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NBA fines the 76ers $100K for statements that are inconsistent with the health of Joel Embiid's knee!

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00:00Uh, speaking of the NBA, the Philadelphia 76ers were fined yesterday, $100,000 for

00:11their little maintenance program for Joel Embiid, their public comments about Joel

00:17Embiid and Nick nurse was asked about it and got very snippy with the media.

00:25Here was the Sixers head coach.

00:27So we got to worry about Joel and Paul in terms of their participation in practice

00:31today, were they able to do any, I guess, a lot of 5 on 5 or something like that today?

00:36You guys got the update?

00:38They were in parts of practice.

00:39So on we go.

00:41Uh, it's sorry.

00:42Sorry.

00:42Yeah, sorry.

00:42Apologies, but go ahead.

00:44Sorry.

00:44It sounded like you guys went pretty hard for a good chunk of time today during

00:47practice.

00:48What was the focus or what were you trying to hone in on?

00:51Just trying to, just trying to establish and maintain some type of identity and

00:56toughness of who we want to be and who we are and how we want to play, which

00:59finally showed up there three games in just staying on that track with Joel's

01:04plan.

01:04Yeah.

01:05I'm not going to answer.

01:06Okay.

01:07Anybody else got anything?

01:08Well, let's take it.

01:09They've given you the updates on that, right?

01:12I'm giving you the updates on Joel.

01:14All right.

01:15I am a little confused as to why they got fined though.

01:18Like, I think it's one of these things where I guess Joel came out directly and

01:22said he wasn't going to play back to backs, but he is legitimately hurt.

01:25I would assume because I mean, he's missed the first four games of the season.

01:29This seems very, very strange.

01:31Um, but the NBA, obviously, obviously the NBA is dealing with a big problem with

01:36player maintenance and guys playing the ratings are down all that stuff.

01:40And then on top of it, they stupidly bank on the Philadelphia 76ers for national TV

01:45games, which is, I mean, that's your problem as you should, you should have

01:49known that off the bat, but either way, um, yeah, Nick nurse, I don't want to tell

01:54you, dude, like that.

01:55If you guys came out with this plan from the jump, you got to know that the

01:59Philadelphia media is going to ask you about that.

02:01I don't know what the, what you're getting all snippy about.

02:04He's just snippy.

02:06Snippy nurse.

02:07Doesn't look, he doesn't look like he's been happy ever since he won that title

02:10in 19.

02:11Why would you be?

02:12I don't think I got lightning in a bottle.

02:14They sent doing Casey pack and this guy ended up with the greatest

02:17Kawhi Leonard season of all time.

02:20Yeah, crazy.

02:21And he's the guy that made Jen and he's the coach that had

02:23Joel and be crying to the locker room.

02:25He was, he was.

02:26That's true.

02:27That's true.

02:28And now he's like, Oh, who am I believing in here?

02:30Oh, Joel and Paul George.

02:32They're like, Oh, I'm like, did you see them?

02:37Like they're not a big team.

02:39No, because they got, I mean, they got, it's like the heat.

02:42They got Joel and B, but they're having Caleb Martin play power forward.

02:44You have Caleb Martin playing the four and I'm like, uh, Caleb Martin and Kelly

02:47Uber at your wings are not what you, it's not going to win you a title.

02:51Yeah.

02:52It's, um, I mean, Caleb's like shown that he can be a playoff player.

02:57I mean, did blow that game last year, free chicken at the free throw line.

03:02But either way, um, it's not so much that it's just like, it's the stars, dude.

03:09You can't rely on them.

03:11He's going to get hurt again.

03:12It's it's like, it's tough to say, but I just don't know how many years he's 30.

03:17How many times are you going to do this with him?

03:19It's ridiculous.

03:20And then on top of it, Paul George, another one who's infamously Mr.

03:23four to six, go trust him.

03:26If you want to stand Van Gundy.

NBA fines the 76ers $100K for Inconsistency on Joel Embiid's Knee

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