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.