Joel Embiid Will get Sincere About Knee Points: 'Miserable'

Joel Embiid has opened up about his struggles together with his left knee and the way troublesome it has been mentally and bodily to beat.

After he recorded 31 factors and 12 rebounds within the 76ers’ 108-100 win towards the Bulls on Sunday, he was requested what the previous couple of months have been like for him.

“Miserable,” Embiid stated, through ESPN. “Simply attempting to determine it out. There’s no harm. Simply between the swelling … we’ve acquired to get it discovered. That’s it.

“I’ve been saying it for the previous few months. It’s been extraordinarily miserable. It’s one thing that hasn’t been discovered, and it’s been extraordinarily annoying, as a result of I’d like to play each single recreation.”

With out it’s star gamers for a lot of the primary a part of the season, Philly has struggled huge time.

The group are 7-15 proper now and their Massive Three of Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey have performed a grand whole of 32 minutes collectively.

Issues gave the impression to be on the up Sunday, for the reason that trio performed their longest stint collectively but and outscored the Bulls by 14 factors in that stretch.

Regardless of the tough begin and well being points for all the group’s Massive Three members, Embiid thinks they’ll flip issues round.

“It begins with well being,” Embiid advised ESPN. “It felt good to have the fellows on the ground. I consider if we’re wholesome, and we’re on the ground, we’ve got an opportunity towards anyone, and I like what we’ve got.

“I feel the entire thing is about well being … that’s what it comes all the way down to. I want I may have been taking part in from the start. I’d like to play each single recreation, each single minute, however typically your physique simply says, ‘No,’ and you’ll’t do nothing about it. All you are able to do is simply preserve working to repair it and get higher.”