Joel Embiid said on Tuesday that he doesn’t trust his fellow NBA players to stay safe in the NBA bubble.
On Thursday, he hammered that fear home with his attire en route to Disney World.
The Philadelphia 76ers’ All-NBA center arrived for the team flight to Florida decked out in gloves, a mask and a hazmat suit.
Embiid’s usually got jokes, and the suit was obviously for show as he began to shed it while boarding the plane. But the concerns he expressed on Tuesday are real.
‘I hated the idea’
Joel Embiid on concerns going into Orlando:
“I’m not a big fan of the idea.