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Joel Embiid’s comeback forces a public apology
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The Philadelphia 76ers star has landed an apology from a former big man, who spews takes on television. It isn’t Shaquille O’Neal or Charles Barkley, but Kendrick Perkins felt he had to walk back some earlier claims.
“I’d like to issue an apology,” Perkins said on ESPN on Friday. “Seriously, to Daryl Morey and to Joel Embiid, because I didn’t expect this.”
Perkins’ comments come after Embiid clocked a 35-minute shift at home against the Sacramento Kings. He scored 37 points on 61 percent shooting, while passing out eight assists, and coming down with five rebounds.
Kendrick Perkins offers apology to Joel Embiid, Daryl Morey
Last February, ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins urged Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey to trade Joel Embiid and Paul George over this past offseason. News that emerged on Saturday would suggest that maybe the 76ers should have indeed traded George, who was suspended 25 games by the NBA for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. But Embiid has put together a strong season and has looked like his former NBA MVP self of late.
During Friday’s edition of NBA Today, Perkins said that he would “like to issue an apology” to Morey and Embiid.
“I like to issue an apology to Daryl Morey and Joel Embiid because I didn’t expect this. If you’d ask me this two months I thought Joel Embiid was on the verge of retirement and now all of a sudden he’s come back to looking like an all-NBA caliber player” pic.twitter.com/bsbmMnAOIS
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NBA Champion Issues Apology to Joel Embiid After Dominant January Stretch
Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid is arguably playing his best basketball in more than two years.
In January, Embiid is averaging 28.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 4.6 assists in 13 games played. Not to mention, he has only missed three games due to injury management this month.
Because of this dominant stretch, NBA champion turned analyst Kendrick Perkins felt the need to apologize to the 76ers, and more specifically, Embiid.
"I'd like to issue an apology to Daryl Morey, Joel Embiid because I didn't expect this," Perkins said on NBA Today. "If you'd asked me this two months ago, I thought Joel Embiid was on the verge of retirement, seriously, and now all of a sudden he's come back to looking like an All-NBA caliber player."
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