GM: “No way” Joel Embiid asks to be traded
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More and more NBA stars losing patience with their teams and requesting trades. This summer Bradley Beal finally left the Wizards, Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Trail Blazers and James Harden asked out of Philadelphia.
Harden’s teammate Joel Embiid has remained loyal to the 76ers, a team that drafted him and trusted him as he missed the first two years in the NBA due to injuries.
However, with Harden potentially leaving, some might think that the reigning NBA MVP who is yet to win a championship might also want to leave.
That is not going to happen, according to anonymous NBA general manager. The GM cannot see that happening now, maybe in future when Embiid’s contract expires in 2026.
“No, just no way,” one GM said flatly when asked about Embiid asking out. “He is a different kind of character. He is a lot more like (Damian) Lillard and (Bradley) Beal because he wants to be loyal to the team, he wants to stay there, he has a lot of appreciation for how he has been treated there. Now, his contract is up in (2026) so that’s three years. It’s tough, the position he is in. If we’re still talking about this in three years, you’d expect the story to change by then.”
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