Joel Embiid has embraced the nickname "The Process" even if he says it didn't originate with him.

“I don’t think it came from me,” he said. “Fans just started and then I just went along with it.”

Embiid has come to best represent the plan of Sam Hinkie, who guided the Philadelphia 76ers on a multi-year rebuild.

“I went through two surgeries, lost my brother, thought about some stuff I shouldn’t have thought about, so that’s my own process,” Embiid said. “And then the process of going through the rehab and finally getting back on the court and getting the chance to finally play in the league, that’s my process.”

Embiid missed the first two seasons of his career due to foot injuries.

“I think I have my own process,” Embiid said Friday at practice.