Joel Embiid always says that his life is like a movie. Hopefully, we’re at the point of the film where the star athlete emerges as a new man after clearing his head on a long, thoughtful motorcycle ride along the coastline with a brooding ‘80s song playing in the background.

Joel Embiid is at the heart of the Philadelphia 76ers' slow start, for reasons both in and out of his control. Something has to change.

It didn’t help. The Sixers still lost 106-89 in Miami. They are now 2-11 and tied with the Washington Wizards for the worst record in the league. That’s right, not the Eastern Conference but the whole NBA.