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Originally Posted by ChiTown
He is projected at #4 per draft express and could very well go to #1 with continued progress. Unless he's reeruned, and that's possible, he gone.
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Dude, I'm with you. But Self came out this week and specifically said that Embiid is considering staying, for a couple reasons:
1. His family has money. I know that isn't usually the case with players coming from Africa, but his dad is a colonel in the Cameroon army. (warlord)
2. He is more concerned with getting better than getting paid. He said that he is studying the great centers and seeing who stayed in school at least two years and who didn't.
3. He didn't even speak English when he got here 2.5 years ago. There is still a ton about American culture that he doesn't understand and it can be more than daunting suddenly being completely responsible for yourself with the money and pressure of the NBA lifestyle when you still don't really understand the country you live in.
Think about how much more safe college is than the pros for him right now. He has to do nothing but go to class and go to practice. All of his meals, housing, transportation, everything... just taken care of.
This is not what I am saying... this is what Bill Self said. And what Joel is saying. It doesn't seem reeruned. It seems unbelievably mature and wise.
I still say he leaves, though, but my god can you imagine him playing next to Cliff? With Oubre on the wing?
And if SELDEN stays too?
