I dont know why he tried to add bulk.
Was he trying to be shaq?
Did he developed bad habits in taking care of his body?
Natural aging? What is his real age? 43? Hahaha
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He is literally the same weight in this video as he is now. This is after he added bulk. You want skinny Embiid you need to go back to his Kansas days.76ciology wrote:
I dont know why he tried to add bulk.
Was he trying to be shaq?
Did he developed bad habits in taking care of his body?
Natural aging? What is his real age? 43? Hahaha
Negrodamus wrote:But is Embiid a dinosaur?
Bum Adebayo wrote:Embiid has had bad advice through his career, he has been told that he need to be Shaq 2.0, that he needs to play bully ball and so to bulk up. He is more of a dinosaur now than he was some years ago.
kuclas wrote:What is this talk embiid is a dinosaur. Dinosaur centers are
1. centers shoot less than 70% or less from free throw line.
2. Centers who can’t shoot beyond 15 feet.
I guess people on these boards prefer 6 foot 8/9 centers who can switch defenders. Shoot horrible from the outside like
Bam A of the heat. Hustle players be opportunistic and get 15-18 points a game.
But guess what. When bam faces embiid. Miami has to protect him like crazy. Cause he’s not capable of guarding embiid. For all the talk of the modern day centers. The modern day centers can’t handle the modern day embiid. Myles turner? Nope. Can’t handle embiid. KAT. Nope. He can’t handle embiid or any other defended. Jokic? I guess. He’s on par with embiid. Gobert?
So what exactly do you want in a modern day center?
VDT wrote:You cant run the offense through Embiid all the time simply because he is just an ok passer. He can average something like 3-4 assists (btw he averaged only 1.2 in the playoffs this year which is a problem) but you need another guy to run the offense and create. He is like the center version of Durant/Kawhi. An iso scorer that is not very good passer and needs another guy to run the offense. It's not the end of the world by itself. The issue of course is whether Embiid's scoring is as resilient in the postseason as these guys'. If not, his offensive value is not that high.
His defensive value will depend on the opposing team. If it is a largely perimeter oriented team it will be on the wings to carry the defensive load, against big teams like the Raptors last year, the Bucks or the Lakers he can have great defensive impact imo.
Kobblehead wrote:When people refer to Embiid as a dinosaur, they're moreso talking about the offense, itself, that's being run through a player that cannot score off the dribble being antiquated. Which is true, IMO.