Joel Embiid has been ruled out for Monday’s game at the Portland Trail Blazers with a knee injury.
“He’s just managing this knee injury,” said Ramona Shelburne. “I think he fully intended to play in Denver. He’s the one who said ‘I’m playing, don’t even put me on the injury report.’
“But that knee is an issue he’s going to have to manage for the rest of the season. There’s swelling in there. He couldn’t even jump before the Denver game. I know he took a lot of flak for all that, but he’s not going to play again against Portland.”
Embiid can only miss five more games to remain eligible for regular season awards.
