As revealed by the person himself, Joel Embiid didn’t begin taking part in organized basketball till the age of 16. So, what precisely led to him catching the basketball bug in his late teenagers?
After dropping a career-high 70 factors Monday evening –
by the way on the identical date as Kobe Bryant’s 81 on January 22, 2006 – Embiid revealed that “The Black Mamba” impressed him to pursue a profession within the sport he
at present dominates.
“Regardless that I began taking part in late, from the time I began taking part in, Kobe was my man,” Embiid advised reporters after the sport. “He’s the rationale why I began taking part in basketball. It’s humorous as a result of on the identical evening he had 81… he was my favourite participant once I began, and one of many guys I used to be trying as much as.”
