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Nick Nurse intends to play Joel Embiid more next season: “I think that we are looking at it maybe a little different than people think we might be. We’re trying to get him to play more games.”


Source: https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/lists/sixers-nick-nurse-opens-up-on-love-of-music-tobias-harris-managing-joel-embiid/?taid=6508a796a1f91400018f4813&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter

> **Q: Nick, as a basketball coach, how do you manage Embiid now when considering the resting policy?**

> Nurse: I think that we are looking at it maybe a little different than people think we might be. We’re trying to get him to play more games. Our goal is that it’s going up for him, not not the other direction, and some people would say, ‘Oh, that’s playoffs. Is he going to be?’ We’re just trying to get it going the other direction. I think that’s just what our people believe here that he can play and again, knock on wood, cross our fingers, all that stuff. There’s always things that can come up with that stuff, but I don’t know. I believe in the guys playing as much as they can and let’s see what happens.

by UnbiasedNBAFan_

8 Comments

  1. TheGreenLandEffect

    More games and less minutes is what I hope for in the regular season.

  2. nugcityharambe

    I mean, theoretically it would help him stay in more consistent shape. It’s a bit of a puzzle tho because a lot of the time he’s out of shape for the playoffs because he’s been injured right before.

  3. FormalWhale

    More games doesn’t necessarily mean less minutes. It can help maintain form going into the playoffs.

  4. TnT54321

    Probably why he plans to have training camp in Colorado. Get Embiid used to the altitude in time for his finals run backing up Jokic later in his career

  5. Yellowperil123

    Why the hell was this random musician part of this interview?

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