Joel embiid's Early Experience

Joel embiid was born in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. His first sports are football and volleyball. Because of his wingspan of 7 feet 5 inches (about 226cm), many people thought he would be the goalkeeper of the team at that time, but Embiid eventually became a midfielder and practiced his solid footwork in football. Later, Embiid changed to volleyball. According to Embiid's father's plan, he originally planned to send Embiid to Europe to practice volleyball skills.

When Embiid was in high school, 16 years old, he first came into contact with basketball. He participated in a basketball camp called "Basketball Without Borders" and got to know Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, also from Cameroon. After the training camp, Embiid decided to engage in basketball, and planned to go to the basketball country-the United States to practice his basketball skills.

As an international student whose mother tongue is not English, Embiid faced the challenge of language and living habits when he first arrived in the United States, but his talent and potential in basketball strengthened his progress on the basketball road. In his senior year, he transferred from Montwald High School to Rock School in Gainesville, Florida. Although he became the starting player of the school basketball team at that time, he was not discovered by scouts at that time and did not rank in the rankings of major media. At the end of the season, Embiid averaged 13.0 points, 9.7 rebounds10.9 blocks, leading Rock School to end the season with 33 wins and 4 losses, and won the first state championship in the history of the school basketball team. At this point, he gradually began to walk into the flash of the media.

When he graduated from high school, joel embiid was 6 feet 1 1 inch (about 2 10 cm) and weighed 230 pounds (about 104 kg). Among the top 100 players who graduated from ESPN high school in May, 20 13, he ranked sixth in the total, with a center position of 1.

On April 3, 2065438/KLOC-0, Embiid was invited to participate in the Jordan Classic. He played 19 minutes, contributed 6 points, the team's highest 7 rebounds and the highest 5 blocked shots. Embiid, together with Jabbar Parker and James Young, helped the western army defeat the eastern army led by Julius Randle and Wayne seldon with 102-98.

On April 20th, 20 13, Embiid was invited to participate in the Nike Youth Basketball Tournament. He contributed 7 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists 1 block, and joined hands with andrew wiggins and others to help the international team beat the US team with 1 12:98.

As a five-star player with the highest score on ESPN, Embiid was called the most promising player among high school graduates this year by the media. He received full scholarships from the University of Kansas, the University of Florida and the University of Texas, and was invited to the basketball team. Embiid visited the three schools on 20 12, 10, 12, 10, 26 and 10 respectively. 165438+1October 13, Embiid announced that he had chosen the University of Kansas.

On May 5th, 20 13, ESPN scouting report updated the advantages and disadvantages of Embiid. According to ESPN, Embiid's skills are still rough, but he is strong and making rapid progress. His physique, athletic ability, coordination ability, explosive power and agility are different from most centers, which is the key point of his uniqueness. At the same time, he also has a good ability and speed to hold the ball, even surpassing some guards among college players. But on the other hand, Embiid is often caught in foul trouble by his opponent's fake actions, and his position needs to continue to learn. He needs to find the right position in the attack and lacks his own signature moves. Obviously, he is very inexperienced in this game. However, his potential is enormous, and he may show some strength in the future. Joel embiid chose to enter the University of Kansas. He came to this school in the same year as andrew wiggins, the No.1 small forward of 20 13, and wayne selden, the shooting guard.

In the first eight games, Embiid did not start, but came off the bench. Then, Kansas basketball coach Bill CERF decided to replace tarik black with Embiid. Although Embiid fouled many times, he still showed amazing talent.

20 13165438+1October 19, Embiid scored a career-high13 rebounds in the game between Kansas and the University of Iona. 65438+February 14 He scored a career-high 18 against the University of New Mexico in Kansas. 20 14 65438+ 10/01,in the competition between Kansas and Kansas state university, he scored the first three points in his college career; 65438+1October 18, he contributed eight career-high blocked shots in Kansas and Oklahoma.

At the end of the season on March 23rd, 20 1 1.2 points (third in the team), 8. 1 rebounds (first in the team), 1.4 assists (fifth in the team) and 2.6 blocks (first in the team).