Sixers center Joel Embiid has been fined $75K, the NBA announced today in a press release (Twitter link).
Embiid was ejected from Monday’s game vs. San Antonio for arguing with and confronting an official about a foul call, but this fine wasn’t related to that incident. According to the league, the $75K penalty is for “making obscene gestures on the playing court” during the first half of Philadelphia’s win in Boston on Wednesday.
The NBA didn’t specify exactly which gestures Embiid was being fined for, but there were a couple candidates captured on ESPN’s broadcast. After being fouled on a first-quarter basket, the star center made a subtle crotch-chopping gesture while lying on his back on the court (Twitter video link). He also appeared to flip off the home crowd after making a three-pointer in the final seconds of the first half (Twitter video link).
Embiid was fined during both the 2022/23 and ’23/24 seasons for “obscene gestures” on the court (crotch chops, in both cases), so his history – along with the bigger Christmas Day stage – may have been a factor in the more significant penalty this time around.
Embiid’s cap hit this season is approximately $51.4MM, so the fine represents a drop in the bucket for the former MVP.
Embiid is questionable to play on Saturday in Utah, with the Sixers’ injury report citing both his sinus fracture and a left foot sprain, notes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer (Twitter link).
Enjoy your Christmas day win buddy…hope to see you when it really counts lol.
If McCringleberry played in the NBA, he’d probably get a 200k fine and a 5-game suspension.
I always wondered if it’s possible to be both a former MVP and a scrub. Embiid has proven the answer is a resounding yes.
Embiid really showed his worst side there…
Pathetic big boy crowding over someone smaller then him…
Deserved a suspension…
Over a woman. That matters
It doea make it even more disgusting…
However one must show respect to the officials no matter how small ones ego is made to feel…
Suspension for a week. It’s what he really wants.
Yeah, he needs the time off…
This “sinus fracture” is another injury report ruse by the sixers to try to save face the this tremendous Diva. This dude is so weak upstairs. It’s sad to watch.
Next week he has a cosinus fracture.
Sixers should trade him while he has value. It’s never going to happen and you’re never going to win with Embiid as your franchise player. Always something else with this guy.
I can’t recall a former MVP imploding like this…he needs to get some help.
that’s what i was thinking. something is going on
David Thorpe said that his recommendation to the Sixers would be to just send him home and tell him to come back next year with his head and body in a better place. It won’t happen, but I think Thorpe is correct.
It definitely has been a wild ride…
Embiid is in the Draymond clown act class… But has the ability to put the ball in the hoop…
I recall seeing a photo from his first or second season where he was standing over a player who had been knocked to the floor in a scrum, screaming at the guy in a very threatening way. It’s hard to put into exact words as the photo describes the situation best. The player on the floor was at least mildly hurt and Embiid acted in a reprehensible way. You could tell right then what a loser he was.