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Some Clown Named Mike Lombardi Rips “Tone Deaf” Joel Embiid for Missing Shootaround

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Apr 30th, 2024 · 12:41 PM EDT

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Joel Embiid missed shootaround this morning with a migraine. His status for tonight’s game remains questionable.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 30, 2024

You have to be completely tone deaf to miss shoot around. What high level competitor would ever allow the team to release that report? But he knows he has people in high media places to continue to make excuses for him. Never accountable.

— Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL) April 30, 2024

Now, as we all know, the Sixers’ Game 5 hopes are contingent on whether or not Joel Embiid takes part in shootaround. If you don’t get some shots up, you are “tone deaf.” And if you “allow” the PR staff to tell Tim Bontemps that you have a migraine, you’re unaccountable.

Thing is, Joel Embiid was already working his way back from (another) knee injury, so missing shootaround would be 100% justifiable considering he played 44 minutes on that repaired knee this past Sunday. And we’ll go ahead and assume that the Bell’s Palsy and migraine reports are true, and not fabricated, which would further deem acceptable the idea of sitting out the morning routine.

Even then, the guy is averaging 35, 9, and 5 this series while playing through those various ailments. Based on some of the takes out there, you’d think he was shooting 35% from the floor and dogging it. He’s not 100% and rarely is come postseason. We’ve been here before.