“We need to be able to do everything on …

“We need to be able to do everything on the basketball court,” Embiid says. “That’s what I’ve been trying to do, to kind of change the narrative around big men.” Brown insists he hasn’t abandoned using Embiid in the post and claims his goal is for him to have at least 15 touches a game from there. That’s a fine strategy for the Sixers, but the 29 other teams do not have a Joel Embiid at their disposal. “The numbers don’t support their skill set,” one NBA general manager says about big men who live primarily in the post. “They’re DOA — dead on arrival.”