The NBA has begun an investigation into the 76ers concerning the participation of All-Star heart Joel Embiid, per Shams Charania of ESPN.
The Sixers and Embiid have been open about the concept that Embiid could not play in back-to-back video games this season for harm administration, largely concerning his left knee. Embiid didn’t play in any respect within the preseason.
He additionally missed Philadelphia’s season-opening loss to the Bucks and is predicted to be held out for the primary week of the season. The Sixers-Bucks recreation was televised by ESPN.
As Charania famous, the NBA usually will evaluation/examine a workforce when a star participant misses a nationally broadcast recreation.
“This is part of the new normal for Embiid this season, according to sources, a strategy to keep the former NBA MVP healthy for the postseason,” Charania wrote. “The plan has been expected to include periodic time off during the regular season and routine evaluations from doctors and the 76ers’ medical staff, those sources said.”
Embiid, in fact, has come underneath loads of hearth for this resolution, though it doesn’t seem as if it’s solely his. The plan, it appears, was outlined and is being applied by the 76ers.
“We’re going to be smart about it,” workforce president Daryl Morey advised ESPN earlier than the season. “Part of being smart about it is having both (Paul George) and Joel probably not play many back-to-backs, if any.”
What the investigation could discover or decide, nevertheless, stays to be seen. It’s laborious to check the league forcing Embiid to play or punishing Philadelphia.
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