Daily News | Joel Embiid is branching out his storytelling with his production studio, Miniature Géant
center Joel Embiid strode across the Hollywood stage of the Uninterrupted Film Festival and settled into an armchair for an interview with Maverick Carter, the business partner of LeBron James.
Embiid, 29, replied that partly because he was injured when he first started in the league 10 years ago, social media was a way for him to connect with fans and show his personality. “I love trolling,” Embiid said.Joel Embiid discusses the challenge of winning an NBA championship ‘whether it’s Philly or anywhere else’
“You tell the stories you want people to be inspired by,” Embiid said of his hopes for his production studio. That’s why one of the initial projects for his studio was securing a wider release for, a documentary of Cameroon’s 1990 World Cup team, which became the first African nation to make the quarterfinals.
“I love soccer more than basketball,” Embiid said of the sport he grew up playing as a child. His son, Arthur, who is now 3, has become a primary motivation for Embiid to consider what he wants his legacy to be, not only on the basketball court, but beyond it and also after his playing career ends.
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