Joel Embiid Gets Honest About Knee Issues: ‘Depressing’

Joel Embiid has opened up about his struggles together with his left knee and the way tough it has been mentally and bodily to beat.

After he recorded 31 factors and 12 rebounds within the 76ers’ 108-100 win towards the Bulls on Sunday, he was requested what the previous couple of months have been like for him.

“Miserable,” Embiid stated, by way of ESPN. “Simply attempting to determine it out. There’s no damage. Simply between the swelling … we’ve received to get it discovered. That’s it.

“I’ve been saying it for the previous couple of months. It’s been extraordinarily miserable. It’s one thing that hasn’t been discovered, and it’s been extraordinarily annoying, as a result of I’d like to play each single sport.”

With out it’s star gamers for a lot of the primary a part of the season, Philly has struggled large time.

The workforce are 7-15 proper now and their Huge Three of Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey have performed a grand complete of 32 minutes collectively.

Issues gave the impression to be on the up Sunday, because the trio performed their longest stint collectively but and outscored the Bulls by 14 factors in that stretch.

Regardless of the tough begin and well being points for the entire workforce’s Huge Three members, Embiid thinks they will flip issues round.

“It begins with well being,” Embiid instructed ESPN. “It felt good to have the blokes on the ground. I imagine if we’re wholesome, and we’re on the ground, now we have an opportunity towards anyone, and I like what now we have.

“I feel the entire thing is about well being … that’s what it comes right down to. I want I may have been taking part in from the start. I’d like to play each single sport, each single minute, however typically your physique simply says, ‘No,’ and you’ll’t do nothing about it. All you are able to do is simply preserve working to repair it and get higher.”

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