Joel Embiid’s Haters Were Right

[@HenryHoops]

BREAKING: Joel Embiid & Paul George ruled OUT for Season Opener!

[@detourr]

WHAT!!!

[@maglio825]

Damn that was quick 😅😅😅😅

[@wandameadows5736]

The NBA is run by Woke Leftist that are Soft. When Laundry Jones took over the Hawks he said he wanted to focus on "Player Empowerment" & that mentality lead to firing Hawks Coach Nate McMillan who took them to the Eastern Finals & had the best winning % for the Hawks since Larry Drew. Nate McMillan even said it's hard to coach these last few generations for obvious reasons. Again the real problem is these Players act like they are Entitled & if they don't get there way they act like Victims. They also put themselves ahead of the game & don't have any drive to compete & win. They just want to be famous & get paid & they are extremely soft. You talk about Load Management well just look at who started that crap, the Super Woke Leftist Gregg Popovich who uses the NBA Platform to push Political Agendas. The NBA used to be about Sports & a Uniting realm but Leftist in the NBA ruined it like they've done with Gaming, Hollywood, Media, Music Industry, just about everything been used by SJWs to push agendas.

[@antoniotutt4894]

No. They robbed Jalen Brunson of the MVP. NOT jerkic. Jerkic only plays half a game and HE'S somewhat of a dirty player.

[@eboticus3421]

@@HenryHoops big shocker! Wimps

[@richborn6700]

The last time Embiid actually *PLAYED* in Denver against Jokic, Kobe was still alive

[@talkingmoney4499]

He destroyed Jokić every time he has played him tho

[@page8301]

@@talkingmoney4499 Jokic led his team to the finals and to a ring. Dirty Flopbiid cannot lead a team out of the 2nd round.

[@talkingmoney4499]

@@page8301 agreed but he has also been screeed by the refs and injuries …..talent for talent embiid is better but jokic is the better player due to avaibsliyl but to sit here say he didn’t deserve e that mvp and the year before is insane

[@Puwapupu]

@@talkingmoney4499 clown his not better !!!!! his a cry baby

[@bradentucker4854]

@@talkingmoney4499if Joel was better he wouldn’t consistently play horrible in the second round in the eastern conference

[@MaRkDiCatiVo]

He’s a bum. He even betrayed his country to get an easy Gold with the US. He won’t win anything in the NBA

[@darwinsolano7676]

A fraud

[@gc8568]

I can’t exactly blame him for not wanting to play for Camaroon cause, they probably weren’t making the Basketball Olympic events to begin with. I mean look at Luka he made the finals and even his team couldn’t make the cut. But telling the President of France if you get citizenship in the country you’ll play for them and then just deciding to play for Team USA after getting your citizenship is a dick move.

[@718AllDAY]

Well he's filthy rich at least

[@DaniloBarcenas-n1q]

USA Basketball Team should be grateful Embiid opted to play for the USA Basketball Team. Don't forget USA defeated France by a mere Point. Had Embiid opted to play for France, who do you think can stop Embiid scoring at least 20 points against the US Team? France woul have been the Gol medalist

[@sammydray5919]

​@@DaniloBarcenas-n1qYes because Embiid did SOOOOO well on team USA compared to everyone else right?

[@tjraven]

Weak Mind. Weak Body. Weak Heart.

[@silversoulken]

“Fragile ego, fragile body, weak mind, weak spirit.” -Jon Moxley

[@Marc-n5e]

Ph#q embidd smoke some weed!

[@mlrd2687]

Embiid wasn't hurt when he scored 50 points. That's his story for naive people like you. He plays well against Jokić because he wants to prove himself as a player. Unlike him, Jokic has nothing to prove to anyone. His results say it all. Embiid plays the worst road games in Denver and that's why he avoids those games for years. Jokic alone dominated the American national team at the Olympic Games, and Embiid showed that he cannot play a serious role in a good team.

[@DaniloBarcenas-n1q]

France would have been the Gold Medalist had Embiid decided to play for them. France would provide him with set plays making it easier to score. Not to mention the French twin towers.

[@saucegodnas7318]

Yeah you’re just on here talking I watched that game and Jokic went 7-17 with 17 points . Embiid went 8-11 with 19 points, and they played in France so it was nobody’s home floor to get an advantage on. Jokic just dominates anybody that’s smaller than him, the second he gotta face Embiid or even Wemby he struggles. Embiid literally started that last come back to put Serbia away with the Joker as the primary defender.

[@DaniloBarcenas-n1q]

@@saucegodnas7318 With the whole Serbian team's support & set plays Jokic surely plays well. Serbia depends on him. Embiid had none of those set plays. It's Lebron show remember. He got to outshine everyone in the USA Team.. But in the NBA I saw how Embiid outplayed Jokic one on one. Despite Embiid's not so good health, Slow footed Jokic saw for himself whose better one on one.

[@sndchamp9949]

Imagine if you told your boss you’ll miss 1/5 days but expect to get paid for 5

[@Garth-bd3pu]

the joys of making salary

[@Garth-bd3pu]

You don't get OT sure but, you get paid for 40 hours a week. Even if you only work 24 hours.

[@eboticus3421]

These dudes are soft period. KG's take is right on and hilarious. Thats the job, fkn do it and quit cryin

[@blicleak1101]

This is one dude. There are plenty of tough dudes in the nba

[@soloistdeve]

@@blicleak1101 Yep, there are plenty of guys doing their job without fear. This crybaby getting treated like a King.

[@Liverpool-wi4lb]

Im so happy to not be a sixers fan man

[@GodSon91]

We glad u not lol 😂😂😂😂

[@Garth-bd3pu]

​@@GodSon91yall are a bunch of crack fiends

[@aegistahl1835]

Philly sports fans are always insufferable. Regardless how good or bad their teams are doing.

[@HoovyBird]

@@GodSon91 stfu you got a horrible human being as your star player

[@MikeSchmidt969]

I wonder what Paul George had to be thinking leaving a team with Kawhi and joining one with Embiid. What a waste of a career.

[@xdean6699]

Nba salaries shouldnt be on a yearly basis but on games played. That way if they miss a game, thats a chunk of money deducted from their salaries. Players will then actually TRY to STRENGTHEN their bodies to avoid injuries. Not just show up to practice and go home, but actually hit the gym and do strengthening exercises. Their mindsets are now "oh shoot did i get injured? Meh I'll still get paid anyway" coz superstars know that they wont get traded

[@VinceLyle2161]

It's an interesting idea, but I'm sure the CBA probably has a clause requiring contracts to be based on the full season. Maybe not, since I think they still have 10-day contracts. If there's some wiggle room there, though, some ballsy GM might just go up to a player with a number in his head, divide it by 82, and say, I'll pay you this much per game. We'll cut you a check for that amount after every game you play. But you don't play, no check. That would be very spicy indeed.

[@cyranodebergerac7962]

That's a great suggestion...

[@Phoenix-vr6bv]

Nice idea but I’d tweak a few things A) For injuries that keep them out 10+ days they get 50% of every game missed, 60% if the timeline is over a month. If they’re out for the season they still get 100%. B) Certain personal issues still get paid 75%, which would be outlined in the CBA. If a player has a legitimate reason, ex. the birth of a child, they shouldn’t be harshly penalized for it _provided this reason get verified beforehand_

[@VinceLyle2161]

@@Phoenix-vr6bv That makes sense, except that injuries that keep a player out for the season have to happen during a game or during practice or during team activities or travel. I wouldn't want to pay 100% for a player crashing his McLaren while going 120 in a 45 zone.

[@Phoenix-vr6bv]

@ that I agree with

[@acnhtourneypirate8508]

Embiid has no shame at all, its just so crazy how he would openly say some shit like that, doesnt he have a media trainer to tell him what to say and not to say, shit like this affects his brand, his merch, heck his LEGACY.

[@ChryskylodonInstitute]

unfortunately he has no legacy

[@greeneggsandham91]

The Sixers as an organization are as tone deaf as it gets. He's spent his whole career with the Sixers, so it makes sense. I'm disappointed in him that he still can't rise above it. I'm hoping the team's young star, Maxey, grows into a more reliable star that Sixers fans can get behind more easily.

[@curryking1]

that's where you are wrong, he definitely has plenty people to tell him, his dumb ass self just doesn't understand and won't hear or listen

[@falaflani4831]

bro how he snaked france and cameroon for team usa was the nail to the coffin of his legacy

[@FSU_KINGxSHIT]

Hes not very smart , which is evidenced by the way he plays.

[@docstew75]

I spent 20+ years in the Army. I'm not an athlete by any means, but a large number of the people that I served with, especially in the Airborne units, were. People running 6 minute miles with 35 pounds on their back wearing boots wasn't uncommon. There was no such thing as "load management". You perform when it counts, period. If you need to "rest", that's what weekends are for. And guys do that for their whole 20 years, with a smile. Look at the Ranger Regiment: around 1500 infantrymen across three battalions who take on some of the toughest direct-action missions the Army has. Almost all of them ARE elite athletes, hitting weights, cardio, swimming, carrying loads, whatever. If you take a day off in a leadership role, you WILL be replaced. If you are a machine gunner (a prestigious job, despite the 20 extra pounds of weapon and ammo) and you hand it off, you will NEVER get it back. "Load management" would rightly be viewed as giving up on your teammates and letting them carry you. Are there times when you get injured? Of course. But there are techniques to build up your musculoskeletal system that can reduce those chances. These players need to have some kind of year-round conditioning program,, that would probably bring almost immediate benefits.

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Did any of them play 80 games in an nba season??

[@docstew75]

@@TYLOTYLOTYLO They jumped out of airplanes carrying 100+lbs of equipment and hitting the ground at 13+mph several times a month and ran multiple miles on concrete wearing body armor in boots. Their bodies take way more abuse than playing 30 minutes 80 times a year.

[@Chillmindedpanther13]

I served my country in the carribean. Hell yes I remember those runs with my rucksack stuffed with 40 lbs on my back and I didn't slow down. Most I did was try to encourage one of my now fallen squad mates to keep going as he sprained his ankle but yea....

[@soloistdeve]

@@TYLOTYLOTYLO Play games... Do you realize how childish you sound? Do you think playing hoops is harder than actual combat and training for combat?

[@hbii_81]

​@@TYLOTYLOTYLOfor real?

[@az179]

Embiid is the biggest fraud mvp ever. He will never be regarded as a top big man in basketball history. I don’t even think he deserved to be in the hall of fame tbh. He’s a choker, dirty player and soft. He’s also shameless.

[@jeremynoumen3172]

Facts on facts and I’m background is Cameroun.

[@Bixeqe2]

@@jeremynoumen3172what you said is racist asf and too far . Serge Ibaka was from Cameroon i believe. Da fuck

[@Timmikhalifa606]

⁠@@Bixeqe2Embiid is from cameroun. Whats racist about his statement lmao?

[@jeremynoumen3172]

@@Bixeqe2 I’m from Cameroun how I’m racist? And ibaka is from Congo. We talking about basketball. I love joakim Noah siakam or all the young Cameroonian players Yves missi, koloko, cholnche

[@cloudwalker9572]

He is the only mvp that should never get in the hof

[@antoniotutt4894]

Load management in pro ball is a joke.

[@darkomill1261]

The man is charmin, plus dirty, plus non-inteligent.

[@fobinc]

Gotta clarify. He is charmin ultra soft, not ultra strong.

[@xdean6699]

They saw ben simmons get paid without playing any games and said "shoot i wanna do that"

[@NelsFofana]

Kawhi started this trend tbh

[@YeeSoest]

Do you remember when everyone knew Blake Griffin wouldn't fly like that forever? You could tell. It's not healthy to throw your body around and into contact like that. At least Blake knew how to land...i think a lot of Scouts really dropped the ball and saw the potential over the darker truth which is that Joel Embiid has lacked a lot of professionalism and discipline from day 1. His body was NEVER ready and that's not just bad luck. As a pro athlete, your #1 job is to maintain your physical health (your workforce) and there are techniques to do that. Yet he doesn't know how to eat, fall, land or take contact. That's why he's always injured!! Don't believe me? Go watch some content on "how to avoid injuries in basketball" and come back to apologize ;) He could be their "don't" model while prime LeBron or prime Shaq would be fantastic examples for "do". They never landed out of control, out of balance or tried to stick a landing they couldn't. They didn't turn on a standing foot or intentionally land on someone else. Okay, hustle plays don't count, my point remains😅

[@soloistdeve]

Embiid is probably THE only athlete in history to win MVP by race-baiting through media. Soft doesn't cut it. He's a spineless snake.

[@arcticphoenix2789]

This is why I never acknowledge him as an MVP, Jokic is a 4-time MVP in my book. Case closed.

[@sammydray5919]

There is a reason why no one really respects that mvp reward he got

[@kaysheye7784]

he's been a top 2 MVP candidate for 4 years straight, why are you actually surprised he won it? Mind you, Jokic stole his in 2021

[@soloistdeve]

@@kaysheye7784 Not even close. Why are they always calling those ticky-tack fouls on Embiid while he's breaking ft records and playing great in easy games and sit-out challenges? Embiid isn't even half a basketball player that Joker is. You're just delusional. It's clear who has the ring.

[@kaysheye7784]

@@soloistdeve you're arguing about something that literally happened, he was runner up 2 straight years in 2021 and 2022. In his MVP season (2022-23), he had multiple highlight games such as bringing the Sixers back from a 20 point deficit in the 4th against the Bucks, dropping 50 against the Celtics AND giving Jokic the business with 47/18/5. He was leading MVP candidate in 2021 before he got hurt and leading MVP candidate last season in 2023-24 before he got hurt

[@skillz0122]

The dude joined Team USA to boost his resume. He wont win a chip because he mostly takes the easy way out.

[@benweiseguitar]

I will never forgive Embiid for purposely trying to injure Mitchell Robinson.

[@rondesu9456]

What is really confusing here is that today's NBA is less physical yet players are more injured than to the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. With how the game evolved, more spacing and less physical, yet more players experience injury. Weird!

[@cwavygaming6615]

And don’t forget they have modern medicine sports medicine.. physical therapists.. they have so much more money going into health today than ever before and these dudes are softer than ever!

[@rondesu9456]

@cwavygaming6615 💯 Agreed!

[@BladeRabbit]

I am a simple person, I see Embiid getting shit on, I click

[@filipeviola]

simple solution, hit their wallet. not available to play? reduced salary. injured? reduced salary. personal reasons? reduced salary. when i mean reduced, i mean a good percentaged. fans pay a price to see the stars play, they dont show up and next time they think twice about going.

[@bhrandomvids]

lol docking pay for injury which 9 times out of 10 is caused by playing basketball (their job) isn't legal. like wtf are we even saying here

[@potatoman305]

So if I'm injured on company time, my pay should be reduced??

[@vincentpaulvirtudazo665]

Lol reducing pay due to injury is borderline slavery

[@Garth-bd3pu]

​@@potatoman305if it's your own fault. Yes.

[@young__blacksmith]

@@Garth-bd3pu HUH?

[@JigsawBell]

Kids dream about playing in the pros. It would be an honor to be in such a position. Those who truly love the game, would do anything to go out and play all 82 games. Embiid and Kawhi should retire.

[@VikCain]

He hid his own failure behind the mental illness of another man and has pushed virtually every teammate under the bus at one moment or other, it doesn't matter how much points he stuff against the Pistons, the wizads or the Raptors. Hating him because of his injuries is crazy, people should be hating him because of his moral failings.

[@GOlone9597]

He might be the first MVP to never reached even the conf finals and won't be HOF. Things that are both soft and dirty: 1. Poop 2. Embiid

[@tpsam]

I think even d rose reached the ecf

[@GOlone9597]

@@tpsam yes, in 2011 when they are the no.1 seed but defeated by the big 3 miami heat

[@brucewayne7281]

cmon now don't disrespect poop like that, some are tough and hard, it'll make you sweat letting it out!

[@Darshdev232]

That's racist

[@98ore]

@@Darshdev232 how tf is that racist ? lol honestly i don't even take that word seriously on the internet anymore.

[@hmrhuang]

Remember Sixers fans: Trust the process!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bufftankington7349]

Im not a doctor, or a physical therapists or anything like that, but maybe the reason players are getting injured playing basketball is because their bodies arent used to... playing basketball

[@Jonteponte71]

Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum of the Boston Celtics almost never miss games. Never have. I guess they are used to playing basketball?

[@bufftankington7349]

@@Jonteponte71 Yeah I guess so

[@zethjugos1250]

As a former athlete and physical therapist I Agree. If you dont play enough your body does not develop the resilience and endurance it needs...this generation of athletes are lazy...they have too many distractions and too much money they cant wait to enjoy...

[@zethjugos1250]

@@Jonteponte71JT and JB never stop playing or working out even during the offseason...they do not want to lose their level of fitness

[@vladedivac5672]

That dude changed citizenship to be sure to win an Olympic medal... what more do you need to know about him? :D

[@JoseGonzalez-wz8ex]

I have the perfect solution pay them per game. Case closed u don’t play you do t get paid simple

[@pragunahuja6879]

Per game and minutes per game

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Embiid wasn’t hurt when he scored 70 points against the hyped up Wemby tho was he?

[@nooobiechild]

Pop's method worked because he was doing it the right way. In the 2013-2014 season when they won it all, Tony Parker led the team in minutes played - 29.4. Nobody played more than 30 minutes a game. THAT is how you rest your players and load manage. But players like Kawhi or Embiid like pretty numbers. They'll happily average 40 minutes a game for two weeks, get good averages, get injured, and rest for two months. What's better than not needing to work at all and still collecting millions of dollars of salary? Adam Silver needs to tell LeCunt to shut the fuck up and call the shots for once. Hit players like these where it hurts the most. Remove guaranteed contracts. Add clauses whereby a drastic percentage of their salary will be null and void if they refuse to play/get injured too many times. Imagine being a fan, paying for the tickets with your hard earned money, and showing up at a game, only to realize the player you came to see decided to give you the finger and take the day off.

[@nafisaustin5063]

Who ever supported the “process “ deserves this … can’t win with loser principles

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Didn’t have loser principles when Kawhi hit THAT SHOT. Or when Ben Simmons threw up a free layup. Or when Harden went missing in game 7 against Celtics. Embiid only ever issue has been injuries in the playoffs.

[@nafisaustin5063]

@ that raptor series Embid sat out a game cuz his stomach hurt.. smh LOSER

[@tim.noonan]

2:08 no one has ever thought Embiid destroyed Jokic. He doesn’t even play against the Nuggets. I’m all for bagging on Embiid but do it with facts, not false storylines

[@page8301]

But even if it were true, Jokic actually managed to get to the finals and even win. Dirty Flopbiid cannot even lead his team out of the 2nd round.

[@chipmillard5043]

Embiid did have a monster game against Jokic and the Nuggets in early 2023 in Philadelphia. Having said that, that was just ONE GAME. Most of the time Embiid doesn't even play against the Nuggets, especially in Denver.

[@vermontfandialan22]

Load management makes player softer. They need to train their body to get stronger just ike other sports like boxing, mma, muay thai etc.

[@Batstrike4]

What people also fail to mention is that in those "load managed" years, Tim Duncan still mostly played more than 65 games. In 2014, when they won the chip, he only missed 8 games. At 37. Kawhi at 31 only played 52 games. Tony Parker in 2014 at the same age played 68. Manu also. So yes, while Pop was sitting out his starters they were still playing close to if not more than 80% of the games.

[@stayweird988]

Also, the Spurs are always deep in the playoffs, and their superstars represent their countries in international competitions and they're doing this for their whole NBA careers.

[@michaelrorer]

His body isn't made for this and he has never seemed to put extra effort into conditioning but i won't let him off the hook with that. Didn't he play the all-star game and then miss weeks worth of sixers games immediately after it? Missed 43 games last year, was hurt for playoffs, then goes to the Olympics? Now already missing the beginning of the season? Don't give me the 'love of country' argument because dude got his citizenship from France in July 2022, so he could play for them if he didn't get US citizenship in time. He wanted to play in the Olympics and sure he would rather for America but only because you are nearly guaranteed a gold medal. if that didn't happen he would have played for France to give it his best shot. Has nothing to do with the love of any country it was for himself. Truth is this dude treats sixers as his side hustle, all-star games and Olympics and twitter are his main focus and his full time job. Sixers season ticket holders should ask for their money back for any game he doesn't play at home. Hurt or not. They extended him through 2029 now, nobody reasonable thinks he has any chance of playing basketball in five years, he cannot even play in October right now after playing a tournament in August. In 2029 he is slated to make 69 million that season. Not a shot he plays a single game. I am certain he will be fine to suit up for the All-star game this February though. lol

[@123mathtutorabc4]

Embiid losing 20 pounds would do more to prevent injuries than sitting out back to backs.

[@JCfromJohto]

He’d much rather lose in the conference semis

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Why is Embiid being made the scapegoat when he’s had injuries every playoff run? Wasn’t Embiids fault when Kawhi hit the most famous shot in playoff history. Or when Ben Simmons passed up a free layup vs Hawks Or when Harden went missing in gm7 vs Celtics. Embiid should have been in the conference finals 3 times already and arguably should have had another MVP when Jokic finished 6th with barely better stats and Embiid finished 3rd in the East.

[@ryandonovan5205]

Him winning the mvp was embarrassing

[@Zoroaster1996]

Only eight teams in the playoffs would see a lot of this load management stop and make the regular season more important generally. Have the teams finishing 7-14 in each conference playing best-of-seven 'qualifiers', with the losers going into an exclusion bracket for the next season along with the team that finishes 15. Any team in the exclusion bracket can't enter the playoffs, their season will be all about getting the best seeding in the qualifiers.

[@salahsabiti6901]

Embiid's ESPN ranking might need another look. Dude is a monster when healthy but how often is that?

[@chadmiller345]

Wasn't everyone hating on him for going for the MVP a couple years ago instead of prioritizing being healthy for the playoffs

[@pedromarques2077]

Well I think this argument is absolutely flawed from the beggining. I get what you were trying to say in the end, but I don't agree with the approach. For starters, Embiid admiting he'll most likely never play another back to back isn't a "losers" mentality, but actuality the harsh reality he's been dealt with. I see it as being honest and realistic, instead of being either a liar or a delusional fool. To me this came as no surprise at all, since I already knew he would never be able to play another back to back from the moment his surgery last year was announced. The meniscus it's a very complicated subject and people like Embiid and Kawhi who had more then one surgery there, will forever be faced with a degenaritive condition that will limit their abilities. This is "basic" medical science and anyone with a bit of knowledge about that type of injury and especially about the procedure they chose to do last season (which was a short term band-aid for the playoffs and seen by many medical staff as a bad one when considered the long-term knee health), will most likely tell you that there's no way in hell that his knee will ever be able to whitstand the NBA's workload with back to back's. Thinking otherwise is simply being either uninformed or unrealistic. Sorry Henry, I do really appreciate your videos, but this one deserved a lot more research and a lot less of Stephen A Smith and Kendrick Perkins blabbing on their ignorance.

[@RudieObias]

You also forgot lazy! 🤣

[@josephafrica23]

Embiid isnt a leader, he’s a spoiled kid. soft and no drive at all.

[@PuhiPureBloOdYT]

Cut his salary 20%

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Bro just came off a playoffs where he had a knee injury a literaly bells palsy

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

You know whats crazy, Kawaii has been with the Clippers 6 years this season. Holy crap, I've barely seen in in a Clippers jersey.

[@rubberduck2401]

If someone is right, why does that makes him hater?

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

He wasnt worse in the playoffs last year with multiple injuries was he?

[@5star64]

Hating on a man for being injured a lot. This video is pathetic.

[@kingarthurveloria9990]

🤓👆

[@swandaley]

Merit-based pay should be implemented. A lot of these injuries will stop being prevalent when these players see pay cuts.

[@yanncarduner4516]

One last word about load management :nobody said a thing about Pop s policy ,now everybody has a rant when it's for Kawhi Leonard .I think that says everything .Beyond that NBA star players are very well paid to play a game they love so it's very normal they are expected to produce every night.So sad some players didn't understand that.Excellent video

[@rickeyhall9994]

Damn must be nice to be Leonard, missing work almost half the time and never getting fired. Joel and him would never had made it in the 90s nba. Or leflop

[@johnlai4129]

Joel Embid too soft always has been. 😂😂😂

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Embiid is being told he has to do this btw. 😂 the iq of internet basketball fans is mad.

[@richardkatz8713]

Kobe,MJ, and much more impressively, WILT CHAMBERLAIN never considered load management.

[@murrayclarke2171]

Sooo… back in the day the guys just played and didn’t over play/train etc. They played 82 games a season most seasons. Now they’re rehabbing teenage injuries.

[@saviown]

Spurs already have doing a loud management with Wemby. Seeing the games you can tell, no matter what Wemby is doing he never plays more that he needs to.

[@cyranodebergerac7962]

That's why their seats empty???

[@PtyRick]

I’m fantasizing with going to my boss and announcing I won’t be coming in on Fridays from now on 😂

[@Romanus-]

Problem is load management is not only not effective, it actually increases injury. Several doctors have written about this. The human body is not meant to have that much weight put on the joints. Therefore, you have to ensure your body is used to the impact playing basketball will have on your knees. When you rest, don’t practice and then go all out and play hard, then rest and then go all out again, your body doesn’t have the proper conditioning to stay level. The massive ups and downs create more strain on a players body. Look at the previous generations in the nba. You never had star players getting injured with this regularity. Not even close. They practiced hard, played hard and therefore the body got conditioned for the season. I don’t understand how they haven’t figured out that the entire concept is literally doing the opposite of what is intended

[@John.Asante]

Comparing anyone's mentality to Kobe and MJ is unfair lol

[@watchingtheriverflow-j5t]

NBA management should give their players the same contracts that NFL management gives their players. There has to be some motivation for NBA players to play hard and not go into cruise control while putting up your legs. This would prevent players from just going through the motions.

[@zblumenfeld]

Can you imagine Kobe doing "load management?!?!" hilarious

[@deeepdale]

did you just call embiid soft with a b-roll of him writhing in pain from an injury? kuminga literally jumped on his legs lol yall actually hate embiid as a person. shit is just basketball. very sad

[@DefensiveLettuce]

Load-management worked for Kawhi on the Raptors. But I think the Raptors implemented load management differently.

[@patientzero291]

After receiving 3 year extension deal and saying 0:48

[@10649417]

It up to maxie & Lowry. For Paul George n Embid to not show up 2 a home opener on their own home floor tells you exactly how the rest of the season is going to go. Those players will collect $100 million dollars this year just to not play.

[@MarcoSonzogni-nm3ml]

hth jokic always destr0yed embiid

[@willingexile3374]

It's a travesty to sit out players when the cost of watching games in the arena is very high. Was Coach Pop wrong to rest his starters for certain games? Absolutely. But no one called him out because in the end he won championships, and in other cases, it benefited stars who were juicing their stats to have a "greater" legacy. The money has also gotten too good so players try to extend their playing years even though in reality they are no longer playing to compete, but to secure their retirement. We can't blame them because the culture all around the league has welcomed this mentality. The traditional media is also to blame for persisting on creating drama because it generates engagement. As for Embiid, he should agree to a pay cut if he continues to sit out games. When he missed two whole seasons even before he started playing, that was already a red flag. If he were actually self-aware, fans would be more sympathetic to his situation. But these days players keep on opening their mouths to say something when nothing needs to be said. Or sometimes flat out lie to avoid taking accountability. Just play and let your play do the talking.

[@Ilestun]

193 millions for 3 years ? Joel is the happiest player in the NBA, je got a monster contract, plays less than 40yo LBJ or CP3....he is living his best life. A ring ? He doesnt care about it and I don't think he has the skills to carry the Sixers in the playoffs anyway. Being CONSISTENTLY terrible in playoffs is not bad luck, it's just that he doesnt have it.

[@Kagemusha08]

Joel has himself to partially blame, always taking those spinning fadaway jumpers like he's a small wing and flopping around like a damn fish at every chance. When you're that massive and that predisposed to injuries that kind of play will alway catch up to you.

[@JohnathanLaFey]

he’d probably get less injuries if he quit falling on the court like a toddler learning to walk

[@talkingmoney4499]

Listen he is injury prone …dude has more heart playing with on leg and one eye against the Knick’s and the refs cheating for the other team that series

[@adrianbetts3242]

I don’t think Embiid is soft. He plays hurt a lot, and you don’t do that if you’re soft. However, I think he isn’t the most professional, and possibly lazy, about looking after himself. Does he do enough off the court to make sure he’s in the best possible condition? Does he eat the right foods, is he diligent in his rehab to look after his body and ensure he is absolutely fit for the start of the season and not banged up by the playoffs? He’s now 30, he’s not going to become less injury prone from here. They will need to load manage him, but at the same time he needs to look after himself better.

[@PhuketRanong]

Just waiting for Steph Curry to retire so I can stop watching the NBA. too many prima donas and most of them are overpaid.

[@fulltang1]

Steph the only respectable superstar in the league

[@StateoftheFranchiseGaming]

If they just kept it internal I would think less ppl would care. Load Management doesn't necessarily improve championship odds

[@Mr.0ne]

They get millions and millions and to play ball and they don't want to play ball. About 90% of us regular people will never see that kind of financial freedom and work at dead end jobs.

[@BrianKoontz2]

The incentive structure of the NBA, like other professional sports, is all about success in the playoffs. Very little of rhe regular season matters outside of qualifying for the playoffs. Tennis and golf have faced this issue for decades - many prominent players choose to only play in major tournaments, with higher prestige and payouts. Why get your players injured in the regular season only for them to miss time when it really counts? "Load management" is a cover, a "marketing term", for this reality. Major League baseball counters this to a far greater extent than the NBA. The top 2 teams in each league get first round playoff byes, and avoid having to play a short series. The NBA could at least increase the reward for finishing the regular season at the top or near top of the conference.

[@JKLauderdale]

Joel Embiid had a turn-around season with Doc's first year there. I'm NOT a fan of Doc Rivers, I think he's given too much credit for his one championship. However, he apparently pushed Embiid into off-season cardio and dieting and it's showed. Prior to that season, Embiid wasn't able to stay on the floor 10-15min without being visibly gassed. Embiid was depending too much on his size and innate talent rather than focusing on endurance and training - Zion Williamson is another example of that mindset. I suspect he'll be out of the league at the end of his next contract, essentially another Hassan Whiteside

[@mikemiddaugh7610]

Should be Mandatory for Embiid to pay out 1% of his contract to any fan that has the disservice of watching him!

[@senpai-i3n]

the fact that stephen a smith compare embiid situation to coach pop strategic mindset is diabolic. All he does is yap

[@khele2k]

Just play my dude. Just play the game. You're not hurt. They fined your team for not playing you in a nationally televised game saying you're not hurt. Just play. Imagine being this guy's teammate? We had a guy on my high school football team we nicknamed "part-time" because he would "be hurt" all the time. The difference was he wasn't any good to begin with so it was a joke. But if our quarterback so was out best player pulled that crap the whole school would've hated him. This guy was an NBA MVP just two years ago.

[@deeepdale]

the nba already did an investigation where they concluded his absences are health related and valid. the same nba that fines the sixers every year. cry about it.

[@jcgocrazy]

Looks like an Am Hoops thumbnail

[@EthanTait90]

Thank you

[@williamrobinson1973]

I dont wanna hear about who in the past couldn't shine in this ERA. Nobody ever says can these guys play 82 PHYSICAL games in our ERA. 🤔 Newsflash you're not gonna make your average. 82 GAMES! PLAY THEM. 82 of them. Stop crying. No more comparisons.

[@NoVisionGuy]

Embiid casually stole the Joker's 3-peat MVP

[@jerikdejesus1754]

problem with load management, is that the floor is unbeatable. you rest for 30 games, and you slip your ankle due to a wet part of the court, before even getting subbed in. hypothetically speaking, it makes sense, but it's not. it's more of, when are you gonna get by the grim reaper to be honest.

[@zethjugos1250]

Load management was invented by Coach Pop to manage his aging stars in TD, Manu and Tony Parker...all athletes ate experiencing some sort of minor injury during the season that can be "managed" by proper medical treatment...but the Spurs only rested their stars one at a time and never on televised games...the current version of load management is pure laziness. Nothing more nothing less

[@Chillmindedpanther13]

Thing is he's had a better roster on paper since he was drafted than Jokic. If you gave Jokic prime Jimmy Butler, you don't think they make the finals???? Give Jokic healthy Maxey and PG....that's the finals! Put Embiid on the nuggets over the last 3 years, they would miss the playoffs! Jordan came back from a broken ankle and was upset his coach put him on a minutes restriction, Kobe wrapped up his finger when it was broken, Isiah Thomas HOFer limped all game to lead his team....

[@devoteeofgeorgesmiley7184]

Kween Kawhi, The Lady of Load Management.

[@hommeboy]

why does your link ask for full name and email? very suspect

[@BandcampTT]

Makes me laugh how weak basketball players off compared to hockey. A hockey player would break and ankle and still play with it all mangled to the whistle or till he can get off. These guys actually flop for an advantage and flopping is what causes so many injury’s🤣

[@CLFCBasel]

The injury against the Warriors last year wasn't him being soft. JK wrecked his knee.

[@malachiwingate98]

7:01 damn man 😂😂

[@markula_4040]

Am I missing something? I thought the minimum games played rule only applied to the end of the season awards, not the All-Star game but 2 different times this video mentioned how Embiid and Kawhi would not have qualified if the rules were implemented years earlier.

[@marcus._.2x]

As a Celtics fan, I’ve been one of Embiids harshest critics. A lot of people don’t take me seriously when it comes to him because of the bias, and I won’t deny there is some. But I’ve been speaking nothing about facts about him for years.

[@charlievogel6063]

What is the bias against Embiid. He’s a dirty player?, he only wants to play when he wants to? He only cares about himself? He spends his time on social media trying to piss other players off, instead of keeping his body and mind in shape to do his job.

[@mscottlawrence2037]

I think it's the sixers that are having him not playing back to back, Joel has said he really wants to play, but maybe he feels like if he goes against the sixers and just plays then gets hurt like he's done year after year, then how will that make him look? They are gonna come out with I told you, if it was his 3rd or 4th season and they tried to get him to do this he'd probably not listen and play but knowing he's injury prone the management won't go by that they are gonna say see if you would have listened you wouldn't be hurt letting your team down

[@tarikmidzic5500]

Embiid reminds me of KSI/Logan Paul type of person, very good at what he does but will walk over dead bodies to get what he wants, and when he doesn’t he’ll literally cry and blame everyone else for his failure

[@jaydensile]

I bought tickets for my birthday too 😢