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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
I thought it was Embiid unhappy with the number of his own touches that are away from the rim as opposed to being about anybody else getting rim touches.
(I'm not being a smartass and/or funny, I'm thinking that it's technically two different complaints ... right?)
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My impression is that it was more of one spoken complaint and one implicit complaint.
Embiid, unlike many of his seven foot contemporaries sees himself more of a traditional big man so he believes that he needs to get his touches closer to the rim to be at his best. For him, being out by the three pointer is just an option at his disposal as opposed to something that is an integral part of the Sixers' playbook.
He also believes that he is THE franchise player for the Sixers and as such the team needs to more catered to his game. There are only so many touches at the rim. The more of them that go to other players, the less go to the franchise player.
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