{"id":453263,"date":"2025-07-28T08:58:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=453263"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:58:04","slug":"joel-embiids-future-in-question-after-honest-interview-and-injury-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/joel-embiids-future-in-question-after-honest-interview-and-injury-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid\u2019s Future in Question After Honest Interview and Injury Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"619\">Philadelphia 76ers insider <strong data-start=\"224\" data-end=\"240\">Keith Pompey<\/strong> believes that <strong data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"270\">Joel Embiid<\/strong> may be signaling the twilight of his NBA career. Speaking on <strong data-start=\"332\" data-end=\"354\">SiriusXM NBA Radio<\/strong>, Pompey reacted to Embiid\u2019s emotional ESPN interview, where the 2023 MVP opened up about chronic pain and the mental toll of his injuries. \u201cI think Joel may know that the end is near,\u201d said Pompey, citing the rare vulnerability the big man showed in the interview.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"1057\">Embiid, now 31, has missed <strong data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"661\">400 games<\/strong> since entering the NBA in 2014, including <strong data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"716\">63 games<\/strong> this past season. Despite leading the Sixers for over a decade, persistent injuries \u2014 especially to his knees \u2014 have taken their toll. The 76ers finished the <strong data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"893\">2024-25 season<\/strong> with a disappointing <strong data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"931\">24-58 record<\/strong>, with Embiid, <strong data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"962\">Tyrese Maxey<\/strong> (29 games missed), and <strong data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1001\">Paul George<\/strong> (41 games missed) all sidelined for extended stretches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cRarely do you have a guy tell you how much pain he\u2019s in and how much they\u2019re going through.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PompeyOnSixers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PompeyOnSixers<\/a> tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJaxShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheJaxShow<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarthAmin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DarthAmin<\/a> he thinks Embiid could be hinting at something in his recent ESPN feature <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/620n9QQW5k\">pic.twitter.com\/620n9QQW5k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiriusXMNBA\/status\/1949527289542135907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sixers\u2019 star center has hinted that the end of his career may be approaching, according to a trusted insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":371864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-453263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Philadelphia-76ers.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453263"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=453263"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=453263"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=453263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}