Joel Embiid learned to shoot by searching YouTube for 'white people shooting 3 pointers'

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August 31, 2018 4:48 PM

Joel Embiid's range from beyond the arc is one of the things that makes him so difficult to defend, but he didn't develop his shot the traditional way.

Joel Embiid wrote about his journey from Cameroon to the NBA in a recent piece for The Players' Tribune.
In the story, Embiid describes how he developed his shooting range — searching YouTube for "WHITE PEOPLE SHOOTING 3 POINTERS."
Embiid is now a career 32.7% three-point shooter during his time in the NBA.

Joel Embiid might be the most entertaining player in the NBA.

Between his dominance on the court, his constant trolling on social media, and his habit of dunking on random strangers on courts across Philadelphia, you'd have a tough time finding someone having more fun with the game of basketball than Embiid.

In a recent story for The Players' Tribune, Embiid revealed how he developed his game, and specifically, his range from three. As Embiid writes, when he came over to America from Cameroon to play basketball, he was very competitive, but his skills were extremely raw. He would run three-point drills with a teammate after practice, and after losing too many times, decided he needed to make a change.

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