The Knicks are on the hunt again for a championship-caliber star to pair with Jalen Brunson, and reports indicate Joel Embiid could be on their radar.
It was the seventh consecutive year Rivers has not been past the second round of the playoffs — seven seasons with the Clippers and three with the 76ers.five weeks after the Raptors parted ways with him after he guided them to an NBA title in 2019 and won the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2020.
It seems unlikely that Embiid — the face of the 76ers for seven years — will move on, as he sits on the brink of a four-year, $210 million supermax extension, signed last year, that does not start until next season. If Embiid were to request a trade, it would likely would cause Philadelphia to have to rebuild again.expected to reunite with the Houston Rockets as a free agentThe Knicks would like to find a franchise-altering player to pair with Jalen Brunson in hopes for a NBA Champsionship.Embiid, 29, earned his six-time All-Star nomination this season after averaging 33.1 points per game — his career-high — along with 10.2 rebounds per game while shooting .548% from the field.
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