JOEL EMBIID | Before They Were Famous | The Process | Philadelphia 76ers

Hailing from Cameroon, Joel's first basketball practice in America resulted in all his teammate laughing at his kills set. I bet their pretty mum these days. His initial goal of growing up in Africa was to become a soccer or Volleyball player ideally playing in Europe. It was at a summer camp that his athleticism for basketball was first discovered and it would only take him a few short years to transform himself into an NBA star. In one year she shot up from 6'9 to 7ft and his ruthless work ethic would allow JoJo to turn those who doubted him into believers. Besides non-stop time on the court he also closely studied Hakeen Olajuwon a Nigerian born NBA player who also started out with ambitions to play soccer getting in on basketball in his teens. Just like Olajuwon who had been nicknamed the dream, Jo-Jo would call himself The Process, a nickname bestowed on his team that he would become the embodiment of. If your a super fan of 76ers it's likely that this is the info you already know, what you might not know is that back in Cameroon, Jo-jo killed a lion with his bare hands at the age of six...