Joel Embiid has vowed to stop the trash talk for good. Maybe. Perhaps. Mayhaps?

Either way, the Philadelphia 76ers big man looks to be laser-focused to win all the individual awards, as well as leading the Sixers to the best record in the East and playing 70 games this upcoming season:

“I'm not talking trash ever again. Allegedly. Maybe. I don't know,” Embiid told ESPN's Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post podcast. “I'm done with all that. I just want to play basketball. That's what I'm saying now, but we're gonna see if I can hold up [to that].”

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Embiid has duked it out with plenty of NBA players, whether it is with postgame media quotes or through social media. The most prominent among them is Hassan Whiteside, who now resides on the opposite coast after being traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.

It seems the 7-footer is entirely focused on this season and its outcome, leaving all the petty stuff aside and doing everything in his power to erase the pain of losing in the Eastern Conference Semifinals the way his team did in Game 7 — only able to watch as a corner jumper bounced around the rim and dropped to send his Sixers home.

Embiid has had an affinity for being an entertainer, so it's tough to take him at his word. But to hear this from him is a good sign that his mind and heart are in the right place ahead of this season.