{"id":83814,"date":"2026-02-01T00:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/joel-embiids-comeback-forces-a-public-apology\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:05:57","slug":"joel-embiids-comeback-forces-a-public-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/joel-embiids-comeback-forces-a-public-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid\u2019s comeback forces a public apology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joel Embiid\u2019s comeback forces a public apology<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Joel Embiid could probably get used to this.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> star has landed an apology from a former big man, who spews takes on television. It isn\u2019t Shaquille O\u2019Neal or Charles Barkley, but Kendrick Perkins felt he had to walk back some earlier claims.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d like to issue an apology,\u201d Perkins said on ESPN on Friday.<\/a> \u201cSeriously, to Daryl Morey and to Joel Embiid, because I didn\u2019t expect this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perkins\u2019 comments come after Embiid clocked a 35-minute shift at home against the Sacramento Kings<\/a>. He scored 37 points on 61 percent shooting, while passing out eight assists, and coming down with five rebounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you would\u2019ve asked me this two months ago, I would\u2019ve thought Joel Embiid was on the verge of retiring, seriously,\u201d Perkins added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the sudden he has come back to looking like an All-NBA-caliber player. We know that he\u2019s going to get buckets, as far as what he does on the perimeter, because he\u2019s one of the most skilled bigs to ever play the damn game of basketball, but it\u2019s the lift. He\u2019s dunking the ball now, he\u2019s catching an alley. We saw him playing above the rim, and we saw him playing with force.\u201d<\/p>\n

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