Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid havent spoken since blockbuster 76ers trade: Tracy McGrady

Jaylen Brown and Joel Embiid still don’t like each other, per Tracy McGrady. The NBA legend said on his show “Cousins” with Vince Carter that Brown and Embiid have not spoken despite being on the same team for almost two weeks.Brown was traded to Embiid’s 76ers on July 1 in exchange for Paul George and draft picks. “I don’t think there’s been a conversation between the two, at least not to my knowledge,” McGrady said.McGrady said Brown has reached out to Tyrese Maxey and V.J.Edgecombe. McGrady and Carter said Brown should have reached out because it’s been Embiid’s team for so long, but the former Kansas center also should have made an attempt to have a conversation. “We’re getting off to a fresh start, Joel; you’re getting off to a fresh start, and now you add in another MVP, along with the young boys that you have to make things easier for you,” McGrady said. Embiid and Brown’s relationship was first called into question after they went head-to-head during the NBA playoffs in May.Brown said in a press conference and on a livestream after game four that Embiid was “flopping.”“We tried a bunch of different things.

He’s a big body,” Brown said.“He also was flopping around.

He got some extra calls and they rewarded him for that, but that’s the league we’re in.”After the trade, though, 76ers president of basketball operations Mike Gansey said “they’re welcoming the change” and Embiid, who has battled numerous injuries in recent years, is in a really good spot this offseason. “He is fired up.I called him right after the trade, and he was excited” Gansey told 97.5 The Fanatic. The addition of Brown should lessen the workload and pressure on Embiid as Maxey emerges into one of the stars of the league. It could also allow Embiid to take a lighter workload and worry more on recovery. The 76ers were swept by the Knicks in dominant fashion after they upset the Celtics in the first round....