Top 10 Two-Way Players In The NBA TODAY

#3 Joel Embiid

Embiid is one of the front-runners for the defensive player of the year award

Joel Embiid's case for All-NBA and All-Defensive team selection speaks for itself. He is one of the frontrunners for the Defensive Player of the Year award, and is averaging 22.9 points, 11.0 points, 3.2 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.

He is the top post-up scorer in the league, and yet his shooting range stretches out till beyond the three-point arc.

The sight of Embiid leading a fast break or knocking down an open three-pointer in transition is not too uncommon, with the 7'2" Cameroonian making 30.8% of his 3.4 three-point shot attempts per game.

Nobody in the Eastern Conference has the size or length to guard him for extended periods, making him a big miss in the first round of playoffs for the Sixers (he is currently ruled out with an orbital fracture).

Embiid's opponents shoot just 42.0% with Embiid guarding them, including a staggeringly low 50.1% on field goals from less than six feet from the ring.

Embiid ranks eighth in defensive win shares per game among all players, and his defensive rating of 99.7 ranks second among all starting centers.

Embiid is an elite two-way force and will take the league by storm in the years to come.