Joel Embiid – who wrote in The Players Tribune that he committed to Kansas because Luc Mbah a Moute told him it was the best school – almost quit basketball his first scrimmage there.

Which would have been a shame for 1. The Process 2. The NBA 3. Social media.

Here’s what happened (via The Players Tribune):

My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn’t know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion. He dunked the ball off my head. The worst part was that the entire Kansas women’s hoops team was sitting in the bleachers watching the scrimmage. The whole gym was laughing at me. It was crazy. Seriously, it was like a WORLDSTAR situation.

Embiid wrote that he went straight to coach Bill Self’s office and told him that he couldn’t keep up with the rest of the team. Self replied that he was going to be the top pick in the NBA draft in two years and the Process was saved.