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The Sixers had just been swept by the Boston Celtics in the playoffs’ first round, capping an unpleasant Florida bubble experience for Embiid. He felt “disrespected” when he did not make any of the three All-NBA teams. And he was ready to take better care of his health. “They’ve done a great job of not changing anything I eat, but changing how they make it,” Embiid said. “Whatever they put in it.”
Those nutritional tweaks, combined with a more diligent off-day lifting and workout routine, led to noticeably improved endurance in Embiid in 2020-21, Rivers said. With that higher baseline to build on entering this season, “You could see it walking in the door,” the coach said. “It has nothing to do with the people that were here before,” Embiid said. “But I feel like, a lot of times in the past, missing back-to-backs and being on minutes restrictions, looking back, I didn’t think it was the right approach. Because nowadays, the more I play, the better it gets. Because if I’m playing every two days, that means I don’t get out of shape, I keep continuing what I’ve been doing and I stay healthier. I feel like that’s been working.
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