The Philadelphia 76ers will be counting on the star trio of Joel Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey heading into the 2024-25 season, but before George joined, there was Embiid and Maxey. Embiid and Maxey formed a deadly duo in the 2023-24 season in the pick-and-roll game.

Welcome to our Sixers player preview series! Between now and Sixers Media Day on Sep. 30, we will preview each one of the 14 players on the team's standard roster, posing two critical questions that will help determine their fate in 2024-25 before making a prediction about the player's season to come.

Embiid participated in training camp but stopped short of scrimmaging. "Ramping up is one thing to get them to a point. Overdoing it is another thing you are trying not to do," Nick Nurse said.