NBA is examining Joel Embiid’s playing status after he missesouton season opener

The NBA is examining why Philadelphia center Joel Embiid did not play in the group’s nationally telecasted season opener versus Milwaukee.

The league validated the examination on Thursday. It was opened as part of the NBA’s gamer involvement policy that went into impact last season.

Such a relocation was to be anticipated. The NBA has stated that any time a star gamer missesouton a videogame — it specifies “star” as somebody who was an All-Star or All-NBA choice in any of the previous 3 seasons, and Embiid is one of those — an examination can be opened to “promote compliance” with league guidelines and can consistof “independent medical evaluation and associated decisions relatingto gamer schedule.”

Embiid — who assisted the U.S. win Olympic gold at the Paris Games — missedouton the whole preseason and was ruled out for Wednesday’s opener versus Milwaukee with the 76ers mentioning “left knee injury management.” Embiid has a long history of injury concerns, consistingof knee issues.

Embiid has neverever played more than 68 videogames in a season and was minimal to 39 last season in big part duetothefactthat of knee surgicaltreatment.

It is not clear how long the examination will take. Philadelphia was likewise without Paul George for Wednesday’s videogame; he suffered a bone contusion throughout the preseason.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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