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Cameroon-born Embiid set for second NBA scoring title

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has suspended Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid for three games for pushing a journalist, Afrosport reports. The Olympic gold medallist and 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player has been sanctioned for shoving a "member of the media" after a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist wrote an article criticising his fitness and professionalism while also mentioning his son and late brother. The incident happened in...

NBA: Philadelphia 76ers fined $100k for Joel Embiid health status comment

by Ibikunle Salako

30 October 2024

The Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday were fined $100,000 by the NBA for tor the franchises public statement on the health status of center Joel Embiid, Afrosport reports. The league confirmed that Embiid is dealing with a “left knee condition” that is currently preventing him from playing but comments from Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and head coach Nick Nurse were inconsistent with the nature...

NBA: Embiid scores 50 points as Sixers claim win over Wizards in Washington

NBA: Joel Embiid signs new 3-year, $193 million extension with 76ers

by Ibikunle Salako

21 September 2024

Cameroon-born NBA star Joel Embiid has reportedly signed a new three-year, $193 million extension with Philadelphia 76ers. Embiid, still in the second year of a $196 million extension he signed ahead of the 2021 season, extends his contract with the Sixers in a deal that includes a player option for the 2028-29 season. JUST IN: Joel Embiid says he is signing a contract extension with the...

NBA: Brunson erupts for 47pts as Knicks down 76ers in Game 4 to take 3-1 series lead

by Ibikunle Salako

28 April 2024

All-Star guard Jalen Brunson entered the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Sunday for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the 76ers with the hopes of restoring the New York Knicks two-game lead in the matchup. The 27-year-old did just that and more, as he led New York to a 97-92 win over the Sixers, putting up a playoff career-high 47 points...

NBA: Embiid scores playoff career-high 50 points as 76ers beat Knicks; series at 2-1

by Ibikunle Salako

26 April 2024

Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New York Knicks encapsulated the legend of Joel Embiid, who, despite dealing with a niggling knee injury and Bell’s palsy, dropped a playoffs career-high 50 points. The Sixers defeated the Knicks 125-114 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night to draw one back and put the series at 2-1,...

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NBA: 76ers’ Joel Embiid suspended for three games for shoving journalist

NBA: Philadelphia 76ers fined $100k for Joel Embiid health status comment

NBA: Joel Embiid signs new 3-year, $193 million extension with 76ers

NBA: Brunson erupts for 47pts as Knicks down 76ers in Game 4 to take 3-1 series lead

NBA: Embiid scores playoff career-high 50 points as 76ers beat Knicks; series at 2-1

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