Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris recently said in an interview that the team's front office usually asks the opinion of All-Star center Joel Embiid before going forward with decision that will help improve the team.
“Joel respects our job. He's our most important player. He's clearly our future — they're all an important part of the future — but Joel is exceptional. We generally talk to him about how we are oriented, and what type of players we might be bringing in. We get his advice. In terms of specific conversations, we give him a heads-up. At times, it's not always appropriate because of the other parties involved. You don't want to compromise who we are talking to or put [Embiid] in an awkward position. “But we're certainly thinking all the time about how to complement his skill set, which is 3 and D wings, people who spread the court. He's a dominant presence defensively and he's dominant in the paint. We need to take the pressure off him so people don't collapse on him.”
Embiid is certainly getting the All-Star treatment from the Sixers management, and he has responded well by constantly improving his game over the past three years that he's played in the NBA. He's having an MVP-type season with averages of 27.3 points and 13.6 rebounds per game. He obviously needs to have a say regarding the Sixers' player movement plans to know who he will be playing with and for him to be able to do the necessary adjustments to work well with the guys the that the front office brings on board.
The Sixers and Embiid seems to have a pretty healthy relationship, and that's a good sign for the franchise long-term.
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