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It’s possible that the Sixers—and not just their star—have some problems being transparent about injuries. In fact, the team has already encountered difficulties in the past due to the way it managed injured players.
The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $100,000 by the NBA on Friday, according to sources, for the way they managed Joel Embiid’s return to the floor. If you read our earlier story, you are aware that the NBA had already said it will be looking into how Embiid’s return was handled before their Thursday night matchup against the
It’s possible that the Sixers—and not just their star—have some problems being transparent about injuries. In fact, the team has already encountered difficulties in the past due to the way it managed injured players.
Here’s why the NBA fined the Sixers $100K.
The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $100,000 by the NBA on Friday, according to sources, for the way they managed Joel Embiid’s return to the floor. If you read our earlier story, you are aware that the NBA had previously said it will look into how Embiid’s return was handled before their Thursday night matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder.The entire league release notes are shown below, along with an explanation for the hefty penalties and what appears to be evidence that the Sixers had previously engaged in this behavior:
The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $100,000 by the NBA today for breaking the league’s injury reporting regulations.Joel Embiid’s game availability was not properly disclosed by the 76ers before their April 2 matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder. In Philadelphia’s original injury report, Embiid was marked as “Out,” yet he went on to participate in the match. The penalty considers the 76ers’ past history of fines for breaking injury reporting regulations.
In terms of specifics, it’s critical to realize that Embiid was declared unavailable for Tuesday’s morning shootaround after being declared out on Monday afternoon. By then, everyone was quite sure he wasn’t going to take on the Thunder that evening. That is obviously not the case, since around 5:30 p.m. ET that day, his status was changed to “questionable,” which ultimately resulted in his appearing in court that evening.Now, the Sixers have obviously done this before, in reference to that “previous history” that the NBA mentions.
The organization was fined $75,000 on February 1st for failing to disclose Embiid’s knee soreness prior to his untimely departure from a nationally televised game versus the Nuggets.Before that, in May 2022, there was a $50,000, and yes, Embiid was involved as well.The Sixers were penalized by the NBA at that time for an incident that was quite similar to what occurred on Tuesday. Before he returned in Game 3, the team “failed to disclose” his status “in an accurate and timely manner” after he missed the first two games of their series against the Miami Heat.Surprisingly, there was also a $25,000 fine when Ben Simmons was benched against the Denver Nuggets at the final minute due to knee stiffness, a condition that was mentioned by then-coach Doc Rivers despite the player not being included on the injury report before to the game.
Lightning.The entire league release notes are shown below, along with an explanation for the hefty penalties and what appears to be evidence that the Sixers had previously engaged in this behavior:
The Philadelphia 76ers were fined $100,000 by the NBA today for breaking the league’s injury reporting regulations.Joel Embiid’s game availability was not properly disclosed by the 76ers before their April 2 matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder.In Philadelphia’s original injury report, Embiid was marked as “Out,” yet he went on to participate in the match. The penalty considers the 76ers’ past history of fines for breaking injury reporting regulations.
In terms of specifics, it’s critical to realize that Embiid was declared unavailable for Tuesday’s morning shootaround after being declared out on Monday afternoon. By then, everyone was quite sure he wasn’t going to take on the Thunder that evening. That is obviously not the case, since around 5:30 p.m. ET that day, his status was changed to “questionable,” which ultimately resulted in his appearing in court that evening.Now, the Sixers have obviously done this before, in reference to that “previous history” that the NBA mentions.
The organization was fined $75,000 on February 1st for failing to disclose Embiid’s knee soreness prior to his untimely departure from a nationally televised game versus the Nuggets.Before that, in May 2022, there was a $50,000, and yes, Embiid was involved as well.The Sixers were penalized by the NBA at that time for an incident that was quite similar to what occurred on Tuesday. Before he returned in Game 3, the team “failed to disclose” his status “in an accurate and timely manner” after he missed the first two games of their series against the Miami Heat.Surprisingly, there was also a $25,000 fine when Ben Simmons was benched against the Denver Nuggets at the final minute due to knee stiffness, a condition that was mentioned by then-coach Doc Rivers despite the player not being included on the injury report before to the game.
