Daily News | Joel Embiid’s increased rolling with James Harden impresses Suns coach Monty Williams
PHOENIX — When Monty Williams studies the James Harden-and-Joel Embiid two-man game, the Suns coach and former 76ers assistant has mostly noticed how much more Embiid is rolling toward the basket instead of popping for jumpers.
“Now, if Joel rolls, that’s going to be terrific for us,” Rivers said. “But he has to mix it up, because he’s also so good when he pops and gets to that elbow area. I think they’re still trying to find what the happy medium is.”For a player who has 72 career triple-doubles, rebounding is the skill in that stat line least-often associated with Harden.
“Jo [Embiid] is in pick-and-roll coverages guarding the ball,” Harden said, “and I feel like it’s my job and our guards’ job to go in there and help him get the rebound. Because if that’s the case, we can get out in transition and we score. That’s priority No. 1.
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