Joel Embiid signs 3-year, $192.9 million extension with Sixers: Report originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Add a few more years to the sixers’ longest running contract.
Superstar center Joel Embiid agreed to a a three-year, roughly $192.9 million extension with the team that runs through the 2028-29 season, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported Friday morning.
The seven-time All-Star is set to earn approximately $51.4 million in the 2024-25 season and $55.2 million in 2025-26, according to Spotrac. The extension will begin in the 2026-27 campaign.
“I started a Sixer and want to be here for the rest of my career. I had no idea when I was drafted as a 20-year-old kid from Cameroon how lucky I was to be in Philadelphia,” Embiid said in team press release. “Through all the ups and downs, this city and the fans have been everything, and I’m so grateful for how they’ve accepted me. I want to thank Josh, David, and the entire organization. Philadelphia is home and it’s time to bring this community an NBA championship.”
Embiid has often been in the spotlight for the Sixers since the franchise drafted him with the No. 3 pick a decade ago. In a familiar story, his availability dictated much of the team’s fortunes last season. The Sixers went 31-8 in games Embiid played and 16-27 in games he didn’t.
After being named NBA MVP for the 2022-23 seasonEmbiid looked quite a bit more dominant for stretches last year and scored a Sixers record 70 points against the Spurs on Jan. 22. He averaged 34.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists in his first season with head coach Nick Nurse.
However, Embiid was sidelined on his 30th birthday in March as he rehabbed from a left lateral meniscus injury. While he returned late in the regular season, Embiid had a semi-regular injury is scary and also treated Bell’s palsy during the playoffs. He still managed to post 33.0 points, 10.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game over the The Sixers’ first-round series loss to the Knicks.
“Just got to find a way to get better as a basketball player, as a person, as a leader and come back and hope everything else lines up,” Embiid said after the Sixers’ Game 6 loss.
One major star did line up for the Sixers this offseason in the form of Paul Georgewho decided to join Embiid and 23-year-old All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey in Philadelphia. The Sixers will hope that George can lessen the burden on Embiid and Maxey to create shots and summon late-game heroics.
Embiid, who took home a gold medal from the Paris Olympics this summer as part of Team USA’s men’s basketball squad, will begin his first training camp with George on October 1st in the Bahamas.
