With Joel Embiid set to miss the Philadelphia Sixers' opening week, the NBA is reportedly likely to investigate.
that the league is “likely to begin an investigation later this week into the Philadelphia 76ers surrounding the player participation” of Embiid.
On Tuesday, a Sixers official said Embiid “is responding well to his individualized plan and is expected to ramp up his return to play activities this week.” According to the official, Embiid will not play this week and is set to be re-evaluated this weekend. He came back for the tail end of the regular season and the playoffs, where he averaged 33.0 points and 10.8 rebounds in the Sixers’ first-round series loss to the Knicks.
Reactions pour in after LeBron and Bronny James make NBA history as first father-son duo to share the court Ahead of his April return last season, the Sixers initially listed Embiid as out and then upgraded him to questionable approximately two hours before tip-off.in that instance, citing both a failure to “accurately disclose the game availability status of Embiid" and “the 76ers' prior history of fines for violating injury reporting rules."
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