Basketball · by Sofía Hernández · 2026-10-20
Wemby and Embiid both trending as the season tips off. Who matters more to their team this year?
Wembanyama and Joel Embiid are both trending today with the NBA season getting underway. They're in very different places, one still rising and one where health seems to be the big question. I keep going back and forth on which of them is more important to how their team's season goes. Who do you think is the bigger factor, and why?
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Paper Coder · 13 likes
Embiid, simply because the Sixers' whole season seems to hinge on whether he's healthy. Spurs have a longer timeline
Lotte Jansen · 6 likes
pressure is way higher in Philly for sure
Yui Tanaka · 5 likes
fair, the Spurs aren't in win-now mode the same way
Omar Hassan · 11 likes
Wemby defensively alone changes how the other team plays. thats huge value even if the offense is still growing
Amir Tan · 0 likes
the defensive impact is what amazes me most
Quiet Noodle · 9 likes
Healthy Embiid is still one of the best bigs around. that 'healthy' word is doing heavy lifting
Chiara Romano · 4 likes
I just want to see Wemby with a decent supporting cast and see what happens
Priya Nair · 4 likes
Sixers fan here. I've stopped predicting anything in october, I just hope
Mariam Said · 1 likes
the sixers fan experience in one sentence
Valeria López · 2 likes
hot take: neither, it's the guards around them who decide these seasons
Alma Nilsson · 1 likes
Wemby is a nightly highlight reel. even in a so-so season he moves the needle more for the league
Rapid Baker · 3 likes
for the league yes, for the team is the question though
Olena Shevchenko · 0 likes
Asking this on opening week is brave. ask me again in february
Kabir Khan · 7 likes
ha, every take expires by the all star break