Joel Embiid wants to become the first center to ever compete in the three-point contest at the NBA All-Star weekend.
The rookie big fella is currently shooting 50 percent on his thirty attempts this season from behind the arc.
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Embiid, 22, has made three or more three-pointers in three games this season.
Per Philly.com:
“It would be nice,” Embiid said with a smile. “It would be nice. I don’t know.”
But in the three-point contest, participants have one minute to make as many shots as possible from five positions behind the arc.
“If I have a chance to be in it, I have to practice all that,” Embiid said of getting shots up quickly. ”But I think I can get it. I got to work on my quick release and you know most of the shots I take from three, I always hold my follow through. So in an all-star game, it’s about getting it up. So I have work on that.”