The 76ers want Joel Embiid to lose weight, with the NBA team determined to get hard and stop 'coding' his superstar of $ 213 million, Dailymail.com can reveal.
Philadelphia leans towards 'turning out' Embiid for the rest of the season and I would prefer to feel immediate surgery, whenever you need to pass under the knife.
EMBIID is currently in a four -year agreement and $ 213 million, but the 30 -year -old is due to another $ 192 million between 2026 and 2028.
But he was discarded Monday's game against the Chicago Bulls after, according to the reports, they submitted to new images on their injured left knee.
The seven-time All-Star, which, according to the reports, was called by Tyrese Maxey in November, has played in just 19 of the 56 Sixers games this season.
In the 105-103 defeat on Saturday before the Brooklyn Nets, Embiid fell to the floor after losing the ball at the end of the third quarter and was held out of the last quarter. His knee was swollen after the game.
The 76ers want Joel Embiid to lose weight and are considering 'closing it' by 2025
The seven-time All-Star has played in just 19 of the 56 Sixers games this season
The 2022-23 MVP underwent surgery for a meniscus tear in February 2024 and played in just 39 games last season.
Embiid has acknowledged that he may need an extended break for the injury in Heal and Dailymail.com understands that the 30-year-old could sit the rest of the 2024-25 campaign.
“They are paying a big money boat in the coming years, and they have spoiled it for too long, the team wants things to change and ask you to improve, get healthy,” said a source.
“They would also like to lose some weight and get better, because if it weighs less, it will be better for their legs and knees.”
The source added: 'The 76ers are now leaning to close Joel for the rest of the season, the record they have is terrible and do not have a path to the title this year, so it is essential to obtain healthy. He said a source.
'If you need surgery, the team would like you to do it immediately to be ready next year … So close it is the decision that will be taken next week, that is what they want to do. The team does not want it to be injured even more.
“It is more a programming process now that they have to deal with when they will close it, some would say, everything is paperwork to the inevitable.”
The 76ers feel 12th at the East Conference, 1.5 games outside the tenth place, which represents the last place in the game tournament to try to reach the playoffs.
Embiid is this season with an average of 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists. He is shooting 44.4 percent from the field, well below his 50.1 race brand.