Earlier this week, Joel Embiid expressed his frustration with the narrative that he had but to play this season.saying, “She’s a bitch. Like this man, he isn’t right here, Marcus, I’ve completed approach an excessive amount of for this fucking city to be handled like that.”
The Marcus in query is Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Inquirer, who was current in the course of the 76ers’ Saturday evening loss to the Grizzlies and the 2 allegedly bought into an altercation, Shams Charania of The Athletic stories, together with on-site reporters similar to Keith Pompey from The Athletic. Investigator.
Joel Embiid of the 76ers bought into an altercation with a reporter after tonight’s sport in Philadelphia. Embiid took difficulty with a current column that referenced his late brother and son, and Embiid shoved the columnist. No punches.
– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 3, 2024
Pompey confirmed Embiid pushed Hayes.
An NBA spokesperson informed NBC Sports activities: “We’re conscious of stories of an incident within the Sixers locker room this night and are opening an investigation.”
Hayes wrote a column this week criticizing Embiid for his absences through the years, together with this season, then doubled down after Embiid spoke out, saying the Sixers “did not know he was so unfit for motion when he arrived at coaching camp. What set Embiid off was within the authentic column, the place Hayes quite awkwardly referred to Embiid’s son Arthur and his late brother (whom his son is called after), claiming that Embiid “typically says he desires to be nice to go away a legacy for the boy named after.” his little brother”, and that entails displaying up for work. Embiid understandably took offense to mentioning his household in that approach.
The league historically comes down laborious on gamers who bodily confront the media or followers. We’ll see the place this investigation leads.
As for the sport, the Grizzlies took management within the second half and cruised to a 124-107 victory behind Jaren Jackson Jr.’s 27 factors.
