Embiid has a new foot injury

[Handlogten's Heros]

The chance they took on Bynum's knees set the franchise back quite a bit... it is almost the exact same thing... In some ways Embiid has more risk than Bynum. Bynum had at least proved he was a really effective NBA big when healthy.

Combine that with the fact that they just took Noel... The sixers GM would have to be quite secure in his job to do it.

 

[Twin Towers]

I'm not sure why anyone feels so certain that Philly or Orlando drafts him.

I am not certain that they will draft him. I just think that someone will trade up to get him and philly will trade back while also getting a great player and only moving down a few spots.

 

[richgates]

Woj just Tweeted:

Joel Embiid has suffered stress fracture in right foot and slated for surgery on Friday, agent Arn Tellem says.

 

[framer]

Agreed...the Jazz should have learned their lesson after drafting Curtis "Glassman" Bordchart years ago.

I'm soooooooo tired of hearing about how much of a disaster Curtis Borchardt was. He was drafted 18th. An all American center even with injuries is on the board at 18 you take that chance. Seriously these are the same people who complain that we WASTED a pick on Greg Ostertag who was drafted at 28. Only a handful of players drafted 18 and above stick in the league each year. You get a rotation guy after the lottery you stole something.
That being said, the warning signs on Embiid aren't as dire as they were on Borchardt. But, you could be passing on Gordon, Vonleh, or Smart rather than Dan Dickau or Qyntel Woods (Tayshawn Prince was drafted at 23, but nobody saw anything in him at the time.)

 

[Hantlers]

I'm soooooooo tired of hearing about how much of a disaster Curtis Borchardt was. He was drafted 18th. An all American center even with injuries is on the board at 18 you take that chance. Seriously these are the same people who complain that we WASTED a pick on Greg Ostertag who was drafted at 28. Only a handful of players drafted 18 and above stick in the league each year. You get a rotation guy after the lottery you stole something.
That being said, the warning signs on Embiid aren't as dire as they were on Borchardt. But, you could be passing on Gordon, Vonleh, or Smart rather than Dan Dickau or Qyntel Woods (Tayshawn Prince was drafted at 23, but nobody saw anything in him at the time.)

Even without injuries, there are no guarantees that Gordon, Vonleh or Smart would be better than Embiid with injuries. These aren't flawless players, they all have their own issues.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

So how bad is a stress fracture? Isn't that what he had in his back? Needs more milk.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The chance they took on Bynum's knees set the franchise back quite a bit... it is almost the exact same thing... In some ways Embiid has more risk than Bynum. Bynum had at least proved he was a really effective NBA big when healthy.

Combine that with the fact that they just took Noel... The sixers GM would have to be quite secure in his job to do it.

Bynum is a garbage fire upstairs. Any shortcoming of him as a player starts and ends there (he's aggravated his injuries by clowning around, that's confirmed, but that belies that he hasn't taken anything seriously in several years now).

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Bynum is a garbage fire upstairs. Any shortcoming of him as a player starts and ends there (he's aggravated his injuries by clowning around, that's confirmed, but that belies that he hasn't taken anything seriously in several years now).

And his crappy knees... he aggravated one injury bowling... bowling isn't clowning around to me. Before that he had like 10 knee injuries.

He is certainly an enigma, but if he had two healthy knees teams would still be lining up for his services.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I will agree that Embiid's attitude seems to be 100% better than Bynum's though, but Bynum had also proven to be a force on both sides of an NBA court for championship teams... Embiid has not done that.

 

[richgates]

Dante Exum will go at pick 1

Not a chance. He is still too unknown for a team to take that much of a gamble in my opinion.

 

[Getting Traded]

Bill Simmons @BillSimmons about 29 minutes ago
Also hearing that Arn Tellem wanted Embiid to go first... but if that can't happen, he's going to push hard to steer him to Boston or LA.

I hate the business side of the nba, don't know if the dude is really hurt or if the whole thing is a shell game to get Embiid to the Lakers.

Haven't read the rest of the posts here, but my conspiratorial thought process was thinking the same thing. The guy is in Africa now, so who knows and how can we know for sure that this story is true. Note, he won't be at the draft. Well, why not? He won't be in the hospital. You would think he'd want to be there to assure people he's ok. This gives leverage, if indeed a lie, to teams like the Lakers and Celtics.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Not a chance. He is still too unknown for a team to take that much of a gamble in my opinion.

You forgot the Cavs are on the clock... Their forte is picking guys 4 spots ahead of where they are projected.

 

[Qman]

You forgot the Cavs are on the clock... Their forte is picking guys 4 spots ahead of where they are projected.

Haha.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Haven't read the rest of the posts here, but my conspiratorial thought process was thinking the same thing. The guy is in Africa now, so who knows and how can we know for sure that this story is true. Note, he won't be at the draft. Well, why not? He won't be in the hospital. You would think he'd want to be there to assure people he's ok. This gives leverage, if indeed a lie, to teams like the Lakers and Celtics.

Bill Simmons is funny, but he's not exactly Nostradamus and he loves conspiracy theories. Likely Embiid gets picked 3-5... if Orlando or Phili select him I think its for a trade.

 

[JAZZGASM]

Obviously Cleveland has more information regarding the injury. Since Embiid was playing on it, it probably isn't a bad break. It all depends on the type of break and where in the foot the break happened. I had stress fractures in both of my feet from playing too much basketball. After a surgery on each foot, I have been trouble free for 12 years.

 

[Getting Traded]

I just read that it was discovered by the Cleveland doctors. But did Embiid then play on it in Africa and injure it further?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I just read that it was discovered by the Cleveland doctors. But did Embiid then play on it in Africa and injure it further?

He's in Africa?

 

[Litany]

Editing

 

[Getting Traded]

He's in Africa?

I think so ... but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think so ... but someone correct me if I'm wrong.

He worked out with someone earlier in the week... was in Santa Monica. Was scheduled to go to Milwaukee... Having surgery tomorrow, so I really don't think so. Not that it matters much.