Tyrese Maxey Reveals Conversation with Recovering Joel Embiid

Days after Joel Embiid’s knee injury, Tyrese Maxey opens up on his recovery. The Philadelphia 76ers star center Embiid has been subject to a lot of speculation since he sat out the Denver Nuggets game. It blew so much out of proportion that even superstar LeBron James pitched in for his support.

Now his teammate, Maxey, revealed about Embiid’s recovery and said he talked to him over a phone call. “His spirit is as good as anybody’s who is hurt or who is going through something. But he’s been great,” he said. 

Maxey further revealed the message that Joel Embiid shared. The Sixers star added, “He called me. He congratulated me. He texted us and told us to go out there and be successful, try to win games.” Embiid has been ruled out of the team for the upcoming few games owing to a lateral meniscus injury. During his last game against the Golden State Warriors, Jonathan Kuminga fell on his legs while going after a loose ball.

Following the injury, Embiid has missed two consecutive games and he can only miss three more games in the remaining season to keep his MVP dream alive. As per the new rules laid down by the league, a player should at least play 65 games in a season to be qualified for the MVP title. The reigning MVP has already missed 14 games.

Leaving the injury break aside, the controversy around Embiid began when he sat two games during the road stretch. The team cited left knee swelling as the reason. However, the league wasn’t happy as they opened an investigation stating that the team was late to update the injury report.

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Let’s find out what LeBron James had to say about the controversy.

LeBron James bats for the reigning MVP

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar wasn’t pleased with the narratives about Embiid, that took over the NBA world. Following the update on the lateral meniscus injury, James took to his X handle and expressed his frustration on the media and called them out for lacking accountability.

In his post, he wrote, “Where are all the media outlets, tv media personalities, hot takes that talked so much about Joel Embiid about missing those games when he knew what he was dealing with.”

This isn’t the first time when James has stood up for his fellow players, irrespective of their franchises. Recently, he stood for Trae Young and even took a sly dig at the league, owing to his All-Star snub.

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