The NBA has launched an investigation into a physical altercation between Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid and a columnist in the locker room following the Sixers’ 124-107 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies Saturday night.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania and several other reports, Embiid shoved Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes following a tense verbal exchange. Embiid was confronting Hayes about an Oct. 23 column in which Hayes mentioned Embiid’s 4-year-old son and brother, Arthur, who died in a car crash at age 13 in 2014. Embiid named his son Arthur after his late brother.