Joel Embiid on Saturday night confronted and pushed Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes in the Sixers locker room.
Soon after reporters entered the locker room for postgame media availability, Embiid went up to Hayes and the two had a brief back-and-forth. Hayes asked if he could apologize to Embiid, who did not accept. The exchange quickly escalated and Embiid pushed Hayes before being separated. Shock poll shows Harris leading Trump in Iowa
“It’s still tough thinking about the whole thing,” Embiid said on Sept. 27. “He’s one of the reasons I’m doing this. He’s someone that cared about everybody. It’s funny, all the stories that I heard — because I hadn’t been around since I left Cameroon — and going back after his death, all the stories that I heard … just someone that cared about anybody and that was always giving back.”
“When I see people saying he doesn’t want to play … I’ve been through way too much,” Embiid said. “I’ve done way too much for this city and putting myself at risk for people to be saying that, so I do think it’s bulls---. Like that dude … he’s not here — Marcus, whatever his name is. I’ve done way too much for this f---ing city to be treated like this. I’ve done way too f---ing much.
“Like I said, I wish I was as lucky as other , but that doesn’t mean that I’m not trying and I’m not doing whatever it takes to be out there, which I’m going to be here pretty soon.” The 1-4 Sixers will begin a three-game road trip Monday night against the Suns. Embiid said Friday that “everything is trending the right way” with his health but did not forecast a specific date for his return.
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