Olympic Gold Medalist Joel Embiid using up his PTO to start the season. Expected to miss several games. NBA Launching Investigation.

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

His injuries never stopped him from signing max extensions. If his body is broken to the point he cant even play after being off months then maybe its tine for a career change.

Imagine if your company was willing to give you millions to do a job, and for whatever reason, you had to cut your hours down (after it was agreed upon it would be best for you and the company), and then some lame ass nxgga off the street just randomly came up to you one day and said you can't be doing all that and should think about changing careers, what would your response be?

You'd laugh that muh'fukka off the face of the planet, wouldn't you?

So then why do you think your opinion isn't anything but laughable here?

 

[Regular Developer]

Is Philly, the city, tired of him too yet?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

i refuse to watch these lame ass nikkas. They shytted on my era stars and said they played against plumbers. The same plumbers that played 82 games a year and had jobs during the offseason. These bums can't even show up, and we got dumbasses spending an arm & leg to see backup players.

How many players in history that are relatively Embiid's size ended up playing 82 games year in, year out, and went out on the own terms, having careers that wasn't marred by injuries?

If you can't count the number of players on one hand, WTF does this irrelevant back-in-the-day ass rhetoric have to do wiith anything?

98+% of people, in general, that are as big as Embiid have health issues because their ligaments, joints, bones and all surrounding tissue is comprised because of their sheer size. Nevermind those who're put in an environment of competitive sports at the highest level - they're a ticking timebomb.

 

[Cladyclad]

How many players in history that are relatively Embiid's size ended up playing 82 games year in, year out, and went out on the own terms, having careers that wasn't marred by injuries?

If you can't count the number of players on one hand, WTF does this irrelevant back-in-the-day ass rhetoric have to do wiith anything?

98+% of people, in general, that are as big as Embiid have health issues because their ligaments, joints, bones and all surrounding tissue is comprised because of their sheer size. Nevermind those who're put in an environment of competitive sports at the highest level - they're a ticking timebomb.

Basketball fans hold grudges with players and are irrational

Othani a fukking DH but get days off. I dont hear no fans or media say shyt about it

 

[Still Benefited]

players are playing longer than ever before. Its working

Is it possible that surgerys have gotten better? But load management is still psuedo science? Is it possible the nba is less physical so you are less likely to have injuries? Is it possible that its actually smart to NOT play through injuries like players used to? Is it true the length of nba careers has gon up and then down periodically over the years. The jump in athleticism is what forced alot of older players out of the nba back in the day. But is it possible you just didnt notice old ass nikkas like Karl Malone and Jon Stockton playing until they were 40?

But the most important thing is not playing through injury,as well as the improvement in sugery imo. Also your more likely to be injured if your fatigued. So could some players be better conditioned today than players of the past? And could those constantly hurt,not be as well conditioned so get hurt more often and need more rest?

Its a mixed bag of factors yall like to simplify. Because youve been brainwashed that load management is anything more than psuedo science. There hasnt been an all encompassing study to take all of these things into account yet.

Cut the season down then and lets see what happens.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Is it possible that surgerys have gotten better? But load management is still psuedo science? Is it possible the nba is less physical so you are less likely to have injuries? Is it possible that its actually smart to NOT play through injuries like players used to? Is it true the length of nba careers has gon up and then down periodically over the years. The jump in athleticism is what forced alot of older players out of the nba back in the day. But is it possible you just didnt notice old ass nikkas like Karl Malone and Jon Stockton playing until they were 40?

But the most important thing is not playing through injury,as well as the improvement in sugery imo. Also your more likely to be injured if your fatigued. So could some players be better conditioned today than players of the past? And could those constantly hurt,not be as well conditioned so get hurt more often and need more rest?

Its a mixed bag of factors yall like to simplify. Because youve been brainwashed that load management is anything more than psuedo science. There hasnt been an all encompassing study to take all of these things into account yet.

Cut the season down then and lets see what happens.

You don't need an "all-encompassing study" to tell you common sense.

Embiid's career will last longer if his load is managed, barring some random catastrophic injury. And not only will it last longer, but Philly will get a better return on their investment, because regardless of whatever his shortcomings are in a playoff environment, he'll at least be in a better state to perform, rather than the contrary of him just burning the candle at both ends during the regular season.

 

[Cladyclad]

Is it possible that surgerys have gotten better? But load management is still psuedo science? Is it possible the nba is less physical so you are less likely to have injuries? Is it possible that its actually smart to NOT play through injuries like players used to? Is it true the length of nba careers has gon up and then down periodically over the years. The jump in athleticism is what forced alot of older players out of the nba back in the day. But is it possible you just didnt notice old ass nikkas like Karl Malone and Jon Stockton playing until they were 40?

But the most important thing is not playing through injury,as well as the improvement in sugery imo. Also your more likely to be injured if your fatigued. So could some players be better conditioned today than players of the past? And could those constantly hurt,not be as well conditioned so get hurt more often and need more rest?

Its a mixed bag of factors yall like to simplify. Because youve been brainwashed that load management is anything more than psuedo science. There hasnt been an all encompassing study to take all of these things into account yet.

if Kobe got load managed he wouldn’t tore his achiles

Hell if MJ old ass rested some games on the Wizards he would not had games where he shot 2/11

Its just common sense if u banged up dont play unless its no other choice. shyt can only hurt you not make it better

 

[Still Benefited]

You don't need an "all-encompassing study" to tell you common sense.

Embiid's career will last longer if his load is managed, barring some random catastrophic injury. And not only will it last longer, but Philly will get a better return on their investment, because regardless of whatever his shortcomings are in a playoff environment, he'll at least be in a better state to perform, rather than the contrary of him just burning the candle at both ends during the regular season.

if Kobe got load managed he wouldn’t tore his achiles

Hell if MJ old ass rested some games on the Wizards he would not had games where he shot 2/11

Its just common sense if u banged up dont play unless its no other choice. shyt can only hurt you not make it better

Im not saying we need an all encompassing study. Im just pointing out the blaytant cherry picking onn what yall CHOOSE to credit longer careers with. And how you ignore when players load manage,and still get hurt at the end of the day. Im not arguing against resting a player when hurt or fatigued. But being fatigued at the start of the season?

This idea that less games will directly prevent a player from getting injured when you need them later is silly, When you frame it as some sort of profound "science".


Is saying driving my car to work less will decrease my chances of getting in a car accident "science"? It is a fact because im taking on less risk. But saying it will prevent me from having an accident is horse shyt. I could have an accident at any given moment if im driving. Plus factors other than me simply driving can increase those odds. its also irresponsible if your not taking many factors into consideration. Maybe Joel should just come off the bench or play less minutes. Since its obvious to everyone he is unable to get his conditioning where it needs to be at his size,and this can increase injury chances in a game

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Is Philly, the city, tired of him too yet?

A lot of people are.
But he’s the best player we’ve had since prime Iverson, so he’s given a pass.

I have zero expectations and not sold on the franchise trying to pitch us this idea of championship aspirations.

I’m just in it to see Maxey improve

 

[Rakpo98]

He can load manage all he wants. At the end of the day, it’s the organization who looks stupid in all of this. They’re the ones that gave him that ridiculous extension, and they’re the ones who decided to put it out there that Embiid would be missing games to start the season and would not be playing in back to backs for the rest of his career, when they didn’t have to. Embiid is an unlike able clown, and it’s easy to hate on him and joke about him, but ultimately the organization deserves the blame for how they’ve handled this situation. The organization could’ve put their foot down and prevented him from playing in the Olympics, if they were so concerned about his health, but they screwed that up too. Embiid is a bytch ass nygga for a lot of reasons, but the Sixers org is just as clownish and dysfunctional for getting to this point.

 

[FTBS]

You just contradicted yourself (in principle, anyway).

First you say this current strategy hasn't worked in the form of a 'ship, but when it's presented to you that Philly's previous strategy hasn't resulted in any success either, you then try to argue just because their previous strategy failed doesn't make this new one a good idea. What do you suggest they do then? Just run it back and do the same thing they did last season and the season before that, despite the fact that Embiid's body is ever-declining? Or do you think they should try something different, like I don't know, protecting their most valuable asset and taking a different course of action by making sure he's in the best state possible for when it matters most?

Just simply shrugging your shoulders with the plan of nxggas get injured everyday, b, and just throw him out there every game with absolute no foresight of what the consequences will be later in the season reeks of cats who've never been in a position of handling anything with any notable monetary value.

This does give them the best possible chance of winning, especially now, when we all know Embiid's body doesn't have long left.

Accept that it aint happenin with dude and either bring those expectations down or sell on him while he still has value. Its not like they just been throwing him out there with no regard. They been hoping he gets healthy and trying to protect him his whole career. We 11 years in now...is what it is at this point.

 

[nieman]

Imagine if your company was willing to give you millions to do a job, and for whatever reason, you had to cut your hours down (after it was agreed upon it would be best for you and the company), and then some lame ass nxgga off the street just randomly came up to you one day and said you can't be doing all that and should think about changing careers, what would your response be?

You'd laugh that muh'fukka off the face of the planet, wouldn't you?

So then why do you think your opinion isn't anything but laughable here?

No job will reduce your hours and pay you the same set salary. They're going to definitely take your salary down, not give you an increase. Or, they'd reduce you to part-time status, even if they gave you an hourly rate increase, to where you aren't guaranteed the same money, just because. And the NBA has compensation packages, and use insurance to supplement situations like this. So this isn't something that the team, or the NBA wants.

No matter how you look at it, the 76ers can't sell this to their fanbase that their franchise player is seldomly available. It's only a matter of time before they completely sour on him, then what? Contending in the playoffs is contingent upon winning games in during the season. If they become a 42-W team, because Embiid played 48 games, how do you tell your fans that you're a contender? Or if they're a 6th seed and get demolished by the 3rd seed because they didn't build chemistry or stamina during the season.

Most importantly, Embiid also needs to change his game. He's not the 1st 7' with bad knees that was once athletic

 

[Rigby.]

To me, this is what most folks has wanted them to do silently but because of the optics, they shyt on it

You can’t acknowledge Joel is physically prone to injuries, has no reason to continue chasing individual accolades, is a playoff midget, and then say “but nah keep on getting yourself fukked up in the regular season”.

It’s a shame optically but the dude’s career would be treated 100x better if he has a long healthy postseason run where they get past the 2nd round. I guarantee that.

 

[AAKing23]

Thread full of nikkas throwing temper tantrums about a nikka with a decorated history of injury not playing a game in October

Then when he plays and dominates it’s “ Nobody care about regular season, do it in the playoffs “

 

[areohbee824]

All this with a full week All Star Week now instead of weekend, less back to back games, no back to back playoff games, more days between Finals games, and they had to make rules for playing more if you want to qualify for awards