The Philadelphia 76ers center and NBA MVP Joel Embiid sustained a lateral meniscus injury to his left knee and will undergo surgery. The situation revolving around Embiid’s injury provoked discussion involving load management and has drawn ire from some members of the media.
Here is the Sixers’ official statement about Joel Embiid’s upcoming meniscus procedure (aka knee surgery). pic.twitter.com/KOs6z7DzPt
— Gina Mizell (@ginamizell) February 5, 2024
The team had also stated, “Joel Embiid will have a corrective procedure this week to address an injury to the lateral meniscus in his left knee. An update will be provided following the procedure.”
The extremely talented player was out against the Denver Nuggets and then he missed the game against the Portland Trail Blazers as well. Furthermore, regarding what has erupted from the Embiid situation, the twenty-time NBA All-Star and league icon, James LeBron, has issued apologies, as Embiid even played after sustaining an injury and before suffering the tear.
Where are all the media outlets, tv media personalities, hot takes that talked so much 💩 about Joel Embiid about missing those games when he knew what he was dealing with.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 2, 2024
Now he’s out with an injury because of it. Not 1 person has went back on tv or their dumbass podcast and apologized to that MAN!! No accountability 🗑️🗑️🗑️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 2, 2024
James had shared in his earlier post, “Where are all the media outlets, tv media personalities, hot takes that talked so much about Joel Embiid about missing those games when he knew what he was dealing with.”
“Now he’s out with an injury because of it. Not 1 person has went back on tv or their dumbass podcast and apologized to that MAN!! No accountability ”
In the game against the Golden State Warriors, Embiid suffered another injury to the same knee when he collided with the Warriors player. The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $75,000 as they did not put Embiid on the injury report.
Due to Embiid missing the game against the Nuggets, he received attention and disapproval. However, James has jumped to support the seven-time NBA All-Star player. Due to his support for Embiid, he has garnered attention, especially from Stephen A. Smith.
According to Awful Announcing, Smith stated, “A couple of things: number one, we saw The Shop. Nobody called that a dumb*** show. Why don’t you watch your mouth? Number two, because it isn’t a dumb*** show, I’m gonna give you respect for it, even when we disagree with you, LeBron. Number two, LeBron James, why you lying? Who talked about Joel Embiid and questioned his injury? Joel Embiid was drafted number three overall years ago and missed the first two seasons of his career because of an injury. He’s been injured multiple times throughout his career. He’s had questionable knees his entire career. What the hell are you talking about?”
“We all know that he has an injury history. He’s injury-prone. He’s the reigning NBA MVP. He got hurt (Tuesday) night and had been diagnosed with a meniscus injury to his left knee. It was no surprise to anybody what Joel Embiid had been growing through. There were people that were saying, ‘Damn, you never play in Denver, but somehow, someway, you were on the court against Golden State when (Jonathan) Kuminga fell on your left knee.’ What they were making the argument about is if you could’ve played in Golden State against the Warriors, then you could’ve played a couple of days earlier against the reigning defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokić, which you hadn’t played in Denver — which you visit once a year — since 2019. So, they haven’t gotten an opportunity to see Joel Embiid play in person.”
He further continued, “Nobody was questioning the legitimacy of the injury he suffered. What they were saying is that he hadn’t suffered that injury until he got fell on by Kuminga during the Warriors’ game. But prior to that, he was working out pregame in Denver and then was pulled off the court. So, tell your facts, ‘new media.’ Tell the facts. Tell the whole story.”
