Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Furkan Korkmaz made an interesting comment regarding former teammate Joel Embiid.

Korkmaz is playing in Europe for the EuroBasket tournament, where he is representing his home country of Turkey.

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The guard comes with an NBA pedigree, playing several seasons with the Sixers as a first-round draft pick.

His team is in the finals of the tournament, and during a press conference, Korkmaz took time to make a bold claim regarding Joel Embiid and his Turkish teammate, Alperen Sengun.

"Until now I think Joel Embiid is the best player, best center that I was playing," Korkmaz said.

"But I think we can tell it's Alperen now," Korkmaz noted. "He helps us a lot on the court def

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