Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers made it clear that he's upset with himself and not about his new role since the Sixers' acquisition of Jimmy Butler via trade.

In a report by Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Embiid clarified that the comments on his new role were not related to the Jimmy Butler trade. Instead, Joel Embiid was talking about himself and how he should adjust to his new role. Below is what Embiid said, which was misinterpreted by some as the 24-year-old's displeasure of the Sixers' trade:

“Since the trade, it’s been really down,” he said of his success ratio. “I tend to get triple-teamed a lot. I was in the flow of the offense. I feel like I’m not any more. There’s not a lot of possessions on the block. I don’t know. We got to figure it out.”

Prior to the Butler trade, Joel Embiid was averaging 28.2 points on 48.4 percent shooting through his first 15 appearances of the season. Now, he's logging in 23.8 points on 43.1 percent shooting.

Embiid pointed out that Sixers head coach Brett Brown has instructed him to play around the perimeter for the past few games. This is a turnaround from his previous role where he utilized his polished post-up game to bully his opponents at the low block.

Brown, for his part, said that Joel Embiid's struggles mean that they have to do a better job at incorporating him into the offense:

“But I think in general we all have to do better at creating space for Joel.”

The Sixers will host the Detroit Pistons tomorrow night, 7 p.m. ET, which will be the first of a three-game homestand.