“I am not as dominant as I was a few months ago, but that does not mean that I still can’t have much impact on the game,” Joel Embiid recently admitted when he had dealt with the media question after losing Van de Celtics in their return of the All-Star Break this Thursday evening.
This is why the Superstar of Philadelphia feels the need to “solve the problem” in his left knee to return to his former All-Star form. Last night the 30-year-old did not play like the player we got used to, and scored 15 points just 3-out-9 shooting from the field in 27 minutes.
Joel’s nine attempts were the least he shot in a single game this season in which he did not have to leave early or to undergo an excrement. The problem with the health of the veteran is the fact that he also suffers from a foot disease, as a result of which he played in just 18 of the possible 55 games of the Sixers.
Joel Embiid, about whether the knee limits him:
“The way I played a year ago, it’s not the way I play now. It is crazy. But I believe … I probably have to solve the problem and then I am back at that level, but it’s hard to get back Have confidence if you are not yourself. ” pic.twitter.com/cneq5ztma– Derek Bodner (@derkerbodner) February 21, 2025
“The way I played a year ago is not the way I play now,” he said after I lost Boston 124-104. “It’s crazy. … I probably have to solve the problem, and then I am back at that level. But it’s hard to have faith if you are not yourself. “
Embiid acknowledged that even the rest he had during the All-Star break was not enough to return to his old self, because the 76ers’ remain bound for the sixth most recess in the NBA. “I’m okay,” he kept full. “It still manages. I have to continue and hope best. “
Joel is not the only health problem that the Philly organization Kwelt, because Paul George is also struggling with injuries. Last week ESPN’s Shams Charania revealed that the former Clippers-star has received painkillers injections to make him compete in recent competitions.
“I hang there,” said the veteran after dropping 17 points in 29 minutes on Thursday. “I just try to give this team everything I have. The report is true. I take a number of medicines to play some kind of, I think, by playing. But yes, I’m going to try to give everything I have. “
