4:08pm: There is a sense that Embiid is likely to miss more than the two games on Philadelphia’s current road trip, Derek Bodner of The Athletic tweets.
2:12pm: Embiid was released from the hospital today, but will not join the Sixers on their trip to Atlanta, Camerato tweets.
9:00am: The Sixers are awaiting a medical update on Joel Embiid, but a social media message from the center last night is raising concerns, writes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Embiid was hospitalized after suffering a facial contusion in a collision with teammate Markelle Fultz. He offered an update on his condition in a video he posted on Instagram that was captioned, “Not good.”
Fultz was driving to the basket midway through the first half when they collided and his shoulder struck Embiid’s head. Embiid was knocked over, sat up briefly then fell back to the court.
“I was trying to go get the ball at the same time I was watching him,” Fultz said. “But my heart dropped, really, because I know he hit me. But he’s a tough guy and I know he’s going to be OK. All I can do is pray for him.”
Embiid was helped to the locker room, but bent over in pain in the hallway. Fultz added that his head may have also struck Embiid in the face.
Embiid successfully went through the concussion protocol, then was taken to an area hospital for precautionary concussion testing, according to Jessica Camerato of NBC Sports Philadelphia. The Sixers are awaiting the results before putting together a time frame for his return.
This has been the healthiest season by far for Embiid, who sat out his first two years in the NBA with complications from a broken foot, then was on a strict minutes limit as a rookie. He has appeared in 63 games this season and is averaging 30.3 minutes per night.
This dude is softer then my grandma.
post a pic of you going full speed into someone coming across your face with their shoulder.
Exactly,,,softer than marshmallow,,,NBA players of today are becoming the biggest wimps, watched the game and I’ve seen hockey players get hit worse and still play in the same game.
Hey I’m not sure if you know this, but hockey players wear helmets.
have you ever worn one of those flimsey helmets? plus guys play with other injurys, Bergeron played a few years back with a punctured lung and finished a game this year with a broken foot
Hockey is a completely different sport though, if an NBA player had any of those injuries their own coach would take them off the court immediately. So maybe it’s the NBA in general that’s “soft” but it’s negligence to let players play with those injuries. Hockey is just a terrible comparison to basketball. Guys in hockey get paid to be tough, guys in basketball get paid to be healthy.
Thanks for letting us all know. We were on the edge of our seats waiting to hear your thoughts
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No one cares about hockey dude
Probably has a broken bone in the face somewhere from that if he cleared concussion protocol but is still in the hospital.
Embiid was bending over to pick up the ball and Fultz ran into him. They said he cleared concussion protocol, but bent over in the tunnel when they took him to the locker room.
Bunch of stuff here.
Hockey helmets are not flimsy bud, only seems that way when some Bertuzzi moron puts two hands on his sticks and wraps you in it.
Full speed shoulder to head collision causing an injury does not make you soft Dionis. I’m imagining you never actually played sports, and haven’t been steamrolled before, but as a guy who ended up with seven concussions from sports, i can tell you it don’t matter your size or how tough you are in these scenarios. The fact that Embiid doesn’t have a concussion is surprising to me.