This Changes EVERYTHING…Concerning Joel Embiid Injury Update | Sixers News

This Changes EVERYTHING…Concerning Joel Embiid Injury Update | Sixers News

The injury bug has once again sunk his teeth into Joel embiid as the Sixers star is now ruled out for another game and there’s beginning to be some long-term concerns about the state of this KN I want to speak a little bit in this video about how kind of concerned I

Am just about the weirdness of the management from the sixer side of things we know the unique challenges that Joel embiid has the injuries that he has battled throughout the years and kind of just the understanding that he is a little bit of a different uh different

Standard than most players when it comes to injuries the way that he affects you know a unique human being being 7 fo 2 300 lb and the problems that come with that but I do want to speak specifically about this issue as a whole I did touch

On it in my last uh video that he dropped on the channel talking a little bit about this mention that Ramona shelburn had a comment I want to dig deeper into that which she walked back a little bit and what really sparked this was the official announcement that Joel

Embiid will be out for Friday’s games against the Sacramento Kings now why this is so concerning to me is because before yesterday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks that Nick ner seemed very confident that Joel embid was set to return to the floor that he spoke about the swalling going down that he was

Really optimistic and that obviously did not show face as there was that announcement late in today’s uh late into today I’m curious what the full Outlook of this is now to speak on some of my concern I want to start with some of the phrasing from these Sixers side

Of things we have yet to see like an official injury diagnosis that Austin Carell shout out Austin of 973 ESPN tweeted out Joel and beat his listed out for tomorrow’s game versus the Kings with left knee inflammation important to note that up until just now the team

Listing as swelling in the left knee so still a weird kind of distinguish distinguishing Factor there my frustration with this is swelling is not an injury or inflammation is not an injury we’re not talking about like what what is the actual concern here is there a Teran a ligament is it a miniscus

Issue what is going on and that brings me back to Ramona Shel bur’s Point here which I touched on earlier and we’ll get this quote exactly like right shout out to Sixers Galaxy who did take this down after a bit little bit of a heat but he

Did get this quote accurate so I did want to make sure this was the case and he tweeted quote that knee injury is the same one that he had during the playoffs last year and during the playoffs you know he had to play and this is kind of

The this is the kind of knee injury that is normally a four to six week injury now for starters I want to say that if it is a 4 to six week injury then Joel embiid should not be playing basketball for four to six weeks there is zero

Reason to push him at this point in the season when there are far bigger goals down the line now what I thought was specifically interesting about this is that wasn’t shelburn breaking news or having this this hard-hitting report that she wanted every to know she pretty much mentioned that as like an off-hand

Comment a throwaway kind of mention and it was just kind of in the flow of conversation that they moved on immediately following this was not like a sticking point in the conversation which if that is true it absolutely should be that that would be breaking

News if Joel ID has a four to six week knee injury that he’s battling now why I thought that was especially in interesting is shelburn started to walk this back as she tweeted out a little bit later in the day to clarify the issue that caused mbid to miss the most

Recent time is swelling in his left knee not the same issue he managed in the playoffs there is currently a there is not currently a long-term concern and he’s considered day-to-day pers Source now why I think this is interesting in the timing of things is for starters

Ramona shelburn has been the most tapped into National reporter as far as Joel embiid’s camp and the Sixers Camp she’s been really on top of it from a lot of the Ben Simmons reports the James Harden reports Doc Rivers some of the coaching drama a lot of behind the-scenes stuff

All centering around Joel for the entirety of his career so so she is a source that is in the know and pretty comfortable with the Joel embiid camp and I do believe that this was a tweet pretty much sent from Joel embiid’s Camp saying tone it down a little bit we

Don’t want that to be talked about or that is not true whatever the case may be and getting to the bottom of what that exact case is is very relevant for the Sixers is this something that they don’t want public or is this something that just straight up is not happening

At all now we know the the situation that the Sixers face and we know the situation that Joel embiid faces that we have yet throughout the entirety of his career to see him go through a playoff stretch where he’s fully healthy the lone exception that coming in the bubble

When there was that shutdown in between but we do not count that now Horford was on the team so that might as well been a a wash away anyway but for Joel embiid that the the focus has to be on being ready for the big dance for having his

Biggest performances on the biggest stage now the side point to that is obviously the MVP race and the frustrating part of all this is that if you take all these concerns aside if you finish the NBA season right at this very moment Joel embiid is your MVP that he’s

Been the been the best player in the league after winning MVP last year he’s averaging more points more rebounds more assists more Steals and more blocks on fewer minutes per game that just does not happen and to see him take those next steps you can see in his game the

Way he’s processing the game making passes he truly has improved in a pretty significant way after being crowned MVP last year but there were the changes brought on by the NBA stating that NBA players must play a minimum of 65 games to earn MVP all League honors players

Must be on the floor for 20 minutes in at least 65 games to be eligible for the honors including NBA MVP and all NBA teams sources briefed on the details of the new collective bargaining agreement told the athletic so as you can see that is a lingering and overhanging point in

Joel embiid’s mindset here that he’s been pretty open about his desire to take home these accolades and to be honest I like that that I get he gets a lot of hate for that but you should want to be the best you should want these

Awards not if it comes at the expense of your team now tomorrow’s game will marked the 10th game that Joel embiid has missed this season and the Sixers in the meantime are 2- seven in the games that Joel embiid has not played now to look a little bit at their record

Without embiid over the years shout out to Dan Dan allinger of the rights rookie Sanchez here in his rookie season in 201617 the Sixers were 15 and 36 in games that Joel embiid did not play the following year 11 and8 without Joel embiid in 20189 8- 10 without Joel

Embiid in 201920 11- 11 dropped down to 10 and 11 11 in 20220 2021 2021 2022 they were 6-8 last year they were 11 and5 without Joel embiid and this year after last night’s game moved to 2- seven on the year so very clear it shouldn’t be a hard-hitting take or a

Shocking analysis here that the six years are a better team when the MVP of the league and the best player on their roster is on the floor but what has struck me a little bit differently this year is just how concretely different the identity of the team is when it’s

Joel embid and when it’s not now he’s one of the most highest usage players in the entire NBA he’s the guy that soaks up the biggest chunk of their shot diet is their most impactful player defensively it’s not like this is a surprise the way it happens but it is

Kind of Stark to me that after all these years we’re having a lot of similar conversations I don’t think Nick nurse trust Paul Reed or Mo bomo whatsoever and frankly he has some good reason for both of those guys and their ups and downs that we’ve seen so far this year

We’ve seen a lot of Marcus Morris at the five playing some the small ball trying to space the floor but this is not conding Ive to winning and it has not been thus far Tyrese Maxi is awesome I have a hard time being this critical of Tyrese because he continues to sore past

Every single expectation that there were questions going into this year as a whole if he could even be a number two on this six years team to Joel embiid and he has passed that test in flying colors so then to then be mad that he can’t quite be the number one on Knights

Which the Sixers need him to is a little rough in my mind that I think we’re holding to him a little bit too high of a standard and frankly the growth rate that he is on just has not been matched really ever of any player that I’ve ever

Seen the we’re talking about the same dude that shot 29% from Beyond the three-point Arc in college fast forward three years and he’s been a top five three-point shooter in the league in two the last three seasons so ridiculous stuff there um I don’t want to hold his

Feet to the fire too much on this but the bottom line is if Joel embiid is missing an extended period of time the Sixers do have to find a way to keep their head afloat that the East is not a cakewalk through when you look behind these Sixers in the standing teams are

Coming the New York York Knicks have looked awesome since the trade for OG anobi they have Jaylen Bronson they have Julius Randall they have talent there even a team like the Toronto Raptor starting to get their act together after the the uh getting the other side of the

Coin with the RJ Barrett and Emanuel quickly trade there the Cleveland Cavaliers have been playing better basketball even with the injuries they’ve been battling the Indiana Pacers have been one of the surprise teams and more fun teams to watch all season even with their injury to Tyrese halberton

Right now so the bottom line is that the league is not waiting for the Sixers that if they have to tread water and keep their head afloat while Joel embiid recovers the rest of the league is not going to be waiting around and that is something the Sixers have to keep in

Mind but for Joel’s sake the bottom line is this team is not going anywhere if Joel embiid ises not healthy come playoff time that we’ve seen his shortcomings in the playoffs there are things that he is to address on court outside of the injuries when I’m talking

About the way that he is guarding the way teams double him the way that he has to process the game at a different Speed come playoff time and the inherent issues that come when a big man is your best player the different defensive tactics and strategies that teams can

Throw at him in a way that you just can’t quite do on a guard those are issues that all have to be overcome and what does not help any of that is if you are not at your full strength come that time so for now it is kind of a

Frustrating reality it sucks to have to do this this early in the season but I think Joel embi needs to sit back and say what is my priority here is it to continue adding to my personal accolades to push myself and be in the running for

MVP once again or is it to sit back let my body heal let my teammates take the Reigns and come back ready to have a force come playoff to him even in the worst case scenario these Sixers are not dropping out of playoff contention that they are currently the third seed in the

East they are among the most talented teams across the NBA still Fringe Championship contenders and depending what happens in the trade deadline I do think there’s a real chance that they deserve to be lumped into that top tier category across the NBA but that all starts with Joel embiid and if he’s not

Ready to answer the biggest call in the biggest moments this team is not going anywhere so I think that the unfortunate reality that Joel embi and In fairness to him he has reached the 65 game total the past two years and lost out on MVP his first season to Nico

Yic do two games Miss so I get the hunger here and frankly he is still on Pace to hit 65 games based on the the trajectory he taken the past two seasons but I am concerned with what exactly the issue is here I would love to see some clarity from inside the sixes

Organization love to see a statement on what exactly he is dealing with rather than just the vague knee soreness or swelling or whatever is going on but the bottom line is this team is not going to have him on the floor and they are going to be worse because of this hopefully

This is a short-term deal that this is much to do about nothing and he does make his way back on the on the floor sooner rather than later but it could ultimately be the best thing for the Sixers organization if Joel embiid does swallow this Pride pill real quick says

I’m out of the MVP race I’ll let the race Pass Me By and I’m focused on helping my team win a championship because a Finals MVP looks a whole lot better than a regular MVP sitting on that trophy case above the fireplace so we we will see what happens from here

Once again I am hoping that we get some sort of clarity from the Sixers organization they’ve been very vague to this point hopefully that will be the case and if that is then I will be hopping right back on to break things down for you guys thank you so much for

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This Could Change Everything…CONCERNING Joel Embiid Injury Update | Sixers News

The NBA season is in full swing and Joel Embiid has hit his first sign of injury. Embiid is set to miss his 10th game of the season already and there is a strange lack of concrete information available on what the injury is. Sean Barnard breaks down why he is so worried about the injury and if Joel Embiid should give up on the MVP race this early in the season.

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