joel-embiid","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-kyle-lowry","tag-nba-all-star","tag-nba-mvp","tag-olympics","tag-paul-george","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99109","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\/5081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}