With the 2024 Olympics in Paris right around the corner, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has a chance to reach the mountaintop.

Reaching the NBA mountaintop — winning an NBA championship — is something that has continued to elude Embiid 10 years into his NBA career.

The Sixers have since signed 9-time All-Star Paul George, so there is hope that fortunes will change, writes David Marchese for The New York Times.

Since having his son in 2020, Embiid has dedicated himself to taking everything more seriously and setting a good example.

This includes his basketball career, which he believes is all about health.

“If I was healthy in all the seasons, that would be a different conversation,” Embiid said.

Embiid credits his struggles to win a championship on the fact that he has had to deal with so many injuries.

“If you think about it, the thing that stopped me all these years is just freak injuries,” he said. “Every single playoffs, regular season, people falling on my knee or breaking my face — twice. It’s always freak injuries at the wrong time.”

Not only does Embiid believe he would have won a championship by now had it not been for the injuries, but he would be in the greatest-player-of-all-time conversation.

Read more from the Joel Embiid interview in The New York Times.

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