NBA Countdown : Joel Embiid Injury Update

NBA Countdown : Joel Embiid Injury Update

Embiid who has not played since 2019 in Denver against nicoa yic Joel embiid can only miss six more games and still be eligible for postseason honors including the most valuable player award what do you make of this Stephen I well when it comes to him I’m certainly not going to

Bring up load management or anything like that this guy has a history of being injured if the medical staff notices something we have to attach a level of seriousness to that more so than with typical players in the National Basketball Association he has a history of injuries my goodness he

Missed the first two plus years of his career in the NBA because of injuries so if they see something I’m going to take that very very seriously and I’m not going to mess with it yeah I’m changing my pick to uh joic that’s I’m going with jic uh with

This game no look fine um Smart in all honesty as much as I wanted to see these two guys like everybody did play against each other if the medical staff sees something it’s the regular season halfway through the concern is is like you said this can’t happen in the

Playoffs so so if this is to protect prevent but the concern is I’m not worried about jool embid performing in the playoffs I’m not on the court but you do have some concern about if he can’t go which has been an issue in the past that’s that’s where you start

Wondering because I think if he’s healthy this Philly team is a championship quality team and I would hate to see them not do that for injury it’s the worst thing you can imagine with a star player can’t play in the playoffs earlier when I said maybe about Philadelphia this is what I’m talking

About they’re two teams they have to prove it to us we don’t have to accept their word for it the Clippers and the Sixers that’s the deal one thing Tom tibo’s teams have and it may be to the extreme Stephen A is a certain toughness there’s a certain stubbornness

There’s a certain I’m playing and your play in that locker room I don’t know that about Philly might they do that in May they might might the Clippers do that uh uh James Harden and Paul George and kawh Leonard in may they might but I don’t know that that that those are big

Questions we saw Denver play through those things last year we’ve seen Jamal marray come back through that I need to see it from Philadelphia and the Clippers I don’t think it is a question of toughness in Philadelphia with Joel embiid I think for him and his priority

Is going to be being as healthy as he can be when the post season comes even if that means he takes himself out of being in the MVP on the MVP ballot all NBA he’s been MVP Joel embiid wants to win a championship he knows there’s one

Way to do it with him healthy in April May June I don’t question his desire if that’s what we’re talking about or his want but sometimes your body is your body right and that’s what I that’s I’m not worried about Joel and beid is soft or doesn’t want to play I’m worried can

Can a body that’s had some injuries hold up none of us none of us that brought this up so I’m going to bring it up okay here we go down the line when we talk about an MVP the way Joel embiid has been playing this year and how he’s been

Playing lights out Head and Shoulders above anybody for the MVP race this year what if he misses a few more games what if he doesn’t qualify for that MVP award and somebody else gets it but most of the world knows they didn’t deserve it they only got it because he didn’t play

The 65 games that’s going to be a different discussion that we’re going to revisit or we’re going to visit in the months and the years to come right because the NBA wants to see Star players on the floor but I’m not sure that this is the way to adjudicate it

All right it is time to get you out to the mile high city

Joel Embiid is ruled out for the anticipated game against Denver Nuggets. #joelembiid #philadelphia76ers #76ers #denvernuggets #nuggets #embiid #stephenasmith #nbaonespn #nbanews #nikolajokic #nbacountdown