The Philadelphia 76ers are playing quality basketball right now, even as buzz exists that everything isn’t perfect in the locker room. On Tuesday evening, Brett Brown’s team picked up a “taking care of business” victory over the Washington Wizards, holding serve in what became a 132-115 win in front of the hometown faithful.
From the outside looking in, that might seem like a run-of-the-mill result and, in some ways, it certainly was. However, Joel Embiid provided entertainment in a way that only he can and, this time around, it involved the always charismatic big man spending time in the crowd.
@JoelEmbiid took this young fan’s seat. So he gave up his lap!! @sixers #process #TrusttheProcess #class pic.twitter.com/DXhKYAmZYb
— Frank Murphy 📚🧢 (@frankmurphy2009) January 9, 2019
Yes, that is an All-NBA center sitting in a courtside seat with a young fan in his lap.
How did Embiid get there? Why did he elect to sit there for an extended period of time? There are many questions but, in truth, it really doesn’t matter.
There are probably other players in the NBA that might think about doing something like this but Embiid is at the very top of the list and, as usual, he leaned into the comedy routine in appropriate fashion. If this became a loss, perhaps Embiid would have caught some heat but, in short, the night ended in a positive way for Philly and this was fun.
