Hanging on every possible update on this situation, we learned earlier Friday that Joel Embiid has officially cleared concussion protocol, after sustaining a vicious elbow to the face from Raptors’ forward Pascal Siakam back on April 28. On Thursday the team listed their MVP candidate as “out” because he still hadn’t cleared that vital hurdle. Philadelphia trails 2-0 vs. the Miami Heat after dropping both road games, playing without the best player in the entire series.
Joel did give social media detectives something to be hopeful about when he made one of his oh nothing, I’m just talking about soccer double-meaning tweets.