Joel Embiid has gotten jacked in the last three years (Photo)
By Jack Crosby
Much of the talk about the basketball world recently has surrounded the enormous amount of weight loss LeBron James has incurred by cutting carbs out of his diet this summer. Well, 76ers first round draft pick Joel Embiid has also undergone an amazing transformation as well, just in the opposite direction.
On Tuesday the 76ers posted this photo to their Instagram account, which shows Embiid three years ago compared to now, and as you can see, the weight room work has certainly paid off for the former Kansas center.
That might be just as amazing, if not more so, than the transformation that LeBron made over the summer. Sure, the time frame is different, but it’s still impressive nonetheless.
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Despite more than likely having to sit out the entire season, the 76ers selected Embiid with the no. 3 overall pick in this June’s NBA Draft, setting themselves up quite well for the future.
Since then, Embiid has been spending his time stealing everyone’s hearts on the twitter universe with some of the wacky stuff that he comes up with.
But we can venture to guess that when he’s not on his phone or computer keyboard, he’s probably in the weight room looking to add to that physique.