The NBA is investigating reviews that Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid shoved a reporter after Saturday’s sport, :
“We are aware of reports of an incident in the Sixers locker room this evening and are commencing an investigation.”
Phrase broke about an altercation earlier Saturday when reported Embiid had assaulted a reporter. There was some preliminary confusion about whether or not Embiid punched the reporter resulting from a by Pompey, however later reported it was a shove, not a punch.
mentioned Embiid shoved the reporter within the shoulder and briefly walked again to his locker, then left.
Charania additionally talked about Embiid took concern with a latest column referencing Embiid’s son and late brother, which factors to the reporter concerned being Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes, who obtained widespread criticism for the column concerning the Sixers heart’s frequent damage points.
The column was written in response to Embiid not being prepared for the season, with the Sixers citing a left knee concern. The Sixers .
The lede of Hayes’ column:
“Joel Embiid consistently points to the birth of his son, Arthur, as the major inflection point in his basketball career. He often says that he wants to be great to leave a legacy for the boy named after his little brother, who tragically died in an automobile accident when Embiid was in his first year as a 76er.
“Nicely, to be able to be nice at your job, you first have to point out up for work. Embiid has been nice at simply the alternative. Now in his eleventh season, he constantly has been in poor situation. This poor conditioning apparently appears to have delayed his debut this season.”
Hayes later had that first paragraph removed, explaining in a tweet that he “” Arthur Embiid died in a automotive crash in Cameroon in 2014.
One one that didn’t settle for that apology was Embiid, who blasted Hayes :
“If your body doesn’t react well and if your body tells you one thing — I’ve done it. From what I can tell you, I’ve broken my face twice, I came back early with the risk of losing my vision, had broken fingers, I still came back. So I’m not going to sit here and be like — I see people saying, ‘He doesn’t want to play.’ I’ve done way too much for this city putting myself at risk for people to be saying that. I do think it’s bulls***.
“Like that dude, he’s not here, Marcus, whatever his name is, I’ve done way too much for this f***ing city to be treated like this. Done way too f***ing much. I wish I was as lucky as other ones, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not trying and doing whatever it takes to be out there, which I’m gonna be pretty soon.”
That seems to haven’t been the tip of it.
