Johni Broome starts his first NBA training camp on Saturday, but the former Auburn All-American already has been working to be ready for his rookie season, including matching up with former NBA MVP Joel Embiid at voluntary offseason workouts with the Philadelphia 76ers.

“He’s great,” Broome said on Friday. “He practiced the other day, and I had to guard him. He kind of scored a couple in a row. But that’s what you kind of expect. You play good defense, and he has better offense. That’s the type of player he is.

“But I’m glad that I’m going against him in practice and I’m going to have him on my side during the year because he’s a great person to learn from and he’s very open to talk to you about things that you need to improve on and things like that. So I think he’s becoming a good p

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