Can you be suspended if you aren't going to play a game until playoffs?

Joel embiid is an absolute joke.

Lol he was scheduled to return soon...

Marcus Hayes writes these bullshit pieces about everyone though. Hes the same guy who has gotten into it with many different Eagles players. He writes shit to get these reactions to get his name out there. He's the print version of Howard Eskin - they're both hacks.

Embiid fell for the bait. He fell right into the trap.

What does that have to do with embiid not playing and resting every back to back?

Embiid is a certified bitch for not playing. He's saying fuck you to the fans. All for another second round exit.

It's not just Embiid, it's the medical staff, trainers, coaches, and GM who all make that decision.

Embiid can play during the regular season, win yet another scoring title, and MVP's, and none of it matters if he's worn down in the playoffs or injured. He has already proven he's the best player in the game when he's on the floor. The most dominant scorer in the league who is an absolute defensive anchor. He turns a lottery team into a 60+ win rate team when he plays.

It's 5 games though, who cares? They're making sure he's 100% healthy. Why rush him out there? Why? It makes no sense. People are so stupid criticizing the Sixers for being cautious yet are the same ones to get mad when he's playing 50% limping because he's out there injured like he has done many times before (including the playoffs last year). Its a long season and regular season doesn't mean shit. We only care about the playoffs, that's it.

Embiid is a star that plays less than like 90% of all star players, so let’s drop the act that he toughs it out during the regular season for the fans. Also he’s won ONE MVP…. Lmao let’s not bullshit that he would automatically rack them up when his lone MVP had to have people putting race and prior awards with lack of playoff success into the equation

Point is Embiid has nothing else to prove regular season. He has led the sixers to the #1 seed, #2 seed, he has won MVP and been top 2 in voting year after year, he has several scoring titles, he has literally nothing else to prove in the regular season anymore lol.

His legacy now heavily sits on making a deep playoff run. Whatever that takes. If it means the Sixers are a lower seed but he's healthy then I'll take that 100/100 times over being a top seed but having him limping into the postseason just to get eliminated in the second round.

This post was edited by Sixers on Nov 3 2024 02:49pm

history doesn't support that, I'm too lazy to google it right now but the vast majority of Conference Finals and Finals teams are top 3 seeds

Your best ability is your availability. I'm sorry but if you can't make it through a regular season and short playoff runs without getting injured then get the fuck out of the NBA.

The fans pay to see embiid.

You sound like an owner in the NBA lol

No I sound like fan. People are getting pissed off.