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NCAA 21/01/2014, 00.26

Kansas' Joel Embiid is not sure that he is ready for NBA lifestyle

Embiid may stay at least another year at Kansas. Big men as Shaq, Olajuwon and Duncan went to college at least two or three years

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Kansas big man Joel Embiid is at the top of the most important mock drafts as Draftexpress, ESPN or NBADraft.

But the big man doesn’t know if he is ready to go to NBA next season.

Via ESPN, Asked what he intends to do about it all, Embiid at first says he doesn't want to think about next season. He wants to help his team win games, win a Big 12 championship and win a national championship. For someone still learning the English language, he has mastered the fine art of sports clichés.
But gently pressed to imagine himself in that place and lifestyle, Embiid shakes his head.
"I don't know," he said. "I think it would be too overwhelming for me right now. I'm not sure I'm ready."
Embiid has been researching big men lately. Not the way he used to, back when he was trying to learn the game and used tapes of Hakeem Olajuwon as video tutorials. No, he's been looking at the game's best and surveying their college tenures:
Olajuwon, three years; Tim Duncan, four; Shaquille O'Neal, two.
"I was curious because I want to be great, I want to be the best at my position one day," he said. "I'm trying to learn everything and what other people did. All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice."

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