Tanking and showcasing are accepted in the league, but generally frowned on.
The main reason Embiid has been held out is because they are showcasing Okafor, Noel and Saric before Simmons comes back. Okafor had 20 points on Wednesday. Noel had 19 yesterday. Saric has looked like young Larry Bird lately as he adapts to USA style baskeball. The trade deadline is coming up and Philadelphia has been trying to trade for Jimmy Butler, because they think he would be a great 3rd option behind Simmons and Embiid. They want to move their pick and Okafor. They want to keep the Lakers pick and Saric.
The secondary reasons for holding out Embiid are improving the pick before the trade deadline and giving Embiid some rest until after the allstar break. A meniscus tear that doesn't require surgery is one of the most common injuries in sports. With R.I.C.E you can be healed in a couple weeks. Embiid had the injury a couple weeks ago. He is either already healed or almost healed. That's why he is listed as Day-To-Day. He played after the injury and dumped 35 points on the Rockets. It's a cupcake injury. He and Simmons will play after allstar break and after they make some trades. I'd trade our entire team for Embiid.
They were just calling it a bone bruise, because they knew how much fans and the media would freak out when they saw the word "tear". It's not a big deal. The problem is that Embiid was at the Meek Mills concert on Friday and jumped on stage dancing like a maniac with his shirt off. Millions saw it on twitter. This sent the wrong message, because it made it obvious they were just holding him out to tank and showcase Okafor, Noel and Saric. The front office was getting heat for it. They had to come out and clarify that it's a meniscus tear. That will justify keeping him out until the trade deadline passes.
No, the only reason Embiid has been held out is that he is injured and gets soreness and swelling when he does any serious basketball activity. And you are crazy if you'd trade the entire second best team in the east for a guy who has played 30 games in 3 years. Insane.
yea sorry trading our whole team for embiid is a ridiculous statement and probably just serves to lower the discourse of this thread
don't be ignorant. Would you trade the whole team for young LeBron, young Jordan, young Bird or young Duncan? I sure as hell would. And I would gladly trade our entire team and all draft picks for Embiid. He is superhuman. He is guaranteed to win at minimum two championships.
Put down the Kool-Aid. Or crack pipe. Or whatever it is.
He's not the one who is being ignorant. Embiid is guaranteed to win NOTHING. Beyond the very real injury risk that he presents, you can't say he's better than Davis or KAT. Those guys are guaranteed to win nothing either. History is replete with guys who were actually great (Embiid isn't great yet) for long periods that didn't win anything. Ewing. Barkely. Malone. Wilkins. Baylor. The list goes on and on.
You want to know the commonality of those guys? They rarely played on complete teams. If you were to trade everything to acquire him, you know what you'd get in the very BEST case? You'd get KG on bad Minny teams. How did that work out for the Timberwolves? How is it working out for Philly this year? Your post is absurd because your premise is so faulty. No one wins alone. Not Jordan. Not Bird. Not even Big Bill.
It's far too early to say he's a young Jordan, Bird or Duncan. History will judge that at a later date, not when he's 22 and playing for bad teams. Until then, I'd rather have the winning team loaded with assets rather than putting all the eggs into one very fragile and otherwise empty basket.
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