I'm a Sixers fan, so I'll say this---get your shots in now, but we'll see what's what if he's healthy come playoff time. He's got a great coach who has him playing his best and being judicious about his minutes, he's happy, and thus far, his teammates aren't providing the sort of drama some others in past years have. So, no excuses. His playoff reputation will be what it is until he proves otherwise.
I went back and looked at Embiid's shot from last game and it's pretty interesting. Embiid actually missed 6 of his first 8 shots so after that he went 15-17 against what was supposed to be the best defense in the league.
Of his 25 shots, 20 of them were either at the rim, in the lane, or in the area above the FT line. In other words, most of his shots were in the middle of the floor (he was 2-3 from the left elbow; 1-1 from the right elbow; and 0-1 from 3P). Basically what PHI was doing was getting the ball to Embiid in the middle of the floor; dropping the other four players below him so he can't be doubled from above; and Embiid was basically shooting over everyone - including Gorbert.
I saw one post touch (which ended in a dunk) and a couple of elbow touches but the majority of the baskets were Embiid shooting jumpers over whoever was defending him.
I guess Nurse and Embiid have figured out that the way Embiid shoots his jumper (high release; fading back a little bit), maybe the only human being that's going to bother him is Wemby, and well we know that he's kind of a unicorn.
Embiid is shooting 51.1% on 5.5 shots/game in the restricted area and 51.4% on 5.9 shots per game in the mid range. By comparison, Jokic is shooting 58.6% on 7.3 shots/game in the restricted area but only 49.2% on 2.3 shots per game in the mid range.
For you PHI fans, one big possibility is that Embiid operating from the foul line and shooting jump shots looks to be way less stressful on the body than wrestling with guys in the post. From a BOS point of view, Grant Williams would have no shot stopping Embiid operating at the FT line.
