Joel Embiid was absent. And he suddenly joined. And now he and the 76ers have the NBA’s attention.
After the reigning MVP was ruled out for the game and missed the morning’s shootaround, his sudden return from injury in Tuesday night’s game against the Thunder prompted the league to issue him a questionable promotion from out just hours before the game. It is expected that an investigation will be carried out on the circumstances leading up to this, and ultimately. Returning from 2 months off after knee surgery, According to TNT’s Jared Greenberg.
Greenberg said in a broadcast before Philadelphia’s win over Oklahoma City that Embiid’s return was “a tough one,” starting with reports Monday morning that Embiid was on the verge of returning and could play on Tuesday. It was reported that it was 30 hours.
The 76ers ruled Embiid out of the game late Monday.
Embiid, 30, did not participate in Tuesday’s shootaround and was not treated at the arena, but was upgraded to questionable about 90 minutes before tipoff.
Greenberg spoke to former and current players about the Embiid situation.
“They all say they’ve never heard of anything like this,” Greenberg reported.
The 76ers have already been fined $75,000 by the NBA this season for “failing to accurately and timely list Joel Embiid on the team’s injury report” before their game against the Nuggets in Denver on January 27. had been fined.
Embiid suffered the injury just before tipoff, missing his fourth consecutive game in Denver.
The seven-time All-Star played 29 minutes in his return, finishing with 24 points on 12-of-12 free throws, seven assists, six rebounds and three steals.
“Usually when you get hurt, you just tell yourself to move on to the next injury and get better and then get it over,” Embiid said after Tuesday’s game. Per ESPN. “But this time it took a toll on me mentally, I was depressed… it wasn’t good.
“So, I’m still not where I should be, especially mentally. But I love to play, I love basketball, I want to play, and if I get a chance to play, I’m going to take it.” is.”
The Sixers (41-35) enter Wednesday in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the play-in tournament.
They were two games behind the sixth-seeded Pacers and 1.5 games behind the seventh-seeded Heat, whom the 76ers will play on the road on Thursday.
Philadelphia’s final five games will be against the Grizzlies, Spurs, Pistons, Magic and Nets.
