We’d be looking at a 50-burger here for Joel Embiid if Brett Brown wasn’t such a slave to “doctor’s orders”. Here’s the deal, Brett: you’re the coach. You get to decide who gets what minutes. Not the doctors. Not the “medical experts”. They’ve never played a comepetitive sport in their lives. And you’re letting them tell you how to allocate playing time? Grow a pair, bro.
To be fair, some of the blame also lies with Embiid on this one. He, trying to be a good teammate, played when he was asked to play and sat when he was asked to sit. A stronger-willed personality would have sensed their own dominance, and openly defied what the coach was telling them to do by playing all 48 minutes without a break. How else do you think Wilt got 100? It wasn’t because he listened to some pansy-ass coach. It was because he grabbed the ball by the BALLS. Next time Embiid is this scorching in the first quarter, he needs to tell Brown “You know what, I’m feeling good, I don’t think I’ll come out of the game right now. OR EVER.”