Mike Gansey on Joel Embiid's reaction to acquiring Jaylen Brown: 'He's excited...he's fired up'

The one player we didn’t hear from was Joel Embiid. The former MVP didn’t have a social media post greeting Brown nor did we hear anything about the two stars interacting. Some folks ran with the idea of Embiid being upset or him not being long for Philadelphia. Gansey poured cold water on that as a guest on 97.5 The Fanatic Thursday afternoon: “He’s excited. He’s in a really good space right now. First offseason where he is really healthy going into it… He’s fired up. I called him right after the trade, and he is excited. Surprised, but he was excited… It’s obviously going to be a big change, but I think they’re welcoming it and they’re kind of excited to get the group together.”

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The one player we didn’t hear from was Joel Embiid. The former MVP didn’t have a social media post greeting Brown nor did we hear anything about the two stars interacting. Some folks ran with the idea of Embiid being upset or him not being long for Philadelphia. Gansey poured cold water on that as a guest on 97.5 The Fanatic Thursday afternoon: “He’s excited. He’s in a really good space right now. First offseason where he is really healthy going into it… He’s fired up. I called him right after the trade, and he is excited. Surprised, but he was excited… It’s obviously going to be a big change, but I think they’re welcoming it and they’re kind of excited to get the group together.”