Joel Embiid is finally free of Ben Simmons.
Prior to the NBA Trade Deadline on Thursday, it was announced that the 76ers had worked out a trade to get Nets star James Harden in return for Simmons, Seth Curry, and some draft picks.
FULL TRADE DETAILS:
Nets receive:
Ben Simmons
Seth Curry
Andre Drummond
2 1st-round picks76ers receive:
James HardenWOW. 🤯
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) February 10, 2022
After the deal was announced, Joel Embiid took to Twitter to post a savage reaction.
— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) February 10, 2022
When speaking about the possibility of a Ben Simmons trade earlier in the week, Joel Embiid once again took the high road, saying he was happy no matter who joins or doesn’t join his team.
“Like I’ve been saying since the season started. I’m happy. Whoever wants to play is welcome,” Embiid said, via CBS Sports. “If someone wants to play, they’re welcome. But we’ve got guys here that want to be here, that show up every single night. Like I said, it might be, I don’t know what other word I can use, but I get paid to bring results and win games. I don’t get paid to, you know, babysit Tyrese. I get paid to challenge him to try to help me win games. I get paid to, you know, do the same thing to Tobias and all the other guys and they respond to it, every single time. And just like the same way they challenge me, they know that it is never personal. I always go at them, and they always come back at me, because we all got the same goal: we want to win.
“But anybody is welcome to play. And if you want to be part of us, I’m sure everybody is going to be fine with it. But you got to show up, you got to want to be there, and I’m sure everybody’s going to accept whoever that is. But, you know, to answer your question, I’m just worried about the guys that are here. For the guys that are here – if you’re here, I’m going to challenge you and we’re going to challenge each other to be better and try to win a championship.”
Now that Daryl Morey finally got rid of the Ben Simmons ordeal and got Joel Embiid a true superstar in James Harden, it’s time for the 76ers to set their sights on a championship.
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