Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid always comes back with something extra in his bag of tricks on the offensive end. He has morphed into one of the league’s best big men and is a top 5 player in the NBA regardless of position.
The big fella has developed into a three-level scorer. He has been able to develop his skills around the basket, he can calmly knock down a mid-range jumper, and he has taken his range out to beyond the arc. There is no real way to stop Embiid as he has led the league in scoring for two straight seasons now.
Trainer Drew Hanlen hopped on “The out of Site” podcast and he explained what he has Embiid prepared to do in the 2023-24 season:
With the new offense that Nick [Nurse] is gonna be installing, we think that Jo is gonna get a lot more easy looks around the basket. Instead of having to create one-on-two, one-on-three him just isoing and being a dominant big, we’re hoping that he gets more back screens, and curl cuts, slips, and screens where he catches the ball at 4-8 feet instead of always having to catch the ball at 15-18. So we’ve spent a lot of time on the hook shot this summer, on the floater this summer. And things we haven’t really worked on the last couple years just because he hasn’t got those shots.
Having Embiid add a hook shot or a floater is such a big development for him. That just adds another factor to his bag and allows him to be a more complete scorer. While he is already able to score at all three levels, if he adds these two skills, then that’s another way for him to dominate the game.
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