Charles Barkley rips Joel Embiid for sitting out video games after large contract extension

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 workforce’s first recreation in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks. In the meantime, Philadelphia’s president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey, instructed ESPN earlier this month he would attempt to preserve Embiid and Paul George out of enjoying many of the second nights of back-to-backs.

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Philadelphia 76ers heart Joel Embiid, #21, poses for a photograph on media day on the Philadelphia 76ers Coaching Complicated in Camden, New Jersey, on Sept. 30, 2024. (Invoice Streicher-Imagn Photographs)

Everything of the scenario 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 thought 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 employees, we’re not nurses.

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Charles Barkley seems to be 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 by way of Getty Photographs)

“Like individuals who bought like actual jobs who must 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 most effective 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 through the playoff collection in opposition to the New York Knicks final season.

United States heart Joel Embiid, #11, celebrates with the gold medal after the sport in opposition to France within the males’s basketball gold medal recreation through the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games at Accor Enviornment in Paris on Aug. 10, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports activities)

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Nevertheless, he did play on the Paris Olympics for Staff USA and was a key half within the workforce’s gold medal run.

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