Joel Embiid was the next to pick up a DNP from Team USA coach Steve Kerr days ago when Team USA defeated South Sudan. But they didn’t need him, as they won with ease, 103-86, advancing to the final game of group play.
Call it a rest day, call it load management, call it shuffling around a roster with so many stars (since Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton have shared the same fate too), but that’s how the cookie crumbl’d. But now Joel is back.
Next up, Puerto Rico, now 0-2 during group phase play, after getting bullied by Nikola Jokic and the Serbian Team.