Saying he hopes to be a Sixer 'for the rest of my career,' Joel Embiid reached a three-year contract extension with the team that sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne is worth $192.9 million.
have agreed to a three-year, $192.9 million maximum contract extension that guarantees the former MVP a total of $299.5 million through the 2028-29 season, sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.
Embiid announced that he and the team had agreed to the extension Friday morning, saying he hopes to remain a Sixer"for the rest of my career."."I love this community and everything you've given me and my family. There is a lot more work to do. You guys deserve a championship and I think we're just getting started!"Embiid will decline his $59 million player option for the 2026-27 season and sign the new, three-year extension.
"We're ecstatic that this extension keeps him and his family in Philadelphia for years to come," Harris said."Joel is a great family man, leader, and person. He is an elite two-way player with a combination of size, strength, and athleticism that this league has rarely -- if ever -- seen. He is integral to this franchise's quest for another NBA Championship, and we are honored that he continues to choose this organization as his NBA home.
Embiid, 30, remains the cornerstone of the franchise, the 2023 NBA MVP who has made All-NBA five times and shown himself to be one of the most dominant centers in the modern history of the sport. He has averaged 27.9 points per game in his career -- fourth most all time behind Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and
Last season, Embiid averaged 34.7 points but did not play enough games to qualify for the scoring title. His 1.03 points per minute made him the first player to average a point per minute since Chamberlain in 1961-62, per ESPN Research.
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