Suspension Forces Joel Embiid to Play with Knicks

A week after Election Day, a super Tuesday awaits the New York Knicks.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will make his 2024-25 season debut against the Knicks on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after serving a three-game suspension for pushing a columnist during postgame activities following Saturday’s game against Memphis, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. will appear against him.

The 2023 NBA MVP could not play this season due to a knee injury sustained from last season. Embiid confronted the columnist in question after he wrote a post criticizing the columnist’s lack of participation, reminding him of both his son and his late brother. The suspension will cover the end of the 76ers’ ongoing West push (they will face both Los Angeles teams on Wednesday and Friday) as well as Sunday night’s game against the Charlotte Hornets.

With Embiid out, the 76ers (1-5) have had a hard time getting out of the gate. Entering the NBA’s Selection Day sabbatical, Philadelphia sits a half-game behind last place in the Eastern Conference’s extraordinary early standings, ahead of its only flip-flopping rival, Milwaukee.

Embiid’s involvement adds another storyline to the divisional showdown between the Knicks and Sixers: Tuesday, for example, will be the first meeting between the two sides since their six-game campaign in the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last spring. to have a disgraceful role.

One thing to note was the Game 3 matchup with Mitchell Robinson, where Embiid sat out. He caught the midfielder’s ankles as he shot. Robinson, who missed 50 games in the regular season due to similar illnesses, then played only three more games and has not been able to play until now. He is not expected to return until the new calendar year.

The regional rivalry between the Knicks and 76ers is also the headliner of the opening night of the group games of the 2024 NBA Cup. New York reached the knockout stage as the East wild card in last year’s opener and will also face Brooklyn, Charlotte and Orlando in group play.

The Knicks (3-3) head home briefly to host the aforementioned Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, following a four-game road trip in Atlanta on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET, MSG) before facing Embiid in Philadelphia. output.

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