Now Embiid sees MVP and the Sixers’ success as being linked. “Let’s say I average 35 points on a bad team,” he says. “I can’t be the MVP of the league, because I’m not winning.” Legacy matters to Embiid even more since he became a father. His son, Arthur, was born in 2020. Occasionally, he sees traits of his brother in his toddler. “The energy, how he’s always smiling, joyful, the attitude,” says Embiid. “And he likes to be bossy.” He doesn’t want Arthur to play basketball. “Soccer,” Embiid says. But he wants Arthur to look up to his father, like Embiid looked up to his. “My dad was really good at handball,” he says. “And I used to be like, ‘Wow, I want to be that good. I want to be better than him.’ That’s how I want my son to think about it.