Joel Embiid's Recovery and US Olympic Strategic Play

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00:00Well, the good news is, is Joel says, Scotty, that he's starting to feel better and that

00:07he's starting to get in the mix a little bit more.

00:10Here's MB.

00:11He says he doesn't feel hurt at all.

00:12My nerves don't work.

00:13I'm still getting back and forth slowly.

00:14I can't tell, you know, the start.

00:15But as the game goes along, I'm starting to find my groove.

00:16So I'm starting to keep building up, but I'm sure by the time we get to play, I'll be

00:22a different story.

00:32That sounds nice.

00:34But if the games that matter were like a month from now, they're in a week.

00:38And I don't believe he's going to be where he thinks he's going to be a week from now.

00:41I just don't.

00:42I'll say this much.

00:43If he's right and he's, you know, healthy, you know, even though he's a walker, you know,

00:51he comes to me, walks up the floor and he sets up shop, gets the ball, draws contact,

00:57gets the call, goes to the line, makes the free throws.

01:00I've never seen a guy get more calls in my life than Joel Embiid.

01:04He is the number one guy all time that I've ever remembered that gets to the line.

01:10I've never seen anything like it.

01:11So what they really need to do is put him in the block, give him the ball, and he's

01:15going to get fouled.

01:16He's going to go to the line.

01:17The guy knocks down free throws.

01:20And if he's right, he is brutal to guard.

01:25And I think that's why Kerr won't get off of that buzz of starting him.

01:30They know what he does when he's in there.

01:32If he gets the rock, he gets fouled, he goes to the line, he makes the free throws.

01:35That's all there is to it.

01:36You want athleticism.

01:37You want hops.

01:38You want run and gun.

01:40You want transition ball.

01:41That's when you're talking Davis and Bam out of bio and particularly out of bio.

01:47I think Bam out of bio gets up and down the floor way better than Davis.

01:51But I think, you know, for me personally, defensively, I think Davis is better.

01:57And I think they both can put the ball in the hole mid-range, right?

02:02Like Bam out of bio pops out in that high post and hits that shot all the time.

02:06And then I think Davis can hit from anywhere.

02:08He can hit from the three wing.

02:10He can hit from mid-range.

02:11He can hit from the low block baseline or inside.

02:15I like those two offensively more.

02:17But when it comes to getting the rock and getting fouled and getting to the line, that's

02:21why Embiid's starting.

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