Potential Offseason Trade Candidates: Joel Embiid
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00:02 >> And if Joel Embiid was to lose Harden,
00:05 I don't know necessarily which direction they would go.
00:08 I would assume that something positive has to be in a net return, Gilbert,
00:13 because Philadelphia is in a position to at least compete to win an NBA championship.
00:18 If they were to lose Harden and get nothing back, I can't imagine him.
00:22 I don't know if Embiid loves James Harden, but
00:23 I know that he needs somebody else.
00:25 >> It's interesting to think about, especially when you talk about
00:28 the Sixers team who was one win away from finally getting over that conference
00:33 semifinals, something haven't been out of that round since 2001 when they went to
00:36 the finals.
00:37 They had that 3-2 lead and
00:39 things just kind of fell apart when they had an opportunity at home.
00:42 You mentioned Joel Embiid and
00:43 I kind of liken this situation to what we saw with the Nets last year.
00:48 You have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving both request trades and
00:52 then the Nets decided to hit the rebuild button.
00:54 The Sixers could find themselves in that position,
00:56 especially if it looks like the return that they get for James Harden isn't
01:00 enough to keep them in the realm of being a title contender, obviously,
01:04 with the MVP or the reigning MVP in Joel Embiid.
01:07 Maybe they look to just kind of hit the reset button.
01:10 They have a new head coach in Nick Nurse and they have two guys who
01:13 they can potentially get a lot of value for, maybe a lot of draft picks and
01:17 maybe some young talent and just try to rebuild.
01:20 But I think the Sixers with Darryl Morian and the front office that they have,
01:23 they're gonna try to exhaust all options to try to build
01:27 a championship contender around Joel Embiid.
01:29 But they're starting to run out of time because Joel Embiid and
01:33 Tyrese Maxey are the two guys who would seem like they could be
01:37 pieces of a championship puzzle, but they're gonna need way more than that,
01:39 especially with how good the East is looking to be.
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