After losing to the Pistons, many 76ers fans and friends began to worry about their prospects in the playoffs, in this game, Embiid showed a very good competitive state, cut 37 points + 15 rebounds, but in the end, Embiid and Harden formed the new Philadelphia "Twin Stars" or failed, lost to the Pistons, who ranked second from the bottom in the East. During the game, no one in the 76ers team could restrain Cunningham's rampage, and the Pistons' overall tactics worked smoothly in front of Harden and Embiid. After losing this game, embiid's face seemed to be full of bitterness and helplessness.
Sports Illustrated reporter Chirs Mannix spoke about his old teammate Simmons in an exclusive interview with Embiid, while Embiid said bluntly: "I don't feel anything uncomfortable, I don't have any hatred for him." I don't mind being friends with him. That's who I am. I don't care. I respect the decisions he makes. I think what happened was unfortunate, but for me, since it happened, so be it. After losing to the Hawks in the Eastern Conference semifinals last year, Ben Simmons, who played sluggishly on the offensive end, became the national enemy of the Philadelphia team, resulting in Simmons secretly making up his mind to leave the team since the beginning of the season.
According to previous US media reports, at the end of last year's offseason, Simmons once fell into a negotiation stalemate with the team, at that time, there were many teams in the NBA league who wanted to seize this opportunity to take advantage of the fire and robbery, and at a very low cost, Simmons was included in the basket, but in the end, Philadelphia, which has been in a wait-and-see state, finally found a "confidant" in the Nets, they took Simmons as the main chip in the trade with Harden, and exchanged embiid's dream partner from the Brooklyn Nets. However, during the period when Simmons refused to play for the 76ers, the high fines once made Simmons cry without tears, and Embiid, who already wanted to freeze his previous suspicions, said: "He lost a lot of money, at some moments, I really feel sorry for him, and I hope that I can try my best to help him." ”
However, after joining the 76ers, Harden's performance has also been up and down, but after the superstar joined the team, the young Maxi has made great progress, and when Harden is not feeling good, he can often use his strong organizational ability to make these teammates around him better. Next to Harden, Embiid's performance in recent times has naturally been very smooth, and to this day, Embiid's average scoring data per game is as high as 29.9 points, only 0.3 points away from LeBron James, who currently ranks first in the league, and after being injured against the Pelicans, James is afraid that he will continue to miss a period of time, so that Embiid has every opportunity to surpass Old Jan and win the scoring title of the scoring champion in the regular season this season.
After talking about Embiid and Simmons' grievances, Chris Mannix also talked about the problems harden is facing at the moment. This summer, Harden will have the opportunity to sign a five-year, $270 million super-maximum contract with the 76ers, and Chris Mannix said the 76ers will certainly be cautious about this, because if the contract officially goes into effect, then harden's 38-year-old, then harden's annual salary will exceed $60 million a season. Previously, the famous NBA salary expert Mark Bobby once said that if the 76ers provided Harden with this super top salary contract this summer, then after Harden's competitive status began to decline in 3 or 4 years, this contract may become the largest "garbage contract" in NBA history.