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The NBA is “likely” to launch an investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers regarding the participation of center Joel Embiid, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.
The report doesn’t note what rules the 76ers may have violated, nor specifically what the potential investigation would focus on. It also doesn’t note the potential consequences if a violation is found.
The report dropped hours before Philadelphia’s regular-season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks. Embiid and his new All-Star teammate Paul George have both been ruled out for the game. Embiid’s been ruled out without a specific injury designation for what the team describes as “left knee management.”
George suffered a bone bruise with no structural damage in the preseason. His absence is not expected to be long-term. Embiid is returning from a season in which he missed 43 games, most of them with a late-season injury to the meniscus in his left knee that required surgery.
Joel Embiid will be in street clothes for Philadelphia’s season-opener against the Milwaukee Bucks. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
Why isn’t Embiid playing Philadelphia’s season opener?
Embiid returned from the injury in time for Philadelphia’s first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks that they lost in six games. He then played for Team USA in Paris during the Summer Olympics. He sat through the preseason with the 76ers citing “left knee management” and will miss Philadelphia’s season opener. He does not have an injury designation beyond knee management.
General manager Daryl Morey said recently that he doesn’t anticipate Embiid or George playing in many back-to-back games, if any.
“We’re going to be smart about it,” Morey said, per ESPN in an article published on Oct. 14. “Part of being smart about it is having both Paul and Joel probably not play many back to backs, if any.”
Head coach Nick Nurse was asked on Tuesday about the plan to rest Embiid and why Embiid’s not going to play on Wednesday against the Bucks despite not having a specific injury designation.
Nick Nurse said there were no setbacks to Embiid this offseason, and reiterated multiple times most of the same things we’ve…
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Publish date : 2024-10-23 20:39:00
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