Barkley took aim on Inside the NBA
Joel Embiid famously has a long history of injuries and those injuries have prevented him from being all he can be for the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. Because of this, he's being load-managed this season as the Sixers hope against hope that he can be healthy for the playoffs.
Barkley is right about all of that. Joel Embiid plays professional basketball and does not work in a steel mill so his job is different than other jobs people have. A lot of people would say professional basketball player is a really good job. No argument there. But just because other people exist doesn't have anything to do with Embiid's situation. Like ... at all. The reality is the situation is that a person over 7-foot tall, who has been injured a lot playing a physical game against the best athletes in the world is going to take some days off from on-court action.
Embiid is such an easy target and no one likes load management but with each day that passes it feels like he's in a no-win situation. He can't erase the past and his falling short of expectations and he can't even take precautions to make sure his window isn't further closed by another late-season injury.
It feels like the guy can't catch a break, even if he's trying to avoid breaking anything. Maybe that's what the $193 million is for.Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros blog, and at Woven Digital.
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