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Scott O’Neil, for better or worse (for his sake), is the de facto public face of the Sixers. So he’s the one who has the honor of being inundated with Tweets and emails and ransom letters demanding to know why the Sixers didn’t tell the whole truth regarding Joel Embiid’s reportedly re-broken foot.

While the press release on Embiid said that he had “less healing than anticipated,” Bob Cooney reported that Embiid’s navicular bone was re-broken. So what was the deal? Just … details:

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[Reader Jim, seen here, tells us that Tweet to O’Neil got him blocked.]

You know, tomato, tomahto, “less healing than anticipated,” “shit’s broke.” It’s all just semantics. And really, it is, because Embiid is missing the whole year no matter what. Just maybe next time he hurts his foot the Sixers can be clearer.

Kyle: I like Scott, but that’s a whole lot of BS about spending more time focusing on Embiid than explaining his injury to fans. Those are mutually exclusive things. Embiid can get the best care on the planet and the Sixers could still be super forthcoming about the injury. That’s what marketing and PR departments are for. Only idiots would actually put any stock in that sort of doublespeak. Seriously, why even Tweet that? The Sixers are asking a lot of their fans, for a whole bunch of reasons, and the last time a “star” player was hurt, the messaging was awful. It would be in the Sixers’ best interest to be over-sharers when it comes to injuries, setbacks, and further delays in the plan.