“I think that's one of the reasons he's always injured. I don't think he's in good enough shape…You got to be a little bit embarrassed by the way you played.”
Seems a bit harsh but apparently the stats are not telling the story with Embiid at these olympics. The criticism is mounting with every game it seems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2fJhaKCb7w
by EarthWarping
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Pretty sure this was recorded before the last game to be fair
I agree. Zero lift on his jumps, walking up and down the court. It is embarrassing.
Chuck is just like me
Chuck trashing on Joel Embiid? r/NBA is about bust so many nuts to this
The biggiest winner is Philly fans.
At least this forces Embiid to actually do SOME sort of off season work. Maybe he won’t need 6 weeks to get into shape this upcoming season season
The crowd isn’t booing they are mooing
He literally runs up and down the quarter like a 60 year old man.
Embiid probably hasn’t had enough time to recover from the knee injury. Also wouldn’t hurt him if he could shed some weight.
joel looks like he doesnt lift weight much anymore, he used to have definition
He got injured last season because Kuminga fell on his leg. Everybody saw that, it’s available for free on youtube.
In the 2023 playoffs he went up to block Dinwiddie and Dinwiddies trailing leg caught him on the way down causing an LCL sprain
In the 2022 playoffs Pascal Siakam elbowed him in the face on a drive
The 2021 playoffs was the last time he had a non contact injury that didn’t involve another player. He made a layup and hurt his knee.
This is just plain disinformation from Barkley lol. Embiids injuries have had nothing to do with his physical condition. He’s just bigger than your meant to be as a human.
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As a 76ers fan and Embiid defender for a while now, I’ve definitely noticed that Team USA plays out of sync when he’s on the court. It works for the Sixers (until the second round of the playoffs) because the team plays through him with complementary players that fit his game. Team USA excels on fast breaks, quick ball movement, and defensive switches. That hasn’t been Joel’s game. It doesn’t help that he looks only marginally better than when we saw him in the Knicks series which is worrisome since it appears to be more than just conditioning. There’s no lift whatsoever when he rebounds. He’ll turn jt up a notch for a few defensive plays, but I’m definitely worried about his health this upcoming season (and really every season he’s been in the league).
Charles Barkley should run for president of Reddit
No timestamp? OP is a low effort hack. Downvoted. Do better OP.
The same Barkley who was always fat…
Barkley is one to talk
Wonder what he has to say about curry and Jamal Murray’s performance
He’s always like this after a prolonged break
I don’t think it’s laziness, but he’s skillset improves significantly from year-to-year.
I’ve always theorized that his off-season workouts are very skill focused but can’t be very high intensity as he and his trainers are cautious to not put unnecessary stress on his body. This summer especially, he was clearly injured still against the Knicks
As a result, he plays like 5-10 games to get into shape and then looks great after
I mean he needs clearly needs some balance and agility work. You can’t just be stumbling around and falling half the game while being that slow/”heavy” and expect not to get an injury. There’s a reason Jokic never gets injured despite being slow. And people say his “footwork” is excellent for a center. If just being able to do a stepback without falling is excellent “footwork” then the entire NBA has excellent footwork.
Embiid has never put 100% into strength & conditioning in the off-season. He’s never come close to achieving optimal conditioning. We hear “he can’t work on his body because he needs the off-season to rehab injuries.”. Weak excuse. Lower leg injury rehabilitation doesn’t make it impossible to drop weight, get fit, and build upper body strength. He’s way too heavy as usual, and it certainly contributes to his poor cardio, habitual injuries, and inability to recover from said injuries. If Embiid ever comes into camp looking as fit as 40 year old Dikembe Mutombo on the Rockets, I’ll know he is serious.
And if anyone knows something about being out of shape, it’s Chuck 😂
He starts every season out of shape so I was hoping the Olympics would help him get up to speed faster for the season lol
LOL as if Embiid is gassing out after the 10 mins playing time he’s getting.
The reality it’s a combination of Embiid coasting a bit after injury and probably not back to his pre-tear self after playing on it in the playoffs and likely just resting it after with little ramp up.
Barkley isn’t watching these games, so none of this is worth much. He barely even watched the games he was paid to commentate on on TNT.
Not a fan of someone as obtuse as Charles Barkley doing this to another athlete imo
Almost forgot the 2 Minutes Hate today
The Embiid is always out of shape noise has been getting pretty loud the last couple years. I have no opinion on it, but in the past when you heard that about players it usually proved to be true. Harder to tell now cause the internet amplifies the haters to an extreme degree.
I do wonder if playing yourself into shape is simply impossible these days, with the game so quick and athletic. Maybe it’s just an age thing. It didn’t work for Dame last year (no fault of his), it’s never really worked for Zion, Harden used to be able to get away with it, but he can’t really any more.
Chuck always speaks from experience for guys like Zion and Embiid.
Chuck was a fatty his rookie year, Dr. J and Moses Malone got him to lose weight, and then he was playing out of his mind.
He doesn’t fit the team. He’s the kind of player you build around. With the way the Olympic team is built and all the offensive talent, they just need a more well rounded center that can play defense and rebound.