Every time I hear someone say that Joel Embiid will be a top-five pick in the next NBA Draft, I wonder if I have missed something. Is Embiid actually 28, and has he been playing basketball all his life? That’s the only plausible explanation for any mystery regarding his draft projection. Top ...
Kansas University freshman Joel Embiid spoke several times the past couple of weeks with his friend and mentor, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute of the Minnesota Timberwolves.He chatted once with retired NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, as well as Nicolas Batum of the Portland Trail Blazers.Embiid, ...
Kansas University freshman center Joel Embiid will announce his future plans today at a 2 p.m. news conference in Allen Fieldhouse, coach Bill Self said Tuesday night.Sources close to the situation told the Journal-World that, barring some late change of heart, the 7-footer from Cameroon is ...
In most cities, “Hello, how are you?” is the most commonly asked question, although it’s really more of a greeting than a question. Nobody listens to the auto-answer.In Lawrence, it ranks a distant second to the runaway winner: “Why hasn’t Joel Embiid announced his decision yet?” ...
Joel Embiid is still a Kansas Jayhawk ... for now at least.Embiid on Thursday took to Twitter to renounce an early-morning Yahoo Sports report that said the 7-footer from Cameroon had begun the process of finding an agent and was expected to formally announce his intentions ...
I hope that Kansas University freshman center Joel Embiid returns for a second year. My motives are pure, as in purely selfish.Another year with Embiid at center, and the chances of a KU Final Four run increase greatly. I love covering the tournament, especially the Final Four. So don’t think ...
St. Louis ? Wearing a crimson and blue Kansas Jayhawk cap, T-shirt and sweats, Joel Embiid hopped off a big, black bus in back of the Hyatt Regency at the Arch hotel just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.The 7-foot freshman from Cameroon, who carried a duffel bag in his left hand and wore a set of ...
One game, more than any other, demonstrated how much having 7-foot freshman center Joel Embiid on the floor changes the Kansas University basketball team for the better.It was neither the regular-season loss to West Virginia nor the Big 12 tournament semifinal elimination at the hand of Iowa ...
