Even now, as franchise valuations soar into the billions, he is almost embarrassed by his paycheck. “It’s an insane amount of money,” he says. Reminded that the NBA is a star-driven league, Embiid, who last summer signed a second extension, worth $196 million over four years, shrugs. “Not being from here, not growing up with all this, it’s just kind of wild. I don’t know what to do with it.”