TNT crew discuss Joel Embiid’s Injury vs Warriors
UNCONSCIOUS. >> HE’S ABLE TO SELL A MOVE TO GET TO THE SHOT. >> HE LOST THAT ONE AND STILL GOT TO IT LOSES IT CANDACE IS TURNING AWAY BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY SCARY SIGHT. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS JOEL EMBIID HAD GONE UP
AND BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS GAME. HE HAD TO PLAY EARLIER WITH HIM AND DRAYMOND WHERE HE COLLIDED. BUT THIS HE COMES UP INJURED ON THE GROUND IN PAIN AGAIN. WATCH KUMINGA HERE AS HE FALLS ON TO THE KNEE AND HE HAS TAKEN OFF. WE ARE GOING
TO WAIT FOR MORE WORD ON THIS. HE HAD MISSED THE LAST TWO GAMES AND AGAIN HE’S GETTING CLOSE TO THAT MARK WHERE IT WON’T BE A FULL 65 WHERE HE WON’T BE ELIGIBLE FOR MVP, WHERE HE WON’T BE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL NBA SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON. AND AGAIN, HE HAD A
STREAK, I BELIEVE, OF 22 STRAIGHT 30 PLUS POINT GAMES. THAT COMES AN END TO AN END TONIGHT. UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL HE WASN’T RIGHT. >> CORRECT. UM, ALL OF US UP HERE HAVE PLAYED THROUGH INJURIES AND HAVE PLAYED THROUGH THINGS, BUT YOU COULD TELL FROM THE MOMENT
THE JUMP BALL HAPPENED THAT HE WAS NOT RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PLAY LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY AT HIS SIZE AND HIS POSITION AND HOW MUCH IMPACT HE HAS ON THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE END, IT’S JUST UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SEASON, YOU KNOW, 76 OR SEASON IS IN
HIS HANDS. AND TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, MAN GOODNESS. >> OH MY GOD. >> HE’S TALKED ABOUT HIS GOAL IS NOT TO JUST WIN MVP. IT’S CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING CHAMPIONSHIP. SO LEADING INTO ALL STAR BREAK AND AFTER YOU WANT JOEL EMBIID AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE TO
PLAY HIS BEST BASKETBALL MVP BASKETBALL. SO YOU KNOW I HOPE IT’S MINOR. IT LOOKS YOU KNOW LOOK BAD. BUT WE HOPE HE’S MINOR. HE’LL BE READY TO GO. >> CAN WE PUT UP THE GRAPHIC OF THE GAMES MISSED AND THE GUYS THAT ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE POSTSEASON AND AWARDS, AND THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT AWARDS. THERE’S CONTRACT MONEY TIED INTO SOME OF THESE POST SEASON AWARDS, AS YOU SEE THERE. AND BEAT HALIBURTON AND EMBIID ARE DEALING WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. HALIBURTON DID SAY HE CAME OUT AND SAID IT’S NOT A RULE
THAT HE LIKES. HIS COACH EVEN CAME OUT TO HIS DEFENSE . DO YOU THINK JAMAL THIS IS FACTORING INTO SOMEONE LIKE EMBIID’S MINDSET ABOUT PLAYING HURT AND NOT RESTING UP FOR THE PLAYOFFS? I HOPE NOT, BECAUSE WE ALL WANT THESE GUYS TO PLAY LIKE THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.
>> THAT’S WHAT WE DO AS ATHLETES. BUT IF WE’RE RISKING FURTHER INJURY OR COMPENSATION OR ANYTHING FOR THAT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NBA WAS DOING AS FAR AS, OKAY, LET’S GET THESE GUYS PLAYING. BUT NOT AT IF JOEL EMBIID IS HURT. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF THEY’RE 6′ OR SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND
FIFTH OPTION ARE UNBELIEVABLE. WELL IT WON’T MATTER. AND FOR THE LEAGUE THAT’S NOT GOOD BECAUSE THESE GUYS ARE SO IMPORTANT. SO I’M JUST HOPING IT’S NOT SERIOUS AND WE’LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE AS FANS I DON’T HAVE A VOTE. I THINK YOU HAVE A VOTE LEFT CO EVEN
IF THEY PLAYED WHATEVER NUMBER IT IS, PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO VOTE FOR THEM. IF THEY MAKE IT OR NOT. THEY DON’T HAVE TO. THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO RISK THEMSELVES AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD TO SAY, I NEED TO MEET A QUOTA TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS STUFF. >> I THINK I NEVER LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT A PERSON’S POCKET AND WHAT THEY’RE MAKING, BUT IT’S REAL MONEY THAT THEY’RE LOSING BY NOT MAKING ALL NBA FOR THE TYRESE HALIBURTON ONE IS THE MOST GLARING. >> HE JUST SIGNED THE MAJOR EXTENSION. IF HE MAKES ANY OF THE ALL NBA AND BECAUSE HE WAS AN ALL STAR STARTER,
YOU WOULD THINK HE’S ON THE TRACK FOR THAT. IT’S A $54 MILLION DIFFERENCE IF HE MAKES IT OR IF HE DOESN’T. AND SO HALIBURTON PLAYED TODAY AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET PLAYERS TO PLAY. SO YOU UNDERSTAND I DON’T THINK THE INTENT WAS HARMFUL. NO I THINK I THINK RICK CARLISLE
WHO’S THE HEAD OF THE COACHES ASSOCIATION, SAID WE WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER THE SEASON, BUT I DON’T IT SHOULDN’T BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> THERE’S THE PROBLEM. LIKE HE HE PLAYED, BUT IS HE PLAYING BECAUSE OF THAT? FOR THAT MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, IS HE RISKING INJURY BECAUSE OF
THAT. THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING. OR IS HE IS HE RISKING INJURY OR IT’S LIKE, OH OKAY, I’M GOOD. NOW YOU KNOW. SO I MEAN, I THINK THE NBA, NBA IS IN A TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, REMY, THE ISSUE WHICH IS FINE. AND IT’S JUST IT JUST MIGHT NEED
TO BE TWEAKED. >> JUST A LITTLE. >> YOU’RE GOING TO NEED TWEAKS. YOU’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW EBBS AND FLOWS AND YOU KNOW, BUT YOU’RE GETTING SITUATIONS LIKE A HALIBURTON A SITUATION LIKE A JOEL EMBIID WHO CLEARLY IS PLAYING ON AN MVP LEVEL AND, YOU KNOW, BUT
CLEARLY INJURED AND IF HE GOES DOWN THIS COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE HE MISS MISSES THOSE GAMES THAT HE NEEDS THE COACH OF THE PHILADELPHIA 6′ 76ERS ARE NOW 29 AND 17 FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK. >> NICK NURSE TOOK THE PODIUM. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH US ON JOEL AND HIS TEAM RIGHT NOW? YEAH. >> SO, UM, HE, UH, OBVIOUSLY GOT LANDED ON, UH, SO THEY’RE GOING TO DO AN MRI TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. >> UM, IT’S KIND OF UNRELATED TO WHAT’S BEEN BOTHERING HIM.
>> UM, SO WE JUST WAIT ON THAT. YEAH. SO YOU GUYS SAW THE PLAY RIGHT THERE? YOU GOT LANDED. LANDED ON? YEAH >> WHAT WERE THE CONVERSATIONS IN CLEARING HIM TO PLAY TONIGHT IN GENERAL? AND HOW DID HE FEEL BEFORE? BEFORE THAT PLAY HAPPENED? HOW WAS HE FEELING? HOW WAS HE. YEAH.
SO OBVIOUSLY MEDICAL CLEARED HIM. >> UH JOEL. OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG PART OF THAT. HE SAID HE WAS FEELING GOOD. UM UH, HE, YOU KNOW, HE SAID HE’S MORE LITTLE RUSTY AND, YOU KNOW, HADN’T BEEN ON THE COURT FOR, FOR FIVE DAYS, BUT HE SAID HE FELT GOOD. YEAH ALL RIGHT.
>> IT’LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO MONITOR. HE WAS DEALING WITH A LEFT KNEE INJURY
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37 Comments
70 pts to be injured. Now, is it worth it?
Joel’s been disappointing lately. I just can’t figure out why.
Risking season injury to make extra $54M sounds good when cops and firefighters risk their lives for less than 1% of that
man this guy is made of dental floss.
Bye Embiid, bye Lakers, bye Warriors. Let’s focus on the important stuff. Celtics, Nuggets, Clippers, Doncic for MVP, Jokic etc…
And people thought he was faking a injury to duck Jokic even me but he was already not 100% I feel bad about the situation hopefully he gets back to in playing condition soon
Only people complaining about this are Embiid fans. Regardless of the reason he’s not playing, at the end of the day he’s not playing. Whether he’s hurt or ducking good opponents. You can’t say you’re the most valuable player if you miss a bunch of games. Especially when his competition doesn’t duck good opponents and doesn’t miss games.
His knee was already injured against Indiana
Denver HC cried about Embiid not playing & requested an investigation….now we're here
A shame that players cannot play a full season, before it was normal, now players are made of glass
I don't know…this kind of feels like when you fake call-in sick to work but your co-workers call you out on it — so when you next see them you really play it up with the coughing and stuff, trying to "prove" that they were wrong.
Boo hoo. Rich people problems. I used to have to go to work sick. I can't imagine missing 20% of workdays and not have ramifications. These guys play 4 months a year and during the year, they play every other day and get paid tens of millions of dollars. Taking games off cheats people who bought tickets.
Players gotta play the games to be MVP. Injuries happen and they are unfortunate, but allowing a player who plays in considerably fewer games to be considered for a season-long award is just punishing the guys who don't get injured and/or play most games through the year. Availability is THE most valuable "ability", and there is an element of luck to it.
Bro injured the same knee and Nurse talking about the injury is unrelated 😂 tf
if this was lebron, he would be lying down on the floor for an hour
Watch that video several times and the dude fell on his legs on purpose, watch it, his momentum was going one way and then he went totally the other way to fall on his legs … watch it
They are being asked to play 75% of the season… You can't miss more than a quarter of the season and expect to be rewarded
correction 79%
Draymond must have congratulated Kuminga after the play 'Well done, young man, I taught you well.'
Every time you hit the floor you risk getting stepped, kicked or fallen on. If you hit the floor a dozen times per game, your risk levels increase. And the danger extends to the opposing players who can step on you and twist ankle or worse (having a 300lb man fall at the legs of players can do serious damage.)
Dawg did that ish on purpose smh..
BUT IF YOUR PLAYER IS HURT THAN U PUT HIM ON THE INJURY REPORT!!! THAT IS ON THAT TEAM. EMBID WAS NOT ON THE REPORT WHEN HE CAME TO DENVER. ABSOLUTELY STUPID
Candace Parker’s insights are always absolutely out to lunch. How does she do this everyday? She’s up there for diversity I guess
The media will every excuse for players making 100s of millions dollar.
this man crumbles like wet fucking paper
these guys make generational wealth money for a single season, you can cry me a river if he misses his 40 million first team bonus/mvp because he’s hurt or doesn’t want to do the job he’s paid to do.
trust me, you can tough it out for a season, hit your total and retire.
The only way to avoid someone landing on your knee is to not play. Just sit out the whole season. Easy.
Embiid is not the "leading scorer". Even Jaylen Brunson at 12th has 33 more points than Embiid on the season. Points per game doesn't do anything for your team when you're in the stands watching.
Theyre missing their bonus 10s of millions only getting 100mill+. Some players missing out on extra hooker and cocaine money, boo hoo. Neurosurgeons cant even compete with the BONUS CHECKS. NBA should have a 70 game rule, not 65 as that's too lenient. Even do away with the bonuses as All Star games etc just sound like a soulless cash grab for players now
Excusing the fake MVP who stole the title by whining and stat padding, also favoured by the officials by having so many free throws every match. He dunked Jokić one more year and now he is paying for it. Justice is at last served.
It's not fair on a player that plays near 82 games and averages fewer points,rebounds, assists etc than the guy that plays 60 games.
The smaller the sample size means it's possible that your stats are inflated.
On top of this, that player that played 20+ games less than you has done less work to get more money. That isn't fair at all.
People like Haliburton are going to miss out and thats just the way it goes. He's unfortunate with injuries whereas Embiid's case is just resting games.
Stamina is an attribute that is taken away from the game if players have no incentive to play near 82 games
street clothes…
This new rule is literally about attendance. There is no other profession in the world that requires you to show up %80 of the time and you get millions. Highly disappointed that Vince and Crawford are even remotely close to okay with the message that a professional athlete of the same sport can’t even play 80% of the time and should be rewarded for it. How out of touch do you actually have to be bruh
It used to be normal for most stars to play all 82 games decades ago and now in "modern" times when they should all be more fit than ever almost no one can play most of the games. Regular season is played with less defense intensity than ever, rules are so soft and still these players can't make it? Why are they so soft?
This is best rule in basketball having to miss 17 games is great and should never be changed
Vince will always be a legend 🦖
As a sixers fan besides the lost all prayers 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 to the big man.
Yea and you are guys pushing him to play!!!
Kuminga took draynonds teaching too far, a true vinegar