It’s a Friday night in Orlando, and Joel Embiid is at the free throw line, en route to another dominant performance. The reigning MVP is coming off one of the best games of his career three days earlier: a 41-point, 10-assist, seven-rebound masterpiece in a statement win over the Denver Nuggets. And he’s already up to nine points in this game, with 4:26 to play in the first quarter of this mid-January tilt between the Philadelphia 76ers and the up-and-coming Orlando Magic.
The substitution buzzer sounds after the ball swishes through the net, bringing Embiid to 10 points, and Markelle Fultz enters the game in place of Jalen Suggs, Orlando’s starting guard and one of the recent top-10 picks that make up the franchise’s exciting young core. As Fultz tucks his T-Mac-era throwback jersey into his shorts and takes a spot on the blocks, there isn’t a single mention on the…
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