Charles Barkley tore into Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid Thursday evening because the NBA reportedly launched an investigation into his participation in video games.
Embiid didn’t play within the preseason over issues about his knee and didn’t play within the crew’s first recreation towards the Milwaukee Bucks. In the meantime, Philadelphia’s president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey, instructed ESPN earlier this month he would attempt to maintain Embiid and Paul George out of enjoying many of the second nights of back-to-backs.
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Philadelphia 76ers middle Joel Embiid, #21, poses for a photograph on media day on the Philadelphia 76ers Coaching Advanced in Camden, New Jersey, on Sept. 30, 2024. (Invoice Streicher-Imagn Photographs)
The whole lot of the state of affairs round Embiid appeared to have sparked the investigation, ESPN reported.
Barkley sounded off on Embiid throughout NBA protection on TNT.
“Man, I don’t have any concept what the Sixers are doing. I don’t assume it’s honest,” Barkley mentioned. “And I wish to get this quantity proper, and that is loopy and bless the child, No. 1; he simply singed for 3 years, $193 million. Three years, $193 million – to play basketball. We’re not metal staff, we’re not nurses.
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Charles Barkley appears on earlier than the sport between the New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers as a part of the 2023 NBA In-Season Event on Dec. 7, 2023 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas. (Mike Kirschbaum/NBAE through Getty Photographs)
“Like individuals who received like actual jobs who should work 40-50 hours per week. We’re enjoying basketball, on the most, 4 days per week. More often than not, three days per week. He has the perfect backup within the league in (Andre Drummond). If he would’ve mentioned, ‘I’m going to play 25 minutes on the second evening of a back-to-back or Drummond performs.’
“However to return out and say it prematurely was stupidity by the Sixers, interval.”
Accidents plagued Embiid the whole lot of his NBA career. He additionally revealed his Bell’s palsy prognosis throughout the playoff sequence towards the New York Knicks final season.
United States middle Joel Embiid, #11, celebrates with the gold medal after the sport towards France within the males’s basketball gold medal recreation throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer season Video games at Accor Enviornment in Paris on Aug. 10, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports activities)
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Nonetheless, he did play on the Paris Olympics for Group USA and was a key half within the crew’s gold medal run.
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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox Information Digital.
