PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid, who won’t play in opposition to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night time, stated Friday night time he was offended at Philadelphia 76ers administration for not permitting him to play in Washington on Wednesday.
He was out for Saturday’s sport with “right oblique; injury management; [and] illness.” He has not performed in each video games of a back-to-back all season.
Embiid was ruled out Wednesday on account of an sickness. He replied to a reporter’s put up on social media that listed him as out by saying that he deliberate to play. He later posted, “I guess they won’t let me play basketball.”
After a 115-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, Embiid expressed his displeasure with Daryl Morey, the 76ers president of basketball operations.
“I was pissed off. I wanted to play basketball,” Embiid stated. “I wasn’t allowed to play basketball, so I think this is more of a question of Daryl Morey or whoever makes the decisions.”
Embiid scored 26 factors in 34 minutes in a 76ers loss Monday in Miami. He was not listed on the harm report however informed reporters that he was in poor health. “Physically, I just was not in it.”
He stated he had a brief night time’s sleep earlier than Wednesday’s 153-131 win over the Wizards and wasn’t at a morning movie session, after which he was ruled out.
“I found out online that I wasn’t playing that night,” Embiid stated. “That kind of caught me off guard.”
Embiid was listed as uncertain on Thursday’s harm report for Minnesota, however performed 34 minutes, totaling 19 factors, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.
Sixers coach Nick Nurse stated he wasn’t involved with the state of affairs, praising Embiid for his play Friday.
“We handle it by keeping things basketball-related,” Nurse stated Saturday earlier than dealing with the Pistons. “He was at shootaround yesterday; he was excellent in the game yesterday, was really a great teammate and focused and all that stuff yesterday. So we just try to keep it all basketball focused.”
Embiid has performed 37 video games this season, sidelined primarily by harm administration of his knees. He’s averaged 26.7 factors, 7.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
The 32-year-old heart missed 13 video games after straining his proper indirect on Feb. 26 in opposition to Miami.
