So just seen this. I don’t pretend to understand what a takes to be an elite athlete in a professional sport. But when you know your MVP candidate is hurt and you haven’t been in the best of shape and had injuries yourself, WHY are you spending time partying in Vegas with a second round series coming up against team you are not favored against. Things like this are just bad optics. I didn’t have a ton of faith going into this series WITH a healthy Embiid given the Sixers history against the C’s. With the news he probably won’t play in game 1 and probably will be compromised in games 2 & 3, I just can’t see how they win this series.
Win round 1, Embiid gets hurt, punt on games 1 & 2, lose series. Rinse and repeat. God I hope I’m wrong!!! My prediction…4-2 Celtics. Unless we get really inspiring play by Paul Reed, Maxey, and Tobias and Joe Mazzulla completely ruins the C’s lineups like he did against Atlanta.
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