Daily News | Joel Embiid named to All-NBA Second Team behind Jokic, Giannis, and Tatum
, becoming the first center since Shaquille O’Neal in 1999-2000 to lead the NBA in scoring while also averaging 11.7 rebounds, a career-high 4.2 assists per game and 1.5 blocks per game. Embiid’s dominance on both ends of the floor anchored a Sixers team that tied for the Eastern Conference’s second-best regular-season record while navigating the Ben Simmons saga and blockbuster trade for James Harden.
Embiid also played a career-high 68 regular-season games, including 60 of 64 contests from late November until the end of the regular season. During the playoffs, however, Embiid suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb, an orbital fracture and a concussion that hampered him during the Sixers’ second-round exit.