Joel Embiid says he won't play back to back games

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As a 51 year old man who really has to focus on injury prevention to continue doing physical things, the concept of load management made a lot of sense to me, especially for someone who got injured before the playoffs last year.

Seems like I’m the only one who didn’t instantly hate the idea.

I recently found out that former Sixers HoF player Bobby Jones did something similar (his minutes were limited) because of epilepsy (I think). Also, load management is a big thing in MLB, and I know that the Eagles are talking about this with Saquon Barkley.

Any thoughts?

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The players of the NHL would like to have a word with Mr. Embid.

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KAJ would also like a word, at the :55 mark.

https://youtu.be/iSi6iF9kVBs?si=Ku9osRWm0IBi5PCw&t=55

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So the Sixers will finish 41-41 at best?

#TrustTheProcess2.0

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Wondering how they’ll play this out. E.g what if the second game of a back to back is more “important”? Does he sit for the first game so he’s fresh for the second game?

Makes it harder for fans to know whether to buy tix to see him play, not knowing if he’ll be on the court or not.

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Do they halve his contract?

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One of the strange things about this is the timing. If he was in the final year of a contract, I could see how his long-term interests would diverge quite a bit from the short-term interests of the team in terms of minimizing wear and tear. But, he just signed a 3-year deal.

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The process 1.0 delivered Ben Simmons, Embiid and coaching of Doc Rivers

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It’s a shame we won’t have these guys next year, let me just say

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For missing 5-7 games out of 82?

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Bad comparison. Sure they take some hits but how many hockey players are 7’ tall and 280lbs and are running and jumping on that kind of frame?

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Maybe instead of skipping games he could sit out practice.

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Local news was implying its team driven so no.

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Not a game, not a game, not a game.

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Local news seemed to have it right. The league fined the team $100,000. Seems he does have a left knee condition, but that the team president and the coach both made statements otherwise leading to too much speculation about load management. It is a business after all with National TV contracts that don’t sit well when stars do sit out. See Player participation policy. Simple solution is to not televise nationally the back game of any back to back skeds. Let the ticket holder be the only ones screaming foul.

As for his sitting out the first 3 games, I am guessing that he is on a forced diet to lose excess weight before game stressing that knee.