PHILADELPHIA — Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton has a hard job ahead of him as the main protector on capacity NBA MVP Joel Embiid. The great thing is, Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn hasactually developed a strategy to make sure that Claxton doesn’t have to manage that fight entirely on his own. No one protector can stop Embiid. It has to be a group.
“It was a group effort,” Claxton stated after putting up 5 points, 10 rebounds, and 3 obstructs in Saturday’s 121-101 Game 1 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Claxton was the main protector on Emb