Questions surround Embiid's conditioning, maturity

[Malta]

Ain't centers supposed to be big?

He had back & foot problems, he shouldn't carry more than 270lbs as his playing weight.

Hakeem, Robinson and Ewing were between 250-270lbs during their primes.

 

[42 Monks]

It is a 'sorta' concerning - but not because of Embiid.

Philly's medical staff has been terrible for decades.

 

[DoubleClutch]

He had back & foot problems, he shouldn't carry more than 270lbs as his playing weight.

Hakeem, Robinson and Ewing were between 250-270lbs during their primes.

Makes me wonder how Shaq lasted as long as he did

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

May Allah guide Embiid to Islam.

 

[Malta]

Makes me wonder how Shaq lasted as long as he did

Shaq is once in a lifetime type of athlete, we probably won't see anyone else like him as long as we're alive, dude is the glitch in the Matrix. He was 303lbs when he was drafted and had a 36" vert he was probably between 350-380lbs during his prime years with the Lakers, just unreal.

 

[Derek Lee]

WASHINGTON — Sixers center Joel Embiid has denied that his weight has reached 300 pounds, as reported Sunday by The Philadelphia Inquirer.

"I don't weigh that," Embiid said in passing at a D.C. hotel Sunday night with the Sixers in town to face the Wizards for a Martin Luther King Day matinee.

A team source backed him up, stating that 275 pounds has been the maximum weight for the 7-footer whom the Sixers selected with the third overall pick in last year's draft.

Embiid weighed 250 pounds while playing for Kansas last season, but while he's been recovering from a foot injury, his weight has been a concern. Head coach Brett Brown said earlier this month that it was being addressed. When Embiid was sent home from the team's West Coast trip a few weeks ago, Brown said it was so he could be part of a more "structured, stable environment."

After returning from the trip, Brown seemed satisfied with Embiid's progress.

“He looked good,” Brown said on Jan. 6. “He did all the things he needed to do physically, being with the trainer and conditioning.”

According to the Inquirer report, Embiid's return from the trip was also due to a confrontation with trainer James Davis. That was neither confirmed nor denied, but sources say Embiid has expressed his frustrations with multiple people on the staff when working out this season.

 

[Henry Orbit]