76ers, Joel Embiid agree to $196 million, 4-year deal, AP source says

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers person kept their spot successful Joel Embiid.

A idiosyncratic acquainted with the concern told The Associated Press that Embiid and the Sixers agreed connected a four-year, $196 cardinal declaration hold that volition instrumentality the All-Star halfway done the 2026-27 season. The idiosyncratic spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the woody was not expected to beryllium formally announced until aboriginal Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Embiid was NBA MVP runner-up this play to Denver’s Nikola Jokic and led the Sixers to the champion regular-season grounds successful the Eastern Conference. The Sixers mislaid successful the 2nd circular to the Atlanta Hawks.

Embiid averaged of 28.5 points and 10.6 rebounds past play and became eligible for the NBA’s super-max extension. Embiid, the No. 3 wide prime of the 2014 draft, suffered a teardrop successful his close meniscus during the playoffs. He played done the wounded and has emerged arsenic Philadelphia’s franchise player.

“It conscionable felt similar this was going to beryllium our year,” Embiid said aft the Sixers were eliminated successful Game 7. “If there’s 1 happening I privation to say, I gave everything I had. It’s not easy, particularly erstwhile thing ever happens astatine the incorrect time. I was ready, this full playoffs, to conscionable travel successful and predominate and bash what I had to do. The meniscus happened.”

His caller woody volition commencement successful 2023-24. Embiid and the 76ers signed a $148 million, five-year hold that kicked successful with the 2018-19 season.

Embiid averaged 24.8 points and 11.3 rebounds implicit his archetypal 5 seasons successful the NBA. Embiid, a autochthonal of Cameroon, sat retired his archetypal 2 seasons with injuries and has ne'er played much than 64 games successful a play implicit his career. He missed games this twelvemonth with a bony bruise connected his near knee.

He scored a postseason career-high 36 points successful 28 minutes successful a Game 3 first-round triumph implicit Washington.

Embiid has solidified his aboriginal successful Philly astatine the aforesaid clip chap All-Star defender Ben Simmons faces an uncertain 1 with the squad aft a unsmooth offseason. The Sixers expected to brace Embiid and Simmons arsenic cornerstones who could support the Sixers East contenders for a decade. Instead, Simmons became the scapegoat for the Sixers’ aboriginal elimination from the playoffs and his sanction has been dangled successful commercialized rumors each summer.