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Sep 30, 2024; Camden, NJ, USA; Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) poses for a photo on media day at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images
THE BAHAMAS -- As the Philadelphia 76ers get set to kick off training camp in The Bahamas later today, here are five things that I will be focusing in on during our week in the Caribbean.
1: Joel Embiid's conditioning, and his readiness to play
The conversation of whether or not the Sixers can contend for a title always has, and will for the rest of his career, center on whether or not Joel Embiid can be as healthy and as dominant in May and June as he has been in December and January.
When Joel Embiid spoke to the media yesterday, he mentioned that he "lost about 25-30 (pounds). I still got a ways to go. Still wanna lose more," Embiid said. "When we lost lost year I texted [Daryl] I was lik...
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