76ers' Joel Embiid issues explicit, fiery response to critics of his 'load management' after scathing column

The Philadelphia 76ers are being cautious with their biggest star, which has rubbed immoderate radical the incorrect way.

Embiid has yet to play successful this young season, his archetypal aft signing a three-year, $193 cardinal declaration extension, and determination has been contention surrounding his wellness and availability.

Embiid and the Sixers person been unfastened astir his "load management," some saying it would beryllium improbable Embiid would play some ends of games connected back-to-back nights to sphere his health.

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Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers during the archetypal 4th against the Oklahoma City Thunder astatine the Wells Fargo Center April 2, 2024, successful Philadelphia. (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

A Philadelphia Inquirer file this week astir the contention was headlined, "Sixers program to beryllium Joel Embiid aboriginal and often. They should springiness fans refunds for games without him." The writer, Marcus Hayes, called Embiid "Mr. 46 Percent" since he's played successful 46% of regular play games since being drafted successful 2014. Hayes besides described the statement arsenic "fraud."

But erstwhile he's been connected the floor, Embiid's been 1 of the astir ascendant forces successful the league. He could person won back-to-back MVPs had helium stayed steadfast past season.

Embiid was asked Friday astir however helium felt astir his usage, and helium took it arsenic an accidental to respond to his critics.

"It was ne'er decided. Like I said, everybody has been connected the aforesaid page. If your assemblage doesn’t respond good and your assemblage tells you 1 thing, I’ve done it," Embiid said. 

"From what I tin archer you, I’ve breached my look twice. I came backmost aboriginal with the hazard of losing my vision. I had breached fingers. I inactive came back. So, I’m not gonna beryllium present and beryllium like, erstwhile I spot radical saying ‘he doesn’t privation to play.' I’ve been done mode excessively much. I’ve done mode excessively overmuch for this metropolis and putting myself astatine hazard for radical to beryllium saying that. So, I bash deliberation it’s bulls---.

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts during the 4th fourth against the New York Knicks during Game 4 of the archetypal circular of the Eastern Conference playoffs astatine the Wells Fargo Center April 28, 2024, successful Philadelphia.  (Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

"Like, that dude, he’s not here. Marcus immoderate his sanction is. I’ve done mode excessively overmuch for this f---ing metropolis to beryllium treated similar this. So, I’ve done mode excessively f---ing much. But, similar I said, I privation I was arsenic fortunate arsenic different ones, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not trying and I’m not doing immoderate it takes to beryllium retired there, which I’m gonna beryllium present beauteous soon."

The NBA precocious fined the Sixers $100,000 owed to nationalist statements made astir Embiid’s wellness astatine the commencement of the season. The league conducted an probe into the 76ers aft Embiid missed the team’s opening crippled against the Milwaukee Bucks, which was reportedly a formality owed to its subordinate information argumentation for nationally televised games. 

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers shoots a escaped propulsion during a crippled against the San Antonio Spurs Jan. 22, 2024, astatine the Wells Fargo Center successful Philadelphia  (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

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While the NBA recovered the 76ers did not interruption that policy, it did subject the squad for nationalist comments that did not decently bespeak Embiid’s genu issues. The league did reason that Embiid is dealing with a "left genu condition."

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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