NBA suspends 76ers' Joel Embiid for three games for shoving newspaper columnist

Philadelphia 76ers halfway Joel Embiid has been suspended by nan NBA for 3 games without salary for shoving a personnel of nan media

NEW YORK -- Philadelphia 76ers halfway Joel Embiid was suspended by nan NBA connected Tuesday for 3 games without salary for shoving a personnel of nan media.

Embiid’s suspension will statesman pinch nan adjacent regular-season crippled for which he is eligible and capable to play. The 2023 NBA MVP has yet to play this play because of what nan 76ers telephone near knee management.

The Sixers statesman a roadworthy travel successful Los Angeles against nan Clippers connected Wednesday night.

Embiid shouted astatine and yet shoved a newspaper columnist successful a locker room altercation Saturday night.

"Mutual respect is paramount to nan narration betwixt players and media successful nan NBA,” convention executive Joe Dumars said successful a connection announcing nan suspension. “While we understand Joel was offended by nan individual quality of nan original type of nan reporter’s column, interactions must stay master connected some sides and tin ne'er move physical.”

Embiid took rumor pinch Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes, who mentioned nan seven-time All-Star's precocious relative and his boy — some named Arthur — successful columns questioning Embiid’s professionalism and effort not being successful style aft playing successful nan Paris Olympics.

As reporters entered nan locker room to talk to players pursuing a 124-107 nonaccomplishment to nan Memphis Grizzlies, nan two-time NBA scoring champion stood and confronted Hayes.

“The adjacent clip you bring up my dormant relative and my boy again, you are going to spot what I’m going to do to you and I’m going to person to ... unrecorded pinch nan consequences,” Embiid said to Hayes.

Embiid continued, pinch respective instances of profanity successful nan adjacent fewer sentences. Hayes offered an apology, which Embiid did not want. “That’s not nan f——— first time,” Embiid said.

Embiid later said that he doesn’t attraction what reporters say. “But you do,” Hayes answered.

Embiid appeared to get louder astatine that point, and not agelong afterward pushed Hayes connected nan enarthrosis while nan team’s nationalist relations main sewage betwixt them. Another PR personification moved Tyrese Maxey’s question and reply to nan hallway extracurricular nan locker room, trying to clear reporters.

Embiid was nan No. 3 prime successful nan 2014 draught but missed his first 2 afloat seasons pinch injuries. Since his first afloat play successful 2016, he has played successful 433 of a imaginable 805 regular-season games and only 59 of 67 imaginable playoff games.

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