“We gave him the ball…”

This last Thursday, 2nd, during an interview after the victory of Philadelphia 76ers in front of Toronto Raptorsthe Cameroonian pivot Joel Embiid countered the statements made by the former franchise point guard, James Hardenabout the period he spent as a player for the Philadelphia.

During the last few days, there have been several statements from the point guard, saying that he was put ‘on a leash’ in the Sixers’ offensive phase and that he “is not a system player, he is a system”. He even shot at Daryl Morey, Philadelphia’s operations manager, stating that he is a “liar” and that he never intends to speak to him again. However, Embiid decided to take a stand, going against his former teammate’s statements. “We allowed him to be himself, and we gave him the ball on every possession. Because he’s really good. He is an incredible player. I’m not a great passer, so we gave him the ball.”shot.

“He had to make decisions between using open players with space or looking at himself. I thought he did a great job positioning us in our attacks, passing the ball, activating players with space. That’s the reason he won the assists competition last year.”, completed the current NBA MVP. The dispute mentioned would be the average number of assists per game. In this regard, Harden came out on top. Even with his good performance, Barba continued to have problems off the court, and Embiid believes that some of them would have happened to the coach Doc Rivers and its technical committee. Even with the ball in his hands, the experienced player’s lack of protagonism may have bothered the point guard.