Joel Embiid's son Arthur was central to the Sixers' star big man's story Wednesday of how he became the NBA's MVP.
“I’d say the biggest key of it is obviously, I’m all about family,” Embiid said Wednesday. “I don’t talk about it a lot. My son I would say is probably the biggest part of it. My parents, they’ve been here from the beginning. I’m still kind of pissed at my dad because he didn’t let me start playing basketball until 15. Who knows what I could’ve been if I had started earlier. But he made the right decision. Everything happens for a reason. My mom, she doesn’t really care about all of this.
Embiid also expressed gratitude for many others who supported his unconventional route to MVP, including his teammates, coaches, and“Improbable doesn’t mean impossible,” Embiid said. “A lot of us don’t get those opportunities to come to the US, get to go to high school, go to college, and have a chance to be on an NBA roster, let alone being an All-Star.
Current Sixers general manager and former Process-era veteran power forward Elton Brand was in attendance Wednesday and got a shoutout as well. It was not surprising to hear Embiid acknowledge that yes, regardless of whatever comments he’d previously made to the contrary, winning MVP was very meaningful to him.
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