Joel Embiid plans to return to the Sixers this season; previewing game vs. Charlotte Hornets

Joel Embiid plans to return to the Sixers this season; previewing game vs. Charlotte Hornets

Joel MB speaks what to make of his words we’ll talk about that more next on locked on 76ers you are locked on 76ers your daily Philadelphia 76ers podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day thank you for making locked on 76ers your first Liston every day we are free

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So visit fanduel.com locked on to get started I’m Keith Pompei one of the co-host of locked on 76ers with my right-hand man John Mitchell the other co-host what’s up Mitch how you doing today bro man it’s Friday Joel MB finally came out and addressed the minions I’m good man oh no

I’m excellent yeah you come on bro you got to be great you gotta be great you gota be great I’m exceptional I’m swell I’m SW yeah he he addressed us dominions but it was it was cool man he had a lot to say I mean you know he he said some

Things now the one thing that got me is that you know he things that he did is he confirmed a lot of things some things he didn’t from right you could tell that he was trying to you know protect his privacy so to speak but in regards to

Some of the things that he talked about is that he said yeah his plan is to come back you know his plan is to come back um and and that’s something we all kind of figured out um but here’s the deal he wouldn’t give a timeline they asked when

Was the timeline oh it’s really not one but then later on he came back and said if I if if we go be my my timeline then like you know and and things work so there is a timeline but I get it the thing is he’s going to ramp up he’s

Going to do things and you don’t want to put a timeline out there if you can’t if you fall behind the timeline like if you have a setback you don’t want the news story to be oh Joel and beid had a setback you know this that but the fact

That he came out and now maybe sometimes say h i don’t know yet we’ll see if I’ll come back but fact said I intend to come back plan to come back let you know there’s definitely a timeline and that is the expectation of him coming back that’s the expectation now they’re all

Saying hope and pray and all this but yeah you know Joel and be it’s March we can I I believe we can expect them back this month I do that yeah yeah and you know I mean I’m going on record as saying if you know I I

Prefer to see him sit the rest of the season and just get totally healthy or as healthy as he can get because I kind of I still feel that you know if he comes back in if he comes back late March mid-march late March like I I you

Know I see the mid-march being thrown around I don’t know how realistic that is considering the injury you know and considering we’re talking about a 280 pound man we’re not talking about a guy walking around here at 185 um but I did like his optimis ISM he

Uh he he sounds I think Joel really wants to get out there I think um you know he has sounded more mature throughout this season um and he’s played more mature you know with you know with average in a career high uh assist numbers that they’re saying now I

Mean he will have averaged what he averaged but they’re saying they don’t count statistically for for the records or whatever but you know if if he if he gets back if if he can get back he can ramp start ramping things up and that ramping Up’s

Got to take place soon but you also walk that delicate uh tight rope of you know knowing you know this guy you don’t want him coming back and overcompensating and then injuring you know hurting something else it’s a very delicate situation for the 76ers he said a lot of the right things

Um and yeah you did catch him on that whole timeline thing um and and and and there’s always a timeline you know it may not be public and they’ll be they’ll be very judicious and making and putting that out there but you know if he gets

Back in time to to get about 10 regular season games in and you know can play himself into some kind of decent shape because I mean honestly I thought that his conditioning wasn’t a huge problem this season you know I think that he um it was just the typical stuff that

Happens with him the you know the body the knees you know the the muscle soreness the stuff that you know typically keeps guys like him out so you know I you know let’s let’s see him ramp things up when that time begins and uh you know see

Where the chips may fall you know he did say you know some some interesting things out there and you know like you know one thing I did like that he said was when he said you know I don’t care about the awards you know obviously they’re nice

One thing they always say is if you have the chance to go for it you got to go for it so you know when you hear him that’s you know from his from his lips to you know to God’s ears he wants to be out

There and why wouldn’t he want to he he was having a phenomenal season he was having a phenomenal season and the 76ers we all know the numbers now we repeat mad nauseum you know 4 and 12 over the last 16 games but you bring Joel back in here and you know Jo andb

65% is better than majority of the centers in this league yeah that’s true I mean he is yeah yeah he he is the the the one thing is though I you know it was weird when I told him I said well you know you count your your statistics

Oh oh they count they count they count I’m like yeah they count but they just don’t you know they’re not being recognized right far as the official scoring and stuff like that and he was like oh but they count I he’s right they do count um but what

He said is he also said look man I had 70 points like I never thought that I would do that when I came in this league I thought I was gonna be a defensive player you know this and that um you know the one thing that he said is like

He said I mean he talked about a lot of things and and um you you you know like the the one thing he told talked about was uh the moves that the team made this offseason I mean excuse me the trade deadline now of course like I when when I think

When we have these press conferences and I’m not taken away from what he said but if he would have said you know what they got people that I thought like they shouldn’t have I don’t know why they traded Jaden Springer I don’t of Pat be and stuff like that to me

That’s when you have like news stuff like I I think that typically guys always say hey we want like just like when you make a draft you could draft at number 29 and you’re gonna say guess what we got the guy that we had number

One on our board they all right you know what I mean number 20 number 29 you wanted him over the dude who want number one like do you serious oh yeah yeah so like to me like all the stuff that he said about that was kind of like

Expected you know it was really expected he did talk about having a conversation with Tobias on how yeah he talked about having a conversation with Tobias and how like it’s one of those things where they got to get him ready and get him right and all this and and and gave him

Some advice so yeah you know it’s you know he talks about how he he still until he plays he wants to be involved with his teammates and things like that so yeah it was a lot that he had to discuss and that he said yesterday but

Um you know I mean it it is what it is we’ll figure it out I mean he’ll figure it out we’ll we’ll find out in a couple days now he is supposed to be re-evaluated early next week now he and that’s the most important that’s not C

But that’s the most important thing we wait on that evaluation but see here’s the thing when asked about it he said well it’s probably not gonna learn anything that we don’t already know at this point so again he’s smart he’s down everything you know I mean he’s trying

To downplay everything so then he can do you know kind of like all right I’m here now you know what I mean but yeah so yeah yeah so you know it is what it is but I mean you gota Joel smart he’s a smart dude smart yeah even though he was

Letting the cat out the bag you I’m glad you were paying attention because he did come back he circled back with some hints you know he has some Easter eggs they like to call him but right now let’s talk about FanDuel get buckets with your first bet on FanDuel America’s number one sports

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Remix little old school boom bap Hip Hop for you yeah I’m like okay we gonna get want to do our show Eric B and rock yeah he was the man remember back in the day like um thinking of a master plan let go on I don’t want I don’t want

To like have people say I’m not listening to them but um here’s the deal man so Joel we talking about this season right him coming back we ain’t talking about practice we talking about you know I was about to say we’re talking about him coming back this season but this summer in

France is the Olympics right you know there’s some people going back and forth for or oh not yet but it’s going to be a discussion like this guy has bad knees he has a bad knee history he’s coming back from injury um some people think he should just shut

It down completely and just come worry about next year but then there’s others say look why come out and play in Olympics like don’t do that Joel like it it doesn’t make any sense now to me I feel like him playing in the Olympics isn’t going to bother him like it probably may

Have in the past before this the injury before he went out because now he was recovering his need um I don’t expect this team to go far in the playoffs right now unless he comes out and plays at an extremely high level right so let’s just say he plays 10 regular

Season games he plays two series Max maybe a play in game and then after that the brother is chilling for a couple months and then he goes to France he plays in the Olympics right to me he might come in he might come into training camp in shape for

The time of his career you know what I’m saying like and like you know normally he has to ramp it up he has to do this he’s not playing in games he’s not doing you know I mean like so to me it could now normally it backfires for

Other players because of they played so many games but this dude’s been out for over a month man yeah a month it could help him out yeah you know I I completely agree man you know um you know the Olympics that’s a late that’s a late summer

Affair you know so you know he’ll be going hard you know he you know he’ll be going hard and and you know the Olympics has has been somewhat of an apple of his eye conversation he’s always mentioned it I think he’s I mean you know how NBA

Players let’s be honest you know it’s playing for America to these guys is not as big a deal as as as playing for you know in the league and playing for possibly playing for an NBA championship but yeah I agree if you know it’s all G

To be about ramping up next year uh when they’ve got all this cap space available who knows Joel may you know Joel can do some real recruiting of players this summer you know continue to show his Wars to would you know to free agents um

But yeah I do like the fact I mean those those there’s some benefits there a lot of benefits of him playing the Olympics man you know he’ll you know for his conditioning to be at a high level you know late in the Summer where we all know typically isn’t you know um

I I I think that’s nothing but a plus for him you I know a lot of 76ers fans are saying oh you know he might he could injure himself you know maybe and that’s yeah that’s a possibility I mean you know I mean we all do remember that Paul

George scenario with the Olympics but that’s like an absolute positively unequivocally worst case scenario but I I I see the Olympics as a as as a chance for him to have his condition to have be conditioned at a higher level when the regular season begins so I’m all for it

Man I think he’ll go there I think he’ll you know it’ll it’ll broaden his Horizons you know he’ll get a chance to see what you know really winning is about um and uh and and they’re not going you know guys don’t overexert themselves in the Olympics they just

Stay fine-tuned to play in the Olympics you know so um and it’ll be exciting you know it’ll be exciting and you can come back here and you know September and October get here and be ready for the real deal you know and it’s weird it’s i

A mean to cut you off but I think he needs to play in the Olympics I mean I I think for his legacy he needs to play in the Olympics um no doubt you know not only that like when we think of Team USA the last couple years what was the thing

That they didn’t had big man dominant big man right so you know Joel and be is a if he plays in and so the thing is it’s hard for me to do I’m just going to say this when I went to Spain for a pre-season game with the

Sixers um there were people there with the cornrows Spanish dud and a couple CH dudes from China that came over dude it was crazy like they had the cornrows they had the headband they had tattoos and they had these big oversiz Ivers and jerseys right oh I’m like y’all love them like this

So to me I don’t think Joel embiid is quite on that level yet but I think goes into the Olympic on the world stage and just dominates and do what he does I’m not saying he gonna be as popular globally as AI but he’s gonna be

Popular he’s going to be popular I don’t think I mean but you know what I’m saying so I feel like you know I I get it I know people watch his game in the for the Sixers I get that everybody watches the NBA I mean not everybody but

You know most people watch it in the world basketball fans basketball fans all over the world watch it but I feel like if you put him on that USA olympic team playing next to LeBron Steph Curry and next thing you know you know these guys are a little older in the two so

They defer the Joel and we see Joel doing what he can do then all of a sudden it’s kind of like officially passing the mantle to the young dude you know what I mean and I think that it’s gonna it’s gonna work out for him I do I

Do from a that’s a but some people might say that’s a selfish standpoint from him yeah well I mean you know there’s nothing wrong with being selfish man you know uh I mean who’s most selfish basketball player of all time Michael Jordan you know from the standpoint of

You know I want to get mine you know so you know so um and and getting his was you know was was winning championships and you know winning you know winning Olympic titles and things like that so yeah you know I mean it’s G it’s gonna

Be a very watchable Olympic if I’m not mistaken you know I guess France is goingon to run out the Twin Towers of Rudy Gober and web Yama you know I was watching web Yama last night good just to to add live a little bit but my my goodness man he and that’s

The guy who Joel got 70 on so I mean he was balling too though I mean he was yeah yeah yeah he’s a truth he’s a truth and he got 50 on Rudy Gober so you see yeah they just go to show you how good

To see was for him man you know you look at that and it’s like man how good was this guy but also what is prize picks prize pick is America’s number one fantasy sports app with over three million members prize pick is easiest is the easiest and most exciting way to play

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Unsightly that’s why I said that’s why I said I don’t think we burried the league look they got a very very very very very very winnable well I don’t know if it’s a very very I don’t know but they gotta WN they got a opportunity to get off the

Snide tonight they play the Charlotte Hornets yeah yeah the Hornets have only won seven Road games this entire season the Charlotte Hornets have not defeated the Sixers since November 2022 wow right at at at at yeah yeah no that’s it November 2022 right that was it so that’s their last win against the

Sixers yeah yeah y yep against the Sixers that was it that’s a last victory it’s been some lean time and before that dude the the Sixers had the Sixers had they they is it they the Sixers had like the uh the record um of of Victories against one

Opponent against them it was crazy I mean and then like I remember the one you know you remember you know Rob Boon right you know the brother I remember one day it was November last time they beat him was November the 23rd 2022 that was I believe it was in it was

In Philly because I was like I remember Rod was like yo man I’m not gonna make this trip they uh the paper doesn’t want to send me they gonna get crushed I’m like dog they about to make history yeah I said they’re GNA beat the Sixers he

Like nah I know that I’m like right I’m telling you and they beat him and then he was like wow okay okay but yeah so right now the Hornets are 15 and 44 the Sixers are 33 and 25 coming off of consecutive blowout losses to the Bucks

And the Celtics right so with that being said oh they also lost 12 of their last 16 games but you look at this Milwaukee I mean you look at this Charlotte Hornets team they’ve been playing better basketball but I think like the Sixers going to go at this game like it’s game

Seven of the like because if not dude if you lose to them then you gota Dallas oh man and then you know then they got a backto back again what Tuesday Wednesday like this a must win bro must win yeah I never thought we would be looking at a

Game in March against um you know the Charlotte Hornets and saying it’s a must-win but that’s the reality of where you know where the 76ers are right now you know it is a must-win because you know they I mean right now they’re playing for their lives you know they’re getting a team

That’s 15 and 44 uh overall and you like you know s and 22 on the road that’s just a that’s losing to that team at home on a Friday is not a good looking it’s not a good would would not be a um a good way you

Know to to go back run run into a matate with Luca you know what I mean you know so he he he’ll be salivating for that so uh yeah they need to go ahead and get this one and and there was you know there there was a

Point earlier in the season where yeah if if you know they they laid an egg it didn’t matter but now any any egg you I mean you know you you lose to Milwaukee because Milwaukee is better than you are you lose to the Bucks because the Bucks

Are better than you are and they’re healthier than you are but if you lose to you know a Charlotte team you know I mean those guys are already thinking about sitting on an island with drinks and umbrellas you know at at this point um so yeah I think they will go out and

Win I don’t I don’t think the lay I think Tyrese will come out and play well and and I think this I think this will be a game where you know people will go into the lost and found and and find Tobias Harris I think this is going

To be I think this is going to be a game where he wakes up and and know if he doesn’t show life against uh a team like Charlotte then when you know when will you see life emanating from Tobias Harris again so but you can’t take this

You know the Sixers can’t take anyone lightly you know like you said they’ve lost 12 of their last 16 games um they’re having a hard time cracking 100 points you know early in the season they were averaging about 120 points per game uh so yeah it’s it’s a it’s a big Friday

Night game against Charlotte look man it’s it’s not out like okay so they play Charlotte right it’s not out of the question that the Sixers only win four games in the month of March o I mean okay so listen so they they start off against Charlotte right you say that’s a

Victory right then they go to Dallas I think that’s a l then they then they got a backto back oh at Brooklyn and then coming to Memphis I see them losing to Brooklyn no I see them beating Brooklyn and losing to Memphis right then they play the Pelicans at home I

Think they lose that one then they got a two game G home stand I me a road stand against the Knicks I see them losing that then they got the Milwaukee Bucks on the road another L and I’m just assuming like I’m if Joel doesn’t play

Right right they got Charlotte at home a win they got the Miami Heat at home an l oh then they go out west then they go out west against the Suns the Lakers the Clippers and the Kings Four L’s now again I’m assuming now let’s say if Joel

Comes back against um the Clippers they still going to lose probably because like it’s probably going to be like a new game for him first game back and then they got the Cavs something tells me the Cavs finally going to get it together against Maybe not maybe not so

That’s a win and then they got Toronto the end of month start the month at OKC versus and then they start the month then they start next against OKC Miami SPS you know what I mean you know and that that Orlando game the next to last game of the season that could be

For a playoff seeding know that ain’t work like that’s gonna be yeah so so the ones you can get being a you know being a rag tag version of yourself you got you have to get that you know yeah you got to get those things you got to get

That like yeah you gota you gotta definitely get that man so you do so like it’s going to be tough them but we’ll see man we’ll we we’ll we’ll definitely see but it’s it’s no guarantees man like it’s none whatsoever yeah so so joeel andb watch is now

Officially on yeah bro yeah bro um look y’all we want to um thank y’all for uh listen make making locked on 76ers your first listen every day I want to remind y’all that we are free and available wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube part of the locked on podcast

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