
Joel Embiid slated to make season debut against Knicks after suspension for shoving reporter
NY Post
ATLANTA — Joel Embiid’s suspension for shoving a reporter means he’s scheduled to debut against the team that last eliminated him.
The MSG villain served the first of his three-game punishment on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif., against the Clippers, and the Sixers have two more contests — against the Lakers and Hornets — before a Nov. 12 home game versus the Knicks.
It’s also the opener of the NBA Cup, but Jalen Brunson didn’t want to look past Wednesday in State Farm Arena.
“Focus on Atlanta,” Brunson said before a 121-116 loss to the Hawks. “Focus on the Atlanta Hawks.”
Following Saturday’s Sixers loss to the Grizzlies, Embiid got into a locker-room altercation with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes.
Embiid took issue with Hayes’ column criticizing his lack of availability and shouted at the reporter about mentioning his dead brother in the piece before shoving him.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












