Joel Embiid lauded the Philadelphia 76ers' planning as impressive "on paper" as he hailed a "fantastic" potential trio with Paul George and Tyrese Maxey. (More Basketball News)
Philadelphia signed nine-time All-Star George on a four-year&n🏅bsp;maximum contract reportedly worth $212 million last week.
George is e𝐆xpected to help the 76ers contend for the Eastern Conference title next season after Philadelphia suffered a first-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks this ✱year.
Maxey 🅺is coming off a breakout year, too, averaging a career-high 25.9 points per game en r🅠oute to winning the NBA's Most Improved Player Award.
"I think as far as the fit, it looks amazing," Embiid told ESPN. "It is great,𓂃 when you got a player that posts up, you need to have willing shooters and guys that are not afraid to pull the trigger.
"PG, great shooter, 40%, 45 catch and shoot; Tyrese,ꦏ we know great shooter, off 🙈the dribble, catch-and-shoot.
"On paper, and as far a𝕴s the fit, it looks fantastic because you got both guys that can play off the ball, and they can play on ball and they're great shooters and they can handle the ball, and then you also got me."
The three 76ers star will b𝐆e aiming to help Philadelphia improve upon a No. 7 finish in the Eastern Conference standings last se🐠ason.
Embiid 🍸wants to create a new era with his side, though warned it will not all be straightforward.
"It feels like you're starting from scratch," he said. "And I know there's going to be a lot of growing pains. But you just got to stick it together🅠.
"The goal is always to win a championship, but it j𓆏ust doesn't haꦍppen overnight.
"Hopefully, it doesn't take us as much time as 🌜it should when you're trying to bring everybody on the same page and making sure everybody knows their role and what they have🃏 to do to achieve that goal.
"🐈But we're going toౠ do the best job possible."
Having watched James Harden d🎃emand a trade last year, and Maxey still as an unknown quantity, the optimism now around Phila🥀delphia proved to Embiid that patience is key.
&🤡quot;I'd be lying to say that patience wasn't tested," Embiid added. "Because I'm at the point where there's no awards, there's no regular season or no All-NBA or All-Stars is going to change the way ♈my legacy is.
"Well, there's a few things that can change it, but the maiℱn one is the championship. So when you start thinking about what you want to be remembered as, you want to be remembered as someone that's won.
"When you are presented with a plan, sometimes it goes wrong, sometimes it goes right. We've still got long way to go. On paper it looks꧂ great. But we still got to go on the court and make it work.&🅠quot;
