Draymond Green pleads for Joel Embiid to stop shooting jump shots

It’s funny how life works for the Philadelphia 76ers. They have one star player who is reluctant to shoot jumpers–but he should–and the other star who gets criticized for shooting too many of them.

The first assessment references Ben Simmons who is one of the game’s bright stars, but he has a jump shot block while the other focuses on Joel Embiid. The big man is so dominant in the post as he will either score on his opponent or he will get fouled.

In the first half of Friday’s 108-101 win over the Orlando Magic, Embiid was settling for too many jump shots and he only had one free-throw attempt while the Sixers trailed 50-48 at the half. That caused Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green to beg the big fella to stop settling for jumpers at halftime for TNT:

But Joel also has to do himself a favor he’s posting up almost at the 3-point line. You can’t get spacing like that either. There’s no one in the NBA that can stop Joel from getting the position he wants and Joel pretty much needs to think about the game like this: anytime he shoots a jump shot, bailing his defender out. He’s giving his defender a pass. Every time he shoots the jumps out and as someone who’s guarded him, go ahead and go out there. I love when he shoots jump shots.

Is Draymond speaking facts on Joel Embiid? pic.twitter.com/XI6gmcIR0d

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) August 8, 2020

Embiid got the message as he was much more aggressive in the second half getting to the foul line 12 times in the final 24 minutes and he was credited for being the reason why the Sixers woke up and moved forward with the win. When he is aggressive in the post like that, the Sixers are a much different team. [lawrence-related id=36470,36462,36430]