WHY MUST INJURED SIXERS CONTINUE WALKING AROUND WITHOUT SHOES?

Our Kevin Love put this in our Slack chat last night– it’s a screenshot of a Snapchat – a Snapchat in the Slack chat! – from his friend. His (admittedly irrational) speculation:

Peep the right foot. I may be looking to deep here, but Embiid has yet to be cleared, and there’s no brace on the knee with meniscus tear (left.) RIGHT foot (navicular injury) is bare. Is it time to hit the panic button yet?

In other words, is it possible he’s yet to be cleared because the navicular, not the meniscus? In which case, sound the alarm.

Again, may be looking to far into it, not sure of the pediatrist scene downtown, but why would that foot in particular be that way? The silence from the team is deafening.

Great, now I’m fucking panicking.

Here’s what we know:

  1. Joel Embiid reportedly lives at Two Liberty Place, so this essentially his house. I go outside my house barefoot all the time, usually to observe the sprinklers. But Embiid’s house is downtown, in the disgusting city, and he’s going to get a disease.
  2. No but for real why is he wearing one sock? Like there’s no scenario in which this isn’t an odd photo.
  3. Who dat?
  4. Please put shoes on. FOR THE LOVE OF HOLY JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY PUT SHOES ON YOUR OFT-INJURED RIGHT FOOT.

If anyone has any idea as to what’s going on here, let us know. Or just speculate wildly in the comments, which you’re going to do anyway.

UPDATE: Another angle of this photo exists, found on the Sixers 24-7 Facebook page:

The comments on it are off the charts:

Our Slack chat has devolved into a car ride with Alex Jones. The conspiracy theories are running wild. Investor Mike, who initially thought Embiid may have just used his sock for a cleanup in aisle 69, is now bent out of shape (he even tweeted Scott O’Neil over it) and now focused on the toe, which he believes is bleeding, or infected. There might be something to that– whether it’s the sun glare or the toe itself, there is certainly something off in this picture, and if you look closely you can see that the second plane appears to have a bulge underneath it:

Investor Jeff, who’s a doctor, of course has a podiatrist friend whom he texted over the ordeal:

I have no idea what any of that means, but the foot doc doesn’t seem concerned. Me? Genuinely in awe that there are two different pictures taken at the exact same moment of this completely random ordeal. What looks like an iPhone charger coming out of Embiid’s pocket in Photo 1 are actually headphones held by bae in Photo 2. The curious oddity in Photo 1 is the fact that Embiid is wearing one sock. The curious oddity in Photo 2 is that HOLY SHIT HIS FOOT IS BLEEDING:

Like I need a deconstruction of events. How did we get here? Who is she? Should we be more concerned about the toe or the bleeding foot? Why are they posing? Who is taking the pictures? Are there more? Did Bush know? Why were the Saudis allowed to fly out in the days after? For real, I need answers. In the meantime, I’m stocking up on legumes and D-batteries. Send help… and Shirley Temples.