Joel Embiid was dominated out for the rest of the season on Friday after a prolonged course of the place there have been variations between his place and that of the Philadelphia 76ers. Embiid reportedly went on to possession to get his message throughout, however now the Sixers are actually on the identical web page with their franchise participant.
“This all got here to a head over the past couple of weeks,” stated Shams Charania. “Particularly, what I am advised, Joel Embiid went on to 76ers’ proprietor Josh Harris in regards to the state of his knee. And about the place the belief he is at with what’s the perfect curiosity for him and the group so far as a possible shutdown.
“The backdrop to all that is that over the past month we have seen elementary variations between Joel Embiid and the 76ers so far as Embiid believing that he wants a special therapy method for this versus the 76ers feeling you play on it, get in higher situation, and you may proceed on this yr. This has been a scenario the 76ers have been coping with all season. They usually managed the swelling in a number of other ways, together with injections month-to-month simply to get him on the court docket.
“However right here they’re in lockstep. That is all about getting Joel Embiid again on the court docket in the perfect, sustainable means. And they’re in lockstep about that.”