Joel Embiid fires back at critics: ‘I’ve done way too much for this f—— city’
fired back at critics who are questioning why the former NBA MVP has yet to play this season because of what the team is calling “left knee injury management.”
~ Joel Embiid frustrated with the Philly media, namely Marcus Hayes for his article where he brought up his son & late brotherEmbiid specifically called out Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes, who has been critical of Embiid, including this passage in a column., have ripped Embiid for not playing yet this season, while saying he doesn’t plan to play in back-to-backs. Embiid has insisted he wants to be ready for the postseason.
On Wednesday ahead of the team’s 105-95 home loss to the Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia radio host Howard Eskin Speaking on SportsCenter Thursday morning, ESPN’s Shams Charania said Embiid “is essentially in the ramp-up phase of his return process, of his debut process.” He added that Embiid has “completed multiple five-on-five scrimmages in recent days” and that the Sixers want to make sure his knee and his body are “100 percent before he makes it back on the floor.”
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