Windhorst The difference between US winning gold or not could end up being Embiid This is not a luxury player this is a necessity player Hill recruited him over the course of a year We as Americans don't have a lot of great centers Joel playing shouldn't be criticized it should be applauded

Joel Embiid The way I was playing a year ago it's not the way I'm playing right now It sucks But I believe I probably need to fix the problem and then I'll be back at that level but it's hard to have trust when you're not yourself It's tough You know you can do so much more

UNDISPUTED Skip Bayless refuses to bet which star center will be 1st team all NBA - Jokic or Embiid. Skip claims that the media hates Joel Embiid and Jokic is a "media marvel".

Joel Embiid hits the circus shot for the And-1 karate kicks the air

KD walking out his car to celebrate with Warriors fans after winning his first chip