ESPN is reporting that Joel Embiid, the potential number one overall pick, arrived in Cleveland on Tuesday. He'll workout for Cavaliers' officials and undergo a crucial medical exam (which will likely determine his spot atop the draft).
Embiid is an interesting prospect that Brad and I have spent innumerable hours discussing. There seems to be a general consensus among sports pundits: if Embiid is healthy, he goes number one.
But that's the thing. That IF is a huge, hulking caveat, the fly in the soup, the corn-laced turd in the punch bowl (enjoy your lunch now, fine readers!). As Brad has previously enumerated, past injury history is a solid predictor of future injury behavior. Embiid being injured at this fledgling stage of his career is not a good thing and could bode poorly for the center from Cameroon.
Still the guy is capable of shit like this:
Embiid is an interesting prospect that Brad and I have spent innumerable hours discussing. There seems to be a general consensus among sports pundits: if Embiid is healthy, he goes number one.
But that's the thing. That IF is a huge, hulking caveat, the fly in the soup, the corn-laced turd in the punch bowl (enjoy your lunch now, fine readers!). As Brad has previously enumerated, past injury history is a solid predictor of future injury behavior. Embiid being injured at this fledgling stage of his career is not a good thing and could bode poorly for the center from Cameroon.
Still the guy is capable of shit like this:
A healthy Embiid running pick and rolls with Waiters and Irving could be a sight to behold. Enjoying the perks of a dominant rim protector turning back shots could turn this Cleveland team into a solid defensive squad. And watching a healthy Embiid develop slowly into one of the two best big men in the game (the other Davis, Anthony aka the Unibrow) would warm the iciest corners of skeptical Cleveland hearts.
Of course, injured Embiid doesn't play much, sets the team back a decade and makes the Cavaliers a league-wide laughing stock for years and years (see Bennett, Anthony).
No pressure though.
....but seriously. Don't fuck this up.
Of course, injured Embiid doesn't play much, sets the team back a decade and makes the Cavaliers a league-wide laughing stock for years and years (see Bennett, Anthony).
No pressure though.
....but seriously. Don't fuck this up.