It started with a conversation in the back of a bus.
A rookie Tyrese Maxey wasn't in a good head space. Veteran forward Tobias Harris sensed that the youngster needed a pep talk.
With each passing regular-season game, Joel Embiid does something to inch closer to the pantheon that is the Mount Rushmore of NBA big men.
And with each passing postseason, you're left wondering if that's all he'll ever be - an all-time dynamo of wins over the course of 82, but a super-sized Tracy McGrady over the course of four playoff rounds.
Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles walked toward the podium looking like he got very little sleep. It's a walk that many Super Bowl MVP's before him have made looking just as tired.