Shams Charania has anticipated the sanction to which Joel Embiid will have to respond after the outburst in the locker room that occurred a few days ago, in the presence of cameras and managers
It cost three-game suspension for Joel Embiid the altercation that saw him as protagonist with the journalist of Philadelphia InquirerMarcus Hayes, at the end of the match lost against i Memphis Grizzlies. An episode that had not failed to arouse some indignation and perplexity in recent days, and which evidently led to a rather significant decision on the part of the NBA, who deemed it appropriate to intervene in a matter that had nothing to do with the camp.
Joel’s threats: “Stop talking about my family”
Embiid, a little nervous lately, he had verbally lashed out at the local newspaper journalist, guilty of having mentioned the player’s young son (Arthur) and Embiid’s younger brother in a recent articlewho tragically passed away in a car accident in 2014 (and his real name was Arthur). References that to the player dei Sixers they must not have liked it too much, if it is true that at the sight of Hayes he immediately moved to a few centimeters from his face, threatening to grab him by the neck. “The next time you involve my son and my brother, you will see what I will do to you and I will accept all the consequences. Please know that this isn’t the first time I’ve seen what you write.”
The offending article, in addition to talking about the two family members of Embiid, explained how much it had been tormented the carrier to Phila of the center of Cameroonian origins, underlining the fact that, if in the past he had agreed to play even injured in order to help the team, now that love for the shirt had faded a little, since Joel he had made it known that he wanted to take it as long as necessary to get back to top form before setting foot on the pitch again (this year he hasn’t played a single minute of the regular season yet).
The Sixers apologized to the reporter
Embiid he made it clear that he had the broad shoulders and to be ready to accept any criticism directed towards him, but not to tolerate articles in which his son and his deceased younger brother were brought up. The player’s reaction, however, it also seemed exaggerated to the Sixers managementwho launched an internal investigation and apologized to in turn Hayes for the behavior of the center of African origins.
The journalist, who he then removed the offending part of the article, he said he tried to apologize back to Embiid, but that he couldn’t do anything but keep quiet, given the outburst the player had. Who got a three-match ban, even if in fact he will not discount them because he wouldn’t have taken the field in the next three matches anyway Phila, which started the season very badly (the other star is also missing due to injury, Paul George) obtaining just one victory in 6 races played. The nervousness of Embiid it’s just another problem with a decidedly reviewable startup.
