Sports journalism is back. That was the biggest takeaway from Dotun Akintoye’s phenomenal Joel Embiid feature that ran on ESPN on Wednesday morning. The enigmatic Philadelphia 76ers superstar provided rare access and vulnerability talking about the ups and downs of his NBA career in the type of longform piece that rarely exists in today’s media landscape. Embiid is a fascinating subject as he enters the 2025-26 season as the league’s biggest wildcard.
Embiid played only 19 games last season and never looked like the player who won 2023 NBA MVP and looked poised to potentially repeat before a knee injury interrupted a dominant campaign the following year. Now 31
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