Bad feet and bad backs scare me.
1,000 times this. Embiid has great potential but he's as raw as they come. He had 1/2 of one good college season. That's it. Ok, that's enough to take a risk on him.
But add in the injuries and I'm running scared. Back and feet injuries have derailed many NBA careers and to see this guy have two of them in a year? That's either horribly bad luck or the start of a very unfortunate pattern. Is this guy the next Greg Oden? I don't make that move unless two things happen:
1. I have every team doctor in the world telling me that these injuries won't be chronic.
2. I have the pick top 5 protected this year and top 3 protected next year.
As far as him being better than any of the picks this year, that's a pretty large leap of faith at this stage. If he can't get on the court, he's not any better than I am.