Joel Embiid marries Sports Illustrated model Anne de Paula in Hamptons ceremony

The biggest day of Joel Embiid’s successful year might have occurred.

The Philadelphia 76ers player, who is the 2023 NBA MVP, wed his longtime girlfriend Anne de Paula on Saturday in Southampton.

After taking pictures on Cryder Beach, the couple was married in a religious ceremony.

In 2018, there were rumors that Embiid was dating the Sports Illustrated model, which were eventually debunked.

De Paula was there to encourage the big man during one of his worst times in the league when the Philadelphia 76ers were defeated by the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 Eastern Conference finals on a Kawhi Leonard buzzer-beater.

There is nobody else in the room when Arthur first notices him. In 2021, ESPN quoted de Paula as saying, “It is the most beautiful thing ever.

Embiid wed on Long Island, but this is not the first time this year that the 7-foot center has been wed in New York.

In an earlier offseason interview, Embiid hinted that he’d like to win an NBA championship “anywhere.”

“I just want to win a championship,” stated Embiid.

Whatever is necessary. I have no idea where that will be; whether it’s in Philadelphia or somewhere else, all I want is the opportunity to do that.

Soon after making those remarks, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin and Zach Lowe hinted that the six-time All-Star might team up with the Knicks.