4 months, 3 weeks ago

Joel Embiid handed three-game suspension for assaulting reporter in furious locker-room altercation

The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid for three games following a locker room altercation with a columnist on Nov. 2. On Tuesday, ESPN's Shams Charania reported that the NBA handed Embiid a three-game ban for shoving columnist Marcus Hayes. The NBA suspended 76ers star Joel Embiid for three games after he assaulted a reporter The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid for three games for altercation shoving a columnist in a postgame locker room. Embiid has not played in any games for the 76ers this season while dealing with a knee injury “I’ve done way too much for this fucking city to be treated like this.” Joel Embiid doesn’t like the Philly Media questioning his desire to play pic.twitter.com/xWmLBzDisz — Barstool Sports November 1, 2024 Embiid last played competitive basketball in Paris, helping the Americans win gold medals The claim comes as Embiid is yet to suit up this season while dealing with a knee injury.

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1 month ago

Philadelphia 76ers' final decision on Joel Embiid revealed as NBA team loses patience over $213m star

Daily Mail

The 76ers want Joel Embiid to lose weight, with the NBA team determined to get tough and stop 'coddling' their $213million superstar, DailyMail.com can reveal. Philadelphia is leaning towards 'shutting down' Embiid for the rest of the season and would rather he has immediate surgery - provided he needs to go under the knife. The 76ers want Joel Embiid to …

1 month ago

Injured Embiid sits out 38th game for 76ers. What does the future hold for the 2-time scoring champ?

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid was out again for the 76ers, his injured left knee again an issue that has stuck the All-Star center’s immediate playing future in limbo. Embiid came back in early April, was part of the 76ers’ playoff run and then won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic team last summer. But we’ve got to come together …

1 month ago

76ers coach Nick Nurse sits Joel Embiid for entire 4th quarter in loss to Brooklyn

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid got benched and the 76ers got beat at the horn. “The way I was playing a year ago is not the way I’m playing right now,” Embiid said Thursday after the 76ers lost to Boston. Coach Nick Nurse said he benched Embiid in the fourth simply because the lineup on the court — that included big …

2 months, 1 week ago

Struggling 76ers dealing with rash of injuries to key players

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — The Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with injuries to several key players and it goes far beyond star center Joel Embiid, who has played in only 13 games this season and skipped the team’s current trip with swelling in his left knee. In Saturday night’s loss to the Indiana Pacers, the 76ers played without five crucial players — including …

2 months, 1 week ago

NBA: Joel Embiid to miss next three games for Philadelphia 76ers due to knee swelling

The Hindu

Philadelphia 76ers star centre Joel Embiid will miss the team’s upcoming three-game road trip with swelling in his surgically repaired left knee, the NBA team said Friday. “Joel Embiid participated in an on-court workout yesterday after missing the last six games due to a left foot sprain,” the team said in a statement. “While the foot sprain has healed, Embiid …

2 months, 1 week ago

76ers’ Joel Embiid out at least 3 more games with knee swelling, to be re-evaluated in 7-10 days

New York Times

Amid the ongoing turmoil already present in what has been a rollercoaster season for the Philadelphia 76ers, center Joel Embiid’s injuries continue to play a factor. After he missed the last six games with a left foot sprain, the Sixers will be without their star for at least another week, the team announced Friday, as Embiid deals with swelling in …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Joel Embiid and the Sixers are beginning to look like what we thought they’d be

New York Times

PORTLAND, Ore. — When Joel Embiid is making jumpers, displaying the uncommon outside touch that has defined his career while running pick-and-pop action with Tyrese Maxey, he’s a great offensive basketball player. On Monday night, in a 125-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Embiid’s season-high 37 points, and the way they came provided as strong an indication yet that …

76ers star Joel Embiid falls during warmups but remains in lineup for matchup with Celtics

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3 months ago

76ers star Joel Embiid falls during warmups but remains in lineup for matchup with Celtics

Associated Press

BOSTON — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid wasn’t going to let a pregame stumble keep him from playing the rival Boston Celtics in one of the NBA’s marquee games. “It was a little sore, but it was Christmas,” Embiid said after soaking both ankles in tubs of ice in the Philadelphia locker room following the game. “I’ve got to play …

3 months ago

76ers push past Spurs despite Embiid ejection

China Daily

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid argues with referee Jenna Schroeder and is ejected for a second technical foul in the second quarter against the San Antonio Spurs in Philadelphia on Monday. AP PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was ejected in the first half of Monday night's 111-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs after drawing two technical fouls. Embiid …

Embiid ejected after drawing 2 technicals in game against Wembanyama and Spurs

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3 months ago

Embiid ejected after drawing 2 technicals in game against Wembanyama and Spurs

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was ejected in the first half of Monday night’s game against San Antonio after drawing two technical fouls. The seven-time All-Star received the first technical for arguing with Schroeder, and received another technical — and ejection — from Schroeder before any more game time elapsed. Monday’s game marked just the fifth time Embiid, …

$Embiid fracture 'not as severe' as before$

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3 months, 1 week ago

Embiid fracture 'not as severe' as before

China Daily

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid shoots a ball after the game against the Orlando Magic at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, Dec 6, 2024. Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse expressed optimism about Joel Embiid's return to action, saying his recent sinus fracture is "not nearly as severe" as the two previous facial fractures sustained by the 2023 NBA MVP. …

$Embiid fracture 'not as severe' as before$

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3 months, 1 week ago

Embiid fracture 'not as severe' as before

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$NBA: Joel Embiid suffers sinus fracture, misses 2nd half of 76ers’ loss to Pacers$

3 months, 1 week ago

NBA: Joel Embiid suffers sinus fracture, misses 2nd half of 76ers’ loss to Pacers

The Hindu

Joel Embiid sustained a sinus fracture when he was struck in the face going for a defensive rebound late in the first half of the Philadelphia 76ers’ loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George — billed as Philadelphia’s “Big Three” after George’s offseason arrival — have played parts of only three games together. …

$76ers’ Joel Embiid fractures sinus in 1st half, Pacers go on to beat 76ers 121-107$

3 months, 1 week ago

76ers’ Joel Embiid fractures sinus in 1st half, Pacers go on to beat 76ers 121-107

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points and 11 assists and the Indiana Pacers beat Philadelphia 121-107 on Friday night, with the 76ers playing the second half without Joel Embiid after he sustained a sinus fracture when he was struck in the face late in the first. 76ers: Philadelphia’s injury-plagued season keeps going with more concerns about Embiid, who has …

4 months ago

Injured Joel Embiid, Paul George watch from the 76ers’ bench once again

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — James Harden was about booed out of the arena each time he touched the ball, a sound of contempt not heard in Philly since — well, since Ben Simmons was razzed with much the same vocal voraciousness two nights earlier. The 76ers turned back the clock — “way back,” the public address announcer noted — wearing uniforms Sunday …

4 months ago

NBA: 76ers center Joel Embiid sidelined due to swelling in his left knee and will miss two games

The Hindu

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is managing swelling in his left knee and will miss a second consecutive game on Sunday, the team said. Embiid was ruled out prior to Friday’s game against the Nets due to what the team described as left knee injury maintenance. “Joel Embiid is managing swelling in his left knee,” the team’s statement said. “We …

4 months ago

76ers center Joel Embiid sidelined due to swelling in his left knee and will miss two games

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is managing swelling in his left knee and will miss a second consecutive game Sunday, the team said. Embiid was ruled out prior to Friday’s game against the Nets due to what the team described as left knee injury maintenance. “Joel Embiid is managing swelling in his left knee,” the team’s statement said. …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

76ers’ Tyrese Maxey expected to miss multiple weeks with hamstring injury: Source

New York Times

After a fourth straight loss, the Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with more bad news. Star point guard Tyrese Maxey is expected to miss a couple of weeks with a right hamstring injury, a team source confirmed Thursday. Maxey, 24, was ruled out early in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s loss to the LA Clippers due to the injury. Embiid, who …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

76ers' Joel Embiid is suspended by NBA for three games for shoving newspaper columnist

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA suspends Joel Embiid 3 games for shoving Philadelphia columnist

New York Times

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been suspended for three games without pay by the NBA for shoving a reporter during an altercation in the Sixers’ locker room Saturday night, the league announced Tuesday. The incident between Embiid and Marcus Hayes, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer who has repeatedly criticized the Sixers center for sitting out games, occurred after …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Joel Embiid dust-up reveals the pressure he and the Sixers are under

New York Times

Editor’s note: The NBA announced on Tuesday afternoon that it has suspended Joel Embiid three games for shoving a Philadelphia columnist Saturday night. When the Philadelphia 76ers big man made that inexcusable decision to get physical with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes in the locker room on Saturday night, threatening and shoving him in response to a column in which …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Joel Embiid’s 3-game suspension was just, but NBA still has a problem to solve

New York Times

Three games is right for Joel Embiid. A one-game suspension for the 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player shoving a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist in a postgame incident Saturday night would have been too light, a slap on the wrist for putting his hands on Marcus Hayes, no matter how incendiary Hayes’ recent columns have been, or how callous Hayes was in …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA Rewind: The Joel Embiid controversy, Drake vs. DeMar DeRozan and beefy weekend

New York Times

We’re about two weeks into the 2024-25 season, and we just had one of the most chaotic NBA weekends … ever? When Hayes and Embiid were in the locker room together after Saturday’s game, Embiid decided to have it out with Hayes, whom he previously criticized for not being at practices and around the team. Embiid said he doesn’t care …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Joel Embiid shoves columnist in 76ers locker room, per sources; NBA to investigate the incident

New York Times

By David Aldridge, Tony Jones and Sam Amick Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid shoved a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist in the Sixers locker room Saturday night, multiple league sources confirmed to The Athletic. An NBA spokesman said Saturday, “We are aware of reports of an incident in the Sixers locker room this evening and are commencing an investigation.” Embiid’s playing …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Joel Embiid fires back at critics of his injuries: ‘I’ve done way too much for this f—— city’

New York Times

In his first public comments since the beginning of the 2024-25 regular season, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid addressed those questioning his absence from games this season due to what the team is calling “left knee injury management.” “When I see people saying, ‘He doesn’t want to play,’ … I’ve done way too much for this city, putting myself at …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA fines 76ers $100,000 for misrepresenting statements regarding Joel Embiid’s absence

New York Times

The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $100,000 by the NBA for misrepresenting why star center Joel Embiid is not currently playing, the league announced Tuesday. The league said Embiid, who has missed the 76ers’ first three games, is out because of a left knee “condition.” The team is not violating the NBA’s player participation policy, which requires all healthy players to …

5 months ago

NBA investigating Joel Embiid’s absence from 76ers: Sources

New York Times

The NBA formally launched an investigation into Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid’s absence from the team’s season-opening loss to Milwaukee, multiple league sources said Thursday. Embiid not only was out of uniform for the Sixers’ 124-109 loss to the Bucks on Wednesday, but also has been ruled out for the team’s next two games even though he is neither injured, …

5 months ago

Joel Embiid, Paul George ruled out for 76ers’ season opener Wednesday vs. Bucks

New York Times

Philadelphia 76ers stars Joel Embiid and Paul George have officially been ruled out of Wednesday night’s season-opener against Milwaukee, the team announced Tuesday. — Jared Weiss, NBA writer Without Embiid, Philadelphia has depth issues With former Sixers coach Rivers and the Bucks coming to town, Philadelphia is at a significant size disadvantage to open the season. Philadelphia tied for the …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

76ers star Joel Embiid honors his late brother at a Philly block party

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid could go back to school and write a pretty heady report on how he spent his summer vacation. The seven-time All-Star hosted the “In Memory of Arthur” block party to honor the life of his late brother in a Friday night event for Philadelphia Youth Basketball. “It’s still tough, thinking about the whole thing,” Embiid said …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Knicks legend Charles Oakley blasts 76ers star Joel Embiid ahead of crucial Game 5 in New York: 'Too big to be crying'

Daily Mail

Knicks legend Charles Oakley has ripped into Joel Embiid after the 76ers star's struggles during Philadelphia's payoff series against New York. Despite previously predicting Embiid could be an all-time great, Oakley, who played the majority of his 19 season in the NBA with the New York Knicks, backtracked on his claims. Knicks legend Charles Oakley has ripped into Philadelphia 76ers …

11 months ago

76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid says he has Bell’s palsy

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the play-in tournament. Embiid wore sunglasses to the podium after he scored 50 points in the Sixers’ Game 3 win over the New York Knicks and said he’s dealt with various symptoms such as …

11 months ago

Joel Embiid scores 50 points to lead 76ers past Knicks 125-114 to cut deficit to 2-1

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid is suffering from Bell’s palsy and played Game 3 with a bulky knee brace to sturdy the 7-footer after dealing with injuries all season. Embiid pushed aside the pain — mental and physical — and embraced the pressure after he vowed the 76ers were “going to win this series” against the New York Knicks. “We can …

11 months ago

Joel Embiid’s ‘dirty’ flagrant foul on Mitchell Robinson is turning point of Game 3

New York Times

PHILADELPHIA — Sometimes, the best way to catch fire is to play with it. GO DEEPER Joel Embiid — battling Bell's palsy — turns in his finest playoff performance yet Embiid baited the Knicks’ defenders into fouls. That one was reckless.” Maybe if it were the regular season, if a playoff series didn’t hinge on the presence of the reigning …

11 months ago

76ers’ Joel Embiid returns for 2nd half after appearing to reinjure knee in Game 1 vs Knicks

Associated Press

NEW YORK — When the Philadelphia 76ers arrived in the locker room at halftime after a miserable second quarter, there was good news waiting. Shortly after appearing to reinjure his surgically repaired left knee after a powerful dunk, Embiid took the court with his teammates for the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs Saturday night. “Hats …

11 months, 1 week ago

Joel Embiid stars with 23-point double-double as the 76ers silence halftime boos to squeeze past Miami in NBA Play-In... Philadelphia secures 7th seed and first-round clash vs Knicks

Daily Mail

Joel Embiid spearheaded the Philadelphia 76ers in a one-point win over the Miami Heat in Wednesday's Play-In game. Joel Embiid recorded 23 points and 15 rebounds to lead the 76ers past the Heat, 105-104 Ridiculous Rear Contest block from Batum that sealed the 76ers win: pic.twitter.com/qBQBhUg09M — Coach Gibson Pyper April 18, 2024 Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler scored 19 …

11 months, 1 week ago

Philadelphia 76ers set to start another playoff run with an ailing Joel Embiid

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — It’s April and the postseason looms for the 76ers, which really only means one thing in Philadelphia: Joel Embiid is dealing with some kind of affliction. He tweaked his surgically repaired left knee last week, and while coach Nick Nurse expected his big man to go Wednesday night in the play-in game against Miami, there’s never a guarantee …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

NBA MVP Joel Embiid admits to ‘being depressed’ following latest time off from 76ers with injuries

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid spent two full seasons and chunks of so many others recovering, rehabbing, even resting — thanks, load management — during his NBA career that the Philadelphia 76ers star should by now almost be used to sitting on the sidelines. The reigning NBA MVP, Embiid was cleared to return ahead of the game and played for the …

1 year ago

Joel Embiid wants to play again this season, for the Philadelphia 76ers and US Olympic team

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid wants to play again this season — for the Philadelphia 76ers, yes, even as they fade without the injured All-Star in the playoff hunt but also this summer for the U.S. Olympic team. “That’s the plan,” to return, Embiid told reporters Thursday at the team’s New Jersey complex. “Obviously, everything has to go right as far …

1 year, 1 month ago

NBA MVP and 76ers center Joel Embiid had knee surgery. His injury could affect the US Olympic team

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid’s timeline to return to the Philadelphia 76ers is still unclear following knee surgery. U.S. coach Steve Kerr texted this week with Embiid, mostly to wish the NBA MVP well in his recovery from Tuesday’s procedure to address an injury to the lateral meniscus in his left knee. “He’s an amazing player and we’re really excited to …

1 year, 1 month ago

76ers center Joel Embiid has no timetable to return following knee surgery

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid is out at least four weeks — presumably much, much longer — following surgery Tuesday to address an injury to the lateral meniscus in his left knee. The 76ers did not release any kind of timetable Tuesday on Embiid’s return, saying only that the two-time NBA scoring champion — and still this season’s leader at 35.3 …

1 year, 1 month ago

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid set for procedure to fix lateral meniscus in left knee

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid can forget about winning a second NBA MVP award. The 76ers can only hope Embiid can make some sort of recovery and return this season from the procedure he’s set to undergo this week to correct an injury to the lateral meniscus in his left knee. Winner of two straight NBA scoring titles, Embiid hurt his …

1 year, 1 month ago

Joel Embiid suffered meniscus injury in left knee, 76ers say

New York Times

Reigning MVP Joel Embiid suffered a lateral meniscus “injury” on his left knee and will be out at least through the weekend, the Philadelphia 76ers announced Thursday, placing the defense of his lofty title in jeopardy. Embiid, who suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of a loss Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors, missed his 13th game Thursday against …

1 year, 1 month ago

Joel Embiid suffers knee injury in final minutes of 76ers loss to Warriors, will miss Jazz game Thursday

New York Times

Defending NBA MVP Joel Embiid injured his left knee in the final minutes of the Philadelphia 76ers’ loss to the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night at Chase Center. Embiid will miss Thursday’s game against the Utah Jazz and receive further evaluation over the next 24 hours, the team said. After going through his regular pregame warmup, Nurse said the …

1 year, 1 month ago

Why Joel Embiid deserved better, and what his injury says about NBA’s 65-game rule

New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — Joel Embiid didn’t speak. The Philadelphia 76ers big man who had been ridiculed for three days after his latest disappearance, and whose MVP defense is in such early peril because of the league’s 65-game rule that is putting so much pressure on his sensitive situation, didn’t have to say anything after he’d left the Chase Center floor …

1 year, 1 month ago

Joel Embiid misses 4th consecutive game in Denver as 76ers make him a late scratch with sore knee

Associated Press

DENVER — Philadelphia star Joel Embiid missed the 76ers’ game at Denver for a fourth consecutive season Saturday after the team’s medical staff determined he shouldn’t play. With Embiid in the Sixers’ locker room, the Ball Arena crowd broke out into chants of “Where’s Embiid?” as the Nuggets opened their game against the short-handed Sixers with a 13-4 run. Embiid …

1 year, 2 months ago

NBA: Joel Embiid Scores 41 on Return for Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics Roll On

News 18

Joel Embiid scored 41 points in a dazzling return from injury on Monday as the Philadelphia 76ers romped past the Houston Rockets 124-115. Embiid received scoring support in Monday’s rout from Tyrese Maxey with 27 points while Patrick Beverley added 11 from the bench and Tobias Harris 10. “Obviously as a team we didn’t play well, but Draymond competed and …

1 year, 2 months ago

Joel Embiid scores 41 points in return from knee injury. He leads 76ers past Rockets 124-115

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid returned from his latest injury to score 41 points and grab 10 rebounds and lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 124-115 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday. The Sixers are 3-7 this season without Embiid, the reigning NBA MVP and the two-time defending league scoring champion — who entered Monday’s matinee leading the NBA in …

1 year, 2 months ago

76ers again hold out reigning MVP Joel Embiid against Hawks with knee injury

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid, the reigning NBA MVP, missed the 76ers’ game at the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night with swelling in his left knee. Embiid was held out four straight games with a right ankle injury before returning to play two games, including a 128-92 loss to the New York Knicks on Friday night in which he …

1 year, 2 months ago

Back with a bang! Joel Embiid dominates on his Philadelphia 76ers return, putting up his 14th consecutive game with over 30 points and 10 rebounds

Daily Mail

After missing the Philadelphia 76ers' last four games, Joel Embiid didn't miss a beat in his return with his 14th consecutive game with more than 30 points and 10 rebounds. Embiid is averaging 35 points per game and 11.7 rebounds per game, good enough for the league lead and fifth place in the NBA respectively. Joel Embiid is the reigning …

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Nikola Jokic NBA injury updates: Expected to return during homestand

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Michael Malone, the head coach of the Denver Nuggets confirmed the return of the star center Nikola Jokic during the team’s five-game homestand. Jokic did not play the last four games due to a left ankle impingement and rested for Denver’s 116-111 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday. #Nuggets #NBA Sources: espn https://t.co/qOlqu7DgsT— CuriousCats - US News March 24, …

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