Daily News | With his latest injury, Joel Embiid is becoming a tragic figure in Philly sports
Perhaps Eric Lindros. More and more, the two seem kindred spirits, such obvious and marvelous talents, such promise never quite fulfilled for reasons out of their control. The injuries. The mismanagement. The trap doors that they fall through again and again.late Friday night that Embiid had suffered an orbital fracture and a concussion in the team’s series-closing victory Thursday night over the Raptors. Of course they did. The injuries will keep Embiid out of the lineup indefinitely.
If Doc Rivers ever wanted to see a man who truly had circumstances conspiring against him, all he would have to do is look at Embiid. Better yet, if he could bring himself to stomach it, he could fire up a replay of Game 6, of a masterful Embiid performance — 33 points, 10 rebounds, three blocked shots — that ended in such sickening fashion.
All good? Hardly. What Embiid had done already this season and in the Toronto series was admirable, worthy of a fresh new respect for a player who, early in his career, had been content to enjoy the life of NBA stardom, who needed time to mature and understand what it took to be genuinely great in the sport.
Ben Simmons had bailed on the franchise, on his teammates, and though Embiid drew praise for speaking so frankly about the situation, for never being afraid to call out Simmons publicly, his more meaningful retort was the quality of his play. He led the NBA in scoring.
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