JUST IN: Embiid Agrees to be Sixer for Life

[Stanford]

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We love our big center, don't we folks?

[ivysixer2000]

Looking at the contract, first of all he deserves that money. Good for him, brings us stability with the only variables being Oubre and Drummond.

Second, this is the team that Morey obviously wants as his teams in Houston where based on 3s, but they were just bad percentage 3 point shooters. This one is better, so I'm very optimistic that we can stomp on the Celtics.

[SixthStreet]

We are in an era where long term contracts are no longer signs of commitment to a franchise, especially 3rd and 4th max contracts. Player movement can be obtained after signing these contracts by a number of different levers players can exercise.

I'm under no illusion that this means Embiid will be a Sixer for life but I hope that is what it means. I'm under the hope that he is happy and stays here, even if a championship is not the outcome. I just love the guy, flaws and all. He is far more human than nearly any other star player of this era. He clearly loves our city. I hope to never see him in another uniform and won't care that he's making $60+ million a year when he's no longer a dominant force.

[76ciology]

Bargain if we win a championship. Expensive if we dont.

[Arsenal]

Good move. Hopefully he gets a chance to play at our beautiful new center city arena and isn't traded or retired by then. With a few RANGS in tow!

[76ciology]

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[elchengue20]

It doesn't mean commitment, he just secured the money.

Smart move for someone so injury prone.

Also it's a gamble the franchise has to take.

[Stanford]

It doesn't mean commitment.

Yeah it does

[elchengue20]

It doesn't mean commitment.

Yeah it does

No, he secured the money from the team he can pay him most.

Being so injury prone while also in the end of his prime it's a no brainer for him.

[Stanford]

Joel Embiid is now a Sixer for life

[Sixerscan]

We are in an era where long term contracts are no longer signs of commitment to a franchise, especially 3rd and 4th max contracts. Player movement can be obtained after signing these contracts by a number of different levers players can exercise.

I'm under no illusion that this means Embiid will be a Sixer for life but I hope that is what it means. I'm under the hope that he is happy and stays here, even if a championship is not the outcome. I just love the guy, flaws and all. He is far more human than nearly any other star player of this era. He clearly loves our city. I hope to never see him in another uniform and won't care that he's making $60+ million a year when he's no longer a dominant force.

Are we sure we're still in that era? The current top players, Embiid, Jokic, Giannis, Doncic, Tatum are all still with the teams that drafted them and it's never seemed like any of them have gotten particularly close to leaving.

The Decision Era stuff where the elite guys were regularly getting to their second contracts then looking to bounce has happened less. And when it does it's usually guys that came up during that era rather than the younger generation.

We'll see how it goes. The new CBA rules make it seem like if anything it will be even harder for guys making this level of money to be traded.

[rzzzzz]

Glad the big guy is sticking around. Fits the city like a glove. Just wish there was an arrangement made where he would be obliged to visit old Kareem and learn the yoga exercises that kept him so fit for such a long run.

[WentzerWuver]

It doesn't mean commitment, he just secured the money.

Smart move for someone so injury prone.

Also it's a gamble the franchise has to take.

Worth every penny! He is also why we won gold in the Olympics!

https://youtu.be/c0OnGMNi0SM?si=Q_wOjg60ZW4sQZ7B

https://hoopshype.com/2024/09/20/joel-embiid-will-make-69-million-in-the-final-year-of-his-new-deal-with-philadelphia/

[Wilfried]

Also it's a gamble the franchise has to take.

Is it?
What would have happened if they didn't sign the extension?
He had 3 more years on the books.

I understand you cannot make your starplayer unhappy (but he has to make us happy too, until now it's mostly dissapointment when it comes to leadership and team accomplishment) but to me, with Jojo, it's about the next 2 seasons, especially with PG13 on board.

Now we are commited to him for the next 5-6 seasons, and we all know he's not going to be very usefull at age 36 I'm afraid.

We could have just waited the next 2 seasons and trade his expiring, when it was a big dissapointement again, no?

[Sixerscan]

Also it's a gamble the franchise has to take.

Is it?
What would have happened if they didn't sign the extension?
He had 3 more years on the books.

I understand you cannot make your starplayer unhappy (but he has to make us happy too, until now it's mostly dissapointment when it comes to leadership and team accomplishment) but to me, with Jojo, it's about the next 2 seasons, especially with PG13 on board.

Now we are commited to him for the next 5-6 seasons, and we all know he's not going to be very usefull at age 36 I'm afraid.

We could have just waited the next 2 seasons and trade his expiring, when it was a big dissapointement again, no?

I think you either added a year or don't realize he had a player option involved which is pretty key.

He had 2 years plus a player option on the books. This resulted in him essentially picking up his player option for 26/27 (he declined it and it was replaced with a similar number), and in exchange he signed for another year plus a player option. The full contract is now 4 plus a player option.

If it's really "about the next 2 seasons" (I would argue it's more than that since George signed for 3+1 and Maxey is 23 years old) then arguably you don't haggle over seasons down the road and assume the worst now. Even assuming not giving the extension now wouldn't piss him off (it would), then what's the best case scenario? He plays at an MVP caliber level this season and next and then declines his player option? At that point he's going to command max money still and you probably have to offer him even more than he just got or he walks for nothing. PG is 2 years older now than Embiid would be then and a lower tier of player and just got a 4 year max contract

Also don't get fooled by the timing, he wasn't allowed to sign an extension under the CBA until a few weeks ago, but this was almost certainly agreed/understood was going to happen well before George signed here, and Embiid's buy-in (including going on national TV and blatantly recruiting George) was a big reason they had the offseason they had. Is George signing here if he hears the Sixers are screwing with Embiid over his deal the same way the Clippers did with him?

[GoSixersBro]

Glad the big guy is sticking around. Fits the city like a glove. Just wish there was an arrangement made where he would be obliged to visit old Kareem and learn the yoga exercises that kept him so fit for such a long run.

That yoga was just GrubHub not existing in the 70's and 80's.

[rzzzzz]

That yoga was just GrubHub not existing in the 70's and 80's.

Definitely agree with keeping the calories down. Biid taking the weight off would be a kindness to his tender knees. But stretching out all that connective tissue on a regular basis in a mindful regimen would go a long way in protecting against injury.

[phillynative]

The 3 modern greats Lebron, KD, and Steph are known yogees. Hopefully it sparked an interest in Embiid during the Olympics.