Embiid says he will never play another back to back.

[NBAGOAT]

its about time. im just looking for one actual try in the playoffs with healthy embiid. george likely will be rdy for start of yr not a worry

[ShawkFactory]

Yea.

as of right now, there are nine players in history with 300 million in career earnings. Seven of them are in the league right now. That list is gonna be a hell of a lot longer soon.

there are two players with an individual $300 million contract on the Celtics alone. Six players on the Celtics either already have or are scheduled to make more in one season than Kobe made in any season of his career despite being the highest paid player in the league for seven consecutive years ending in 2016. That’s how much the money has gone up and how quickly it happened.

An nba star is a half billion career earner now if he so much as stays healthy.

Wemby is gonna sign for 450 in 3 years. And he won’t even be the first to get 400. That’s gonna be SGA.

These people are all half a billion earners without counting shoe deals and off court dealings.

They all have too much money to dictate terms to.

I got to the point I would quit before inconveniencing myself a little before Covid and that’s exactly what I did. And I damn sure don’t have NBA money. I don’t have 80s nba money.

These people are too rich to respect a boss.

And I can’t blame them.

There comes a point im just not being told what to do anymore. And it’s well short of a half billion.

They’re richer than a lot of the individuals in ownership groups. These guys are signing individual contracts for more money than the previous era of owners sold their teams for.

And I don’t mean 50 years ago. The 76ers were purchased for 287 million the season before Embiid was drafted.

The 76ers cost less than Jaylen Brown.

Owners have very little leeway in that situation. Some real Batman/Joker shit

Pretty much.

I think this is also combined with guys who haven't gotten their maxes yet protecting themselves. There's a lot more incentive to keep yourself healthy when there's 300 million on the line vs 6 or whatever like it used to be.

[Mask the Embiid]

Maybe he will make it past the second round now......





































That choking piece of shit could sit out the whole regular season for all I care that's not going to prevent him from flopping like always come playoff time

They dont give these out in the 2nd round...you have to win the whole thing.......stay mad

[Wardell Curry]

Well I guess he's never going to get hurt then! lol.

[GOBB]

His salary better be cut then. Imagine any of you wanted full pay but showed up for work 80% of the time?

You the average joe got to stop imagining what your job would say if he did what pro athletes did. Apples and oranges. Embiid brings a ton of value to the franchise where you are just a number. Replaceable. And you very well may be a hard worker, well liked by coworkers. But at the end of the day? You’ll get replaced in a second with no f*cks given if the replacement isn’t 1/2 as good as you were. You don’t replace Joel Embiids so easily.

Breaking news teams have been doing load management for some time. I’m not defending it and I think it’s wack. But we average joes got to stop using our lives in comparison with theirs.

[Carbine]

Not true. This is just more evidence of Joel Embiid being a major bitch. He is incapable of being a #1 guy on a title team, he has negative intangibles. Not even zero, he's worth negative in that regard because of his ho ass

[Manny98]

You the average joe got to stop imagining what your job would say if he did what pro athletes did. Apples and oranges. Embiid brings a ton of value to the franchise where you are just a number. Replaceable. And you very well may be a hard worker, well liked by coworkers. But at the end of the day? You’ll get replaced in a second with no f*cks given if the replacement isn’t 1/2 as good as you were. You don’t replace Joel Embiids so easily.

Breaking news teams have been doing load management for some time. I’m not defending it and I think it’s wack. But we average joes got to stop using our lives in comparison with theirs.

Embiid is turning 31 and has yet to take Philly to a conference finals

let than sink in for a second before you talk about value, I'd be fuming if my franchise player that I'm paying 50 odd million year has failed year in and year out to do anything of significance when it matters

[GOBB]

Not true. This is just more evidence of Joel Embiid being a major bitch. He is incapable of being a #1 guy on a title team, he has negative intangibles. Not even zero, he's worth negative in that regard because of his ho ass

Spoken like someone who has no lats. I’m sure you have value to someone/some place. Just not here

[GOBB]

Embiid is turning 31 and has yet to take Philly to a conference finals

let than sink in for a second before you talk about value, I'd be fuming if my franchise player that I'm paying 50 odd million year has failed year in and year out to do anything of significance when it matters

Sixers and Embiid are in the same page with back to back games.

Sixers just gave Embiid $193mil over 3 years

Sixer have been careful/cautious with Embiid health since he’s been a Sixer

You don’t do this for a player if he didn’t present value to your franchise. Guess who else may not play in back to backs? Paul George. Another player where “injury” has been attached to his career. A guy sixers spent big bucks on at that. You guys can call them names like juveniles in high school. Fact remains they have value to a franchise where you don’t at your place of employment.


And again I have to emphasize this because some of you are slow. I’m not for load management in the nba. Never have never will. But as a fan of the nba? I’ve come to accept guys are gonna be handled like fragile goods. Me getting bent out of shape over it changes nothing. At the end of the day unfortunately for embiid and George? They have to be closer to 100% come playoff time. For them to have a realistic chance getting past rd 2. We shall see how the years goes…

[RRR3]

Some players may rest more than they need to but Embiid legitimately needs it, the dude is made of glass. You have to do everything you can to get him into the playoffs healthy if you're the Sixers.

[BarberSchool]

Did he do the math, on IF that choice would render him ineligible to ever win another award ?

How many back to backs are on Philly’s schedule this year ? More or less than 17 ?

[Real Men Wear Green]

At this point he should prioritize Philly getting a ring over potential supermax eligibility from an award. If he's too worn out to lead them in the playoffs going forward they wouldn't give him the supermax anyway.

[Patrick Chewing]

Sixers fans will still be waiting for a Finals appearance and long after Embiid retires, they'll look back and feel that perhaps Embiid should have played more games.

[RRR3]

Sixers fans will still be waiting for a Finals appearance and long after Embiid retires, they'll look back and feel that perhaps Embiid should have played more games.

You would collapse if you had to run for more than 20 seconds, I wouldn't talk.

[Patrick Chewing]

You would collapse if you had to run for more than 20 seconds, I wouldn't talk.

Grow up.