Joel Embiid is a 300-pound wing!

How is Joel Embiid so dominant as a scorer right now? Against Utah, he scored 59 points and nearly registered a quadruple double. This detailed film breakdown looks at his evolutionary combination of skills and size, making him both a traditional post-scoring big man AND a giant, oversized wing player who can drive, shoot and change directions from the perimeter.

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Ben Taylor is the author of Thinking Basketball, a Nylon Calculus contributor, creator of the Backpicks Top 40 series & host of the Thinking Basketball podcast.

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