HoopsHype ranks Sixers star Joel Embiid in top 79 players of all time

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The Philadelphia 76ers will go as far as Joel Embiid takes them as far as their championship hopes are concerned. The big fella has dealt with injuries throughout his career, but when he's right and healthy, everybody knows how dominant he is as a basketball player.

Embiid, the No. 3 pick of the 2014 NBA draft, has career averages of 27.7 points and 11.0 rebounds and has led the league in scoring twice. He won the MVP award in 2023 when he averaged 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists and was on his way to winning the award again in 2024 before suffering a knee injury in January of that season.

HoopsHype put together a list of the top 79 players in the history of the NBA and Embiid came in ranked No. 77 on the list:

When ready to go, he's one of the most unstoppable big men ever thanks to his massive frame, mobility and deep bag.

The problem with him is that he doesn't play that many minutes considering he misses a lot of time due to health reasons regularly. Plus his track record in the playoffs is spotty as well.

If he manages to stay in shape and healthy and gets the Sixers to make deep runs in the postseason, he could move up in this ranking. We’re not holding our breath, though. Not with his age and the way he looked last year.

After undergoing knee surgery in April, Embiid is hopeful that he can come back and be the same dominant player he once was. The big question marks are the fact that he is on the wrong side of 30 now and he has undergone two surgeries on that left knee in a span of 14 months. It's tough to see him really becoming the player he once was in the near future.

This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: HoopsHype ranks Sixers star Joel Embiid in top 79 players of all time

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