The three-year, $192.9 million deal he signed last week will have the former NBA Most Valuable Player under contract through the 2028-29 season.
Joel Embiid signed a max contract extension with the Sixers last week that will have him under contract through the 2028-29 season.
That’s partially because the typical protocol for max-level players is to sign such lucrative contracts to lock in the salary and, if things ever go south with that team, figure out how to maneuver themselves to the next playing destination.
Embiid is still searching for a healthy playoff run, after missing two months following February knee surgery and laboring through the Sixers’ first-round playoff loss to the Knicks . But his regular-season dominance — he put up a historic 70-point stat line against the San Antonio Spurs days before the Golden State Warriors’ Jonathan Kuminga fell on that knee, and averaged 34.7 points, 11 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.7 blocks last season — is consistently jaw-dropping.
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