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Joel Embiid
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Cameroonian and French basketball player
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Joel Embiid is a male basketball player who competes as a center for the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association. He wears the number 21 jersey and was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers. His professional career began in 2014. He also played for the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team.
Embiid was born on March 16, 1994, in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He holds citizenship in Cameroon, France, and the United States, and represents the United States in international competition, including the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is educated at the University of Kansas. He speaks Basaa, French, and English. He is also known by the nickname "The Process."
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Yaoundé, Cameroon
Joel Hans Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), who also holds French and American citizenship. After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. Multiple foot and knee injuries delayed his debut for two seasons until 2016–17, when…
Known for
- Court of Gold — Self2025
- Headliners with Rachel Nichols — Self2023
- Lil Dicky Earth: Earth — Africa2019
- The Way We Ball — Self2018
- Hot Ones — Self2015
- The Men in Blazers Show — Self2014
via TMDB
Key facts
- Position
- Center
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1994-03-16 ) 16 March 1994 (age 32) , Yaoundé , Cameroon
- Nationality
- Cameroonian / French / American
- Listed height
- 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
- Listed weight
- 270 lb (122 kg)
- High school
- Montverde Academy , ( Montverde, Florida ) The Rock School, ( Gainesville, Florida )
- College
- Kansas (2013–2014)
- Nba draft
- 2014 : 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Playing career
- 2014–present
- 2014 present
- Philadelphia 76ers
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Yaoundé
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 250
- Image
- Joel Embiid 2019.jpg
- Height
- 213
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- date of birth
- 1994-03-16
- drafted by
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Commons category
- Joel Embiid
- sport number
- 21
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- social media followers
- 2143972
- nickname
- The Process
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Joel Hans Embiid (/dʒoʊˈɛl ɛmˈbiːd/ joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. The 7-foot (2.13 m) center is a seven-time NBA All-Star, a five-time member of the All-NBA Team, a three-time member of the All-Defensive Team, and a two-time NBA scoring champion. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2023. Embiid also won a gold medal on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.
Multiple foot and knee injuries delayed Embiid's debut for two seasons until 2016–17 when he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team despite playing only 31 games. He nicknamed himself "the Process" to embrace the era in 76ers history in which he began his career. Embiid led the NBA in scoring during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, becoming the first center to do so since Shaquille O'Neal (2000), and was also the first center since Moses Malone (1982) to average over 30 points per game, while also being the first foreign player to lead the NBA in scoring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joel Embiid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.