While meeting with the Philadelphia media via a Zoom conference call, Joel Embiid expressed some serious reservations surrounding the NBA’s scheduled Orlando restart. Primarily focusing on just general health and safety concerns, the 3x All-Star center didn’t mince his words:
“I hated the idea. I feel like with everything that’s been going on, it’s unfortunate with what’s going on…all I wanna do is stay safe and stay healthy, keep the people around me safe.”
Despite his understandable concerns, Embiid eventually came to the decision that he needed to be in Orlando for his teammates and the city of Philadelphia:
“I’m going to do my job.