Embiid, you're almost 30 and deserve to recognize some reality

Around Embiid, there have been two news recently.

First, he advised Dashui to stay, which means "although I failed again this year, I may not be able to reap success by working hard next year." This statement is quite routine, because Dawet is not moved at all, and still repeatedly emphasizes "let me go, I want to join the Clippers." ”

Not surprisingly, Da Wet and Mo Dog have already fallen out. The relationship with Embiid is not much better, at most it is ordinary colleagues who go to and from work together and occasionally have dinner and chat, so Da Wei does not need to give Embiid too much face, and Embiid makes superficial articles to clarify his position. Anyway, the short is a few weeks, the long is a few months, destined to go their separate ways, in the future, you take your Yangguan Road, I take my one-wood bridge, and they have nothing to do with each other.

Then it's time to discuss your future, and when a team loses one after another, it's easy to shake the loyalty of the owners. Don't you see that the king of the archway, Lillard, is rebelling, let alone others? However, when asked if Embiid would submit a transfer application anytime soon, Philadelphia management denied it. Immediately after that, they also said confidently:

Embiid hopes to open a path similar to Nowitzki or Kobe.

Similar to Nowitzki or Kobe? That is, one person, one city. One person, one city here is different from the literal one-man-one city, and there are elements of tenacity. Just as Curry is also one person and one city, but Curry's career has experienced more smooth sailing than these two, at least not so many twists and turns.

Kobe Bryant became famous at a young age and teamed up with O'Neal to win the triple crown, but unfortunately being held too high is not necessarily a good thing, from the Eagle County lawsuit to the single-core leading the team to fight alone, what an unforgettable difficult time. Fortunately, when the time comes, the virtuous family helps the sister-in-law, and finally can be refined into steel and create brilliance again;

Nowitzki went to the city to work and was fortunate to meet the Lord Ming, and he and Kuban were in love to create a good story in the world. It's just that Nowitzki has also encountered embarrassment and helplessness. In the '06 Finals, he led 2-0 and was defeated, and in '07, he was crowned MVP with 67 wins in the regular season, and was defeated by the Warriors Black Eight. The Warriors of those years were among the league's top rotten teams, making the playoffs once in 18 consecutive years. Sacrificed by such a rotten team, the German tank was immediately discredited, and titles such as soft eggs and the most watery MVP were buckled on the head of Nuo Gongzi one after another.

Thanks to the 11-year-old Ji who won the coveted O'Brien Trophy, it was the former Fire of the Public Enemy of the People. This time it can be calculated, what soft eggs and what the most watery MVP are all thrown into the garbage heap, replaced by German tough guys or the strongest foreign aid. In ancient and modern societies, it is popular to follow the red top and white, and winner-take-all is the supreme truth that cannot be broken.

Taking history as a guide, Embiid's eyes are hot, and he probably thinks that the seniors can me, why can't I? It's good to have this idea, at least better than being young and full of belly to calculate this calculation. So what's the problem?

The problem is that Embiid doesn't have the strength to match his predecessors.

Purely from the ability presented on the court, it may be available. No matter how unflattering Embiid's style of play is, the real production is there. Especially in the past three seasons, Embiid's stats were 28.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 30.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists, and 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Looking at the whole world, except for Jokic, who is almost terrifying to the point of being a monster, it seems that no other insider can play such luxurious data. Not to mention the record of leading the team is still good, still taking the past three seasons as an example, regardless of whether the partner next to him is Simmons or Denzi, it has always made Philadelphia's winning rate stable at more than 60%, which shows that its ability to maintain the lower limit is quite outstanding.

What is lacking is something off the pitch, mental willpower. This thing can't be seen or touched, but it's extremely important. How did Kobe and Nowitzki succeed? In addition to being brave and the court, mental willpower is also full.

The spirit of the Mamba is well known, and Nowitzki appeared with a high fever in 11 years, not only cutting the south coast trio crying wolf howl, but also incidentally spoofing Jamway in the player tunnel to imitate coughing as a clown. Looking at Embiid, has there been a similar battle in his career?

No, not a single one, but there have been many bursts of intimate mentality, and if there is no deviation in memory, this year's Eastern Conference semifinals are the latest one. In that crucial battle that was a matter of life and death, Han Embiid scored only 15 points and 8 rebounds on 5-of-18 shooting, and was almost ugly to the point of exiting.

You see, this is the difference between Embiid and Kobe & Nowitzki, the decisive difference. Even if he is capable and talented, it is impossible to clone the path traveled by his predecessors. Personality is a natural thing, and it is difficult to correct it through acquired efforts. It's like comparing the data of stars and stars is obviously not much different, why can he win the championship you can't get it, the difference is not personality.

As the saying goes, five people and six people on weekdays are very loud, every key scene pulls thin, so how can the brethren serve you?

So you are a little self-aware, Embiid's core is another Durant, a little higher and stronger, a little less efficient and the same production, so it is a double red stick. The double-flowered red stick is very capable of fighting but cannot be the dragon head, this is fate, and forcibly taking the position to become the dragon head will only invite a painful lesson. Just like Durant's scenery resolutely left three years later to engage in new and joint victory, what is the fame?

Before I knew it, Embiid was 29 years old and would be in a few months. From the undefeated Twitter tease when he first entered the league to the current emperor, he has been crawling in this quack for ten years. Ten years of success and failure, without thinking about it, unforgettable, devastated, nowhere to speak, desolate. From the perspective of the team, although it is possible to coax and stay, it is better to have a star than no star, even if it is a flawed star; But from Embiid's perspective, he should face reality and seriously consider his future. Do you seek better solutions while you're still young, or do you stick to your own opinions and follow this seemingly impassable path to the end?

It doesn't hurt if you can't make up your mind now, you have to be beaten for a few more years to understand.