Joel Embiid

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Joel Embiid is a Cameroonian-American professional basketball center and NBA MVP known for his dominant two-way play and scoring prowess.

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Joel Embiid canonical 6
Embiid 1
Joel Hans Embiid 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA player
human
professional basketball player
awardReceived NBA All-NBA Team
surface form: All-NBA Team selection

NBA All-Defensive Team
surface form: NBA All-Defensive Team selection

NBA All-Star
surface form: NBA All-Star selection

NBA Most Valuable Player Award
NBA scoring champion
collegeAttended University of Kansas
continentOfOrigin Africa
countryOfCitizenship Cameroon
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1994-03-16
draftedBy Philadelphia 76ers
draftFrom Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
surface form: Kansas Jayhawks
draftLeague National Basketball Association
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 3
draftRound 1
draftYear 2014
familyName Joel Embiid self-linksurface differs
surface form: Embiid
fullName Joel Embiid self-linksurface differs
surface form: Joel Hans Embiid
givenName Joel
height 7 ft 0 in
heightInMeters 2.13
injuryHistory foot injuries early in career
knownFor elite rim protection
high free-throw rate for a big man
three-level scoring as a center
languageSpoken English
French
league National Basketball Association
memberOfSportsTeam Philadelphia 76ers
nationality Cameroonian-American
NBAFranchise Philadelphia 76ers
nickname The Process
notableFor dominant two-way play
scoring prowess
placeOfBirth Yaoundé
surface form: Yaoundé, Cameroon
playedCollegeBasketballFor Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
playsFor Philadelphia 76ers
playsStyle two-way center
positionPlayed center
shirtNumber 21
socialMediaPlatform Instagram
Twitter, Inc.
surface form: Twitter
sport basketball
startedNBASeason 2016–2017
weightInKilograms approximately 127
weightInPounds approximately 280

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Philadelphia 76ers notablePlayer Joel Embiid
Philadelphia 76ers MVPWinner Joel Embiid
Leon Rose represented Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid fullName Joel Embiid self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Joel Hans Embiid
Joel Embiid familyName Joel Embiid self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Embiid
The Process notableDraftPick Joel Embiid