The Sixers and Joel Embiid’s Health

[eyeatoma]

Yikes that looks terrible. Sorry eyeatoma and Sixers fans. Hope he gets right.

Respect, bro. You have been here a long time and I always respect your takes - even if you are a Celtics fan.



For the rest of the GB who f'k'n buried Embiid for not playing Saturday night (ducking Jokic again), it is crystal clear now that he was hurt, and as this Sam Amick report in The Athletic suggests, the reason he tried to play last night was because of how much the national media (and the folks here on the GB) was crushing the guy for not playing.

https://theathletic.com/5240548/2024/01/31/joel-embiid-knee-injury-nba-65-game-rule/?source=emp_shared_article

HE. WAS. HURT.

So, I will now see how many others are as classy as bisme and apologize for their brutal takes on the guy.

If Embiid is stupid enough to play injured and the Sixers are stupid enough to allow him because they’re worried about some narrative then the Sixers organisation is even stupider than I thought

They are pretty damn stupid.

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[eyeatoma]

not to mention his injury has nothing to do with his earlier injury
I don't undesrstand what ppl are even debating itt tbh..

as usual when Embiid loses or is about to lose the call he either flops, yells or falls to the ground (sometimes a combination of all 3), so he throws his fragile body out there, Kuminga falls on him and Mr made of glass is injured again

what does that have to do with ducking Denver or the pressure that came because if it? did the pressure cause him to fall to the ground or caused Kuming to fall on his knee?

The gaslighting out of Philly is really out of control

The pressure to play against the warriors was a result of the constant backlash he was getting from fans and media about not playing in denver. And Mike Malone's dumb a** calling for the league to investigate him to plant a seed of a "ducking" narrative for the media to use against him. If nobody says anything he has no reason to force himself to play when he shouldn't.

Well said.

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[losmi]

not to mention his injury has nothing to do with his earlier injury
I don't undesrstand what ppl are even debating itt tbh..

as usual when Embiid loses or is about to lose the call he either flops, yells or falls to the ground (sometimes a combination of all 3), so he throws his fragile body out there, Kuminga falls on him and Mr made of glass is injured again

what does that have to do with ducking Denver or the pressure that came because if it? did the pressure cause him to fall to the ground or caused Kuming to fall on his knee?

The gaslighting out of Philly is really out of control

The pressure to play against the warriors was a result of the constant backlash he was getting from fans and media about not playing in denver. And Mike Malone's dumb a** calling for the league to investigate him to plant a seed of a "ducking" narrative for the media to use against him. If nobody says anything he has no reason to force himself to play when he shouldn't.

No reason except for chasing the 65 games requirement, lol.

[nomansland]

The other day I read some Sixers fans writing that they didn't understand why Embiid played in games where there was a blowout. They alleged that he was just looking to keep some kind of scoring streak going.

Who is to blame for that? Bisme? Chokic? AlexanderN? Realgm users? Reddit? Twitter?

Yeah this morning I was admitting that (imo) lots of us were ridiculous ripping on Joel so much for missing the Denver game now that it's beyond clear he was/is injured.

But trying to blame social media and RGM posters for this situation is also ridiculous, and embarrassing.

Everyone with eyeballs saw that he shouldn't have been playing last night. Do the Sixers medical staff and coach Nick Nurse not have eyeballs?

It's their's and Embiid's responsibility to manage his injuries and make decisions on if and when he should play. Whatever is going on in their minds, their handling of this has been borderline malpractice and it's no one else's fault.

Problem with that is the ducking allegations won't stop. Embiid is damned if he does or doesn't.

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He did bring a lot of that ducking talk on himself last year though.

[eyeatoma]

Yeah this morning I was admitting that (imo) lots of us were ridiculous ripping on Joel so much for missing the Denver game now that it's beyond clear he was/is injured.

But trying to blame social media and RGM posters for this situation is also ridiculous, and embarrassing.

Everyone with eyeballs saw that he shouldn't have been playing last night. Do the Sixers medical staff and coach Nick Nurse not have eyeballs?

It's their's and Embiid's responsibility to manage his injuries and make decisions on if and when he should play. Whatever is going on in their minds, their handling of this has been borderline malpractice and it's no one else's fault.

Problem with that is the ducking allegations won't stop. Embiid is damned if he does or doesn't.

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He did bring a lot of that ducking talk on himself last year though.

He was hurt the majority of the time.

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[nomansland]

I believe the rumors that he felt pressured to play. It does make a lot of sense. What Nurse says about the injuries being unrelated also makes sense. It's not like he landed funny and hyperextended the knee or something, a player fell on his leg during a loose ball scramble. It's bad luck, but it happens and is part of the game.

[nomansland]

Problem with that is the ducking allegations won't stop. Embiid is damned if he does or doesn't.

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He did bring a lot of that ducking talk on himself last year though.

He was hurt the majority of the time.

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He played, skipped Denver, then played again. He just didn't want to play in Denver, for whatever reason.

[Mavrelous]

Embiid played injured in blowout loss to keep his 40/10 streak, he was also very late scratch against DEN, not giving any indication of injury before, the criticism are justified, the victimization of him and blaming the fans for calling him out is unwarranted.

P.S. I thought him sitting out against DEN was totallu justified and the correct move, and I said it before any of this happened, he should focus on being healthy in the PO, not some meaningless RS awards, he already got the MVP and scoring title, he doesn't need to prove anything more in RS.

[eyeatoma]

He did bring a lot of that ducking talk on himself last year though.

He was hurt the majority of the time.

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He played, skipped Denver, then played again. He just didn't want to play in Denver, for whatever reason.

So scared of Jokic who he has dropped 40 on multiple times.

If this were Marc Gasol or Al Harford it would have some credence. To duck Jokic is laughable.

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[eyeatoma]

Embiid played injured in blowout loss to keep his 40/10 streak, he was also very late scratch against DEN, not giving any indication of injury before, the criticism are justified, the victimization of him and blaming the fans for calling him out is unwarranted.

P.S. I thought him sitting out against DEN was totallu justified and the correct move, and I said it before any of this happened, he should focus on being healthy in the PO, not some meaningless RS awards, he already got the MVP and scoring title, he doesn't need to prove anything more in RS.

What was unwarranted were fans making assumptions without doing any actual research and having any logic to their conspiracy theories.

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[Bum Adebayo]

Embiid played injured in blowout loss to keep his 40/10 streak, he was also very late scratch against DEN, not giving any indication of injury before, the criticism are justified, the victimization of him and blaming the fans for calling him out is unwarranted.

P.S. I thought him sitting out against DEN was totallu justified and the correct move, and I said it before any of this happened, he should focus on being healthy in the PO, not some meaningless RS awards, he already got the MVP and scoring title, he doesn't need to prove anything more in RS.

What was unwarranted were fans making assumptions without doing any actual research and having any logic to their conspiracy theories.

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It's the only logical thing to do, dude has skipped too many Denver games in a row, he also barely plays in Utah, so the relation seems pretty evident. That this season he was really injured in the Denver game, it's possible, but him being injured every season specifically when the Denver game approaches or almost every season when the Utah game approaches is not believable sorry.

[eyeatoma]

Embiid played injured in blowout loss to keep his 40/10 streak, he was also very late scratch against DEN, not giving any indication of injury before, the criticism are justified, the victimization of him and blaming the fans for calling him out is unwarranted.

P.S. I thought him sitting out against DEN was totallu justified and the correct move, and I said it before any of this happened, he should focus on being healthy in the PO, not some meaningless RS awards, he already got the MVP and scoring title, he doesn't need to prove anything more in RS.

What was unwarranted were fans making assumptions without doing any actual research and having any logic to their conspiracy theories.

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It's the only logical thing to do, dude has skipped too many Denver games in a row, he also barely plays in Utah, so the relation seems pretty evident. That this season he was really injured in the Denver game, it's possible, but him being injured every season specifically when the Denver game approaches or almost every season when the Utah game approaches is not believable sorry.

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[losmi]

What was unwarranted were fans making assumptions without doing any actual research and having any logic to their conspiracy theories.

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It's the only logical thing to do, dude has skipped too many Denver games in a row, he also barely plays in Utah, so the relation seems pretty evident. That this season he was really injured in the Denver game, it's possible, but him being injured every season specifically when the Denver game approaches or almost every season when the Utah game approaches is not believable sorry.

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He didn't play in Denver last year but he played in 13 consecutive games before and 5 consecutive games right after. He wasn't even on the injury report this year. Those things raised suspicion.

But I'm not sure what anything of this has with him playing at Warriors to chase 65 games.

[eyeatoma]

It's the only logical thing to do, dude has skipped too many Denver games in a row, he also barely plays in Utah, so the relation seems pretty evident. That this season he was really injured in the Denver game, it's possible, but him being injured every season specifically when the Denver game approaches or almost every season when the Utah game approaches is not believable sorry.

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He didn't play in Denver last year but he played in 13 consecutive games before and 5 consecutive games right after. He wasn't even on the injury report this year. Those things raised suspicion.

But I'm not sure what anything of this has with him playing at Warriors to chase 65 games.

So you guys are freaking out over one questionable game.

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[nomansland]

He was hurt the majority of the time.

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He played, skipped Denver, then played again. He just didn't want to play in Denver, for whatever reason.

So scared of Jokic who he has dropped 40 on multiple times.

If this were Marc Gasol or Al Harford it would have some credence. To duck Jokic is laughable.

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Your words, not mine. Why didn't he play in Denver then?

[eyeatoma]

He played, skipped Denver, then played again. He just didn't want to play in Denver, for whatever reason.

So scared of Jokic who he has dropped 40 on multiple times.

If this were Marc Gasol or Al Harford it would have some credence. To duck Jokic is laughable.

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Your words, not mine. Why didn't he play in Denver then?

Clearly people here haven't seen this post I've posted twice already.

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[QingJames]

There you have it...

As I said...Pressured by the community for their rabid nature.

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Laughable. If he was so badly injured, why wasn’t he on the injury report more than 15 minutes before tipoff in Denver? Unless you’re suggesting that the team’s medical staff is as shambolic as the rest of the organization.

He ducked in Denver.

[nomansland]

So scared of Jokic who he has dropped 40 on multiple times.

If this were Marc Gasol or Al Harford it would have some credence. To duck Jokic is laughable.

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Your words, not mine. Why didn't he play in Denver then?

Clearly people here haven't seen this post I've posted twice already.

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I don't use twitter. Did it explain why he didn't play last year?

[AleksandarN]

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[eyeatoma]

Your words, not mine. Why didn't he play in Denver then?

Clearly people here haven't seen this post I've posted twice already.

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I don't use twitter. Did it explain why he didn't play last year?

He has been dealing with the calf for a while last year. Which is why he sat out. Big man, and calf issues, not something you want to mess with.

People piled on like this year and assumed it was a duck. This year, he did the same thing and people were convinced he was ducking. Only to see him return against the Warriors and looking like a shell of himself.

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Yeah this person here was clearly healthy enough to play. He couldn't even jump for a block.


Please, give me a break.

The fact that he was after the Nuggets game, is just how bad knees work. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're terrible. That is what a degenerative knee condition does. It's similar to Kawhi and his hamstring.

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For people that find it so hard to believe that someone would decide to play because fans were giving him a hard time. When you have an entire arena that is trolling you, it's gonna get to you. Again standard human psychology.

Joel's biggest problem is that he's human, and he has feelings. Jeez what a terrible person.

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