"He’s Not in Shape, But Whose Fault is That?" -- Pretty Sure Reggie Miller Wanted to Call Joel Embiid A Lazy Sack of Shit Last Night
As a world renowned blogger, I'm well aware that some guys just don't the ability to fill the tank up with gas. It doesn't matter how much you workout or train. The moment you get that engine running, your gas tank is on empty.
I'm not saying that Joel Embiid is pushing his body to the limit over the offseason to make sure he's at peak physical condition for the season. But I am starting to think that it doesn't matter how much Embiid trains during the summer. He can show up to that first press conference every year saying he's "in the best shape of his life". But the man has the gas tank of a Honda Civic, and he's out here trying to drive a semi. It's just never going to work.
So yeah. Reggie Miller is right that it's nobody fault but Joel Embiid's that he's constantly out of shape every season. But I'd actually love to get a detailed list of everything he does over the offseason to train, because I can't imagine it's just been summer after summer of doing absolutely nothing. I just think that Joel Embiid suffers from what we in the biz refer to as "blogger body". You wish you were more athletic and had the ability to go forever without sucking wind, but you have about 5 minutes of maximum exertion before you completely breakdown. I wouldn't consider that be lazy. He just has a bad body. That's all. Trust me, I know from experience.