In the era of hot takes, it's a surprise that nobody's suggested that Joel Embiid go ahead and retire already.
As almost every NBA fan knows by now, the presumptive No. 1 pick suffered a stress fracture in his right foot, per Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:
Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated noted some of the other big men who have had the same injury, and the list doesn't make for pleasant reading:
Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy brought up Embiid's checkered medical history:
Bleacher Report injury expert Will Carroll elaborated on why this news is such a major concern:
This is the second significant injury of the year for Embiid. Embiid's back issue was already raising red flags for several teams in the NBA, with reports that Cleveland was off of Embiid due to the injuries and poor workouts widespread. The injury, known as spondylolysis, is not unheard of in the pros. Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons missed only a few weeks in 2013 after having suffered the injury and showed no problems.
More worrisome is that Embiid suffered a sec ...
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