In his return to the court, Joel Embiid looked like a potential playoff game-changer. After, he talked about his mental battles.
In his return to the court, the reigning MVP looked like a potential playoff game-changer. After, he talked about his mental battles.Joel Embiid stood at his locker and spoke thoughtfully, and eloquently about the battles he’d fought and the lessons he’d learned. He detailed the darkness he felt in his mind during another lengthy injury rehab, the strength he found in his family, the joy he felt. You looked in his eyes and saw the sincerity and the emotion.
Embiid looked like a player who could end up even better than he was before his surgery to repair his meniscus. He ran the court, displayed excellent balance, looked lighter on his feet than his pre-surgery self. There were a number of moments you could point to as evidence.
It was there with 4:15 left in the fourth quarter, when Embiid hit a jumper out of a pick-and-roll to tie the game at 101-101.It was there with 24 seconds remaining, when Embiid stole the ball from Thunder point guard Josh Giddey above the three-point arc, drew a foul at the other end, and hit both free throws.
“For some reason this injury, it was disappointing, it was depressing,” Embiid said. “It took me a while to get over it, and I still haven’t gotten over it. Just have to take it day by day. Look at the positives.”
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