Bubstubbler wrote:Blake Griffin put up 22/12 as a rookie, and Embiid is significantly better. As rookies: Duncan put up 21/12, Hakeem put up 21/12, Robinson put up 24/12, Mourning put up 21/10, and Shaq put up 23/14.
Philly is lacking in stud offensive talent, so Embiid should have plenty of touches next year. He'll probably be (and should be) their #1 option, and be very efficient at it.
He's an all-time-great prospect. He put up historic numbers as a freshman center (only matched by Robinson/Mourning/Hakeem/Ewing/Oden), and yet he's a guy who is actually a far better prospect than his numbers show (since he only started playing organized basketball about 3 years ago and is improving at an astounding rate).
The foul trouble was a non story, since his freshman year was a bizarro year in college basketball due to the change in how fouls were called that year: half the fouls called on him probably wouldn't have been called in previous years, and certainly wouldn't have been called in the NBA.
I remain of the thinking that many of the posters here will poop themselves when they realize how good Embiid actually is. If he's healthy, he's going to take the league by storm: he's got inside moves, good mid-range touch, and a sweet perimeter stroke; good ball handling, good passing, good court vision, and quick thinking ability, plus he's highly coordinated, athletic, long, able to anticipate, has a strong desire to win/dominate, is an extremely fast learner, and has great intuition on defense. The guy's potential is surreal.
To be fair...it will be a pretty big IF, that he is healthy.
Especially if he is out here scarfing down 20 big mac a day (jk)
But no seriously, I don't think it is a lock that he comes into the league and puts up all star numbers from jump...not with our team as is especially.
