TWEET OF THE DAY

@ JoelEmbiid Trust The Process 76ers center Joel Embiid, tweeting a photo of him and forward Dario Saric in front of a locker for Markelle Fultz, who is expected to be the top pick in Thursday’s NBA draft. The Celtics hold the No. 1 pick; they are in talks with Philadelphia about possibly trading the pick, and Fultz worked out for the 76ers on Saturday night. The 76ers hold the No. 3 pick in the first round. LAST WORD “I THINK YOU’D HAVE TO AGREE THAT I WAS KIND OF KNOWN FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE, AND PART OF BEING AGGRESSIVE IS SLIDING HEADFIRST. AND YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR PICTURE IN THE PAPER.” Pete Rose, 76, in remarks Saturday as the Reds unveiled a statue of him outside Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The biggerthan- life bronze sculpture shows the banished baseball hits king on one of his headfirst slides, something he started doing, he says, when he was 9.