Overview
- Embiid has made just three of 28 three-point attempts and has missed 17 straight long-range shots, with his last made three coming on Oct. 22.
- Following Friday's loss in Cleveland, he produced a season-low six points and went 0-for-9 from the field, intensifying attention on his form.
- Embiid told reporters he thinks the problem is mechanical, citing the way he is jumping and where he places his hands on the ball.
- He and reporters link those mechanical shifts to reduced repetitions because of recent knee issues and a strict load-management plan that limited practice time.
- Coaches and teammates say they will keep encouraging him and the team warns that if the current pace continued it would project to a career-worst three-point rate, though the sample is small and he has vowed to study film and work on adjustments.