NBA fines 76ers for violating league injury reporting rules with Joel Embiid’s status Sunday against Hawks

The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating the league’s injury reporting rules on Sunday against the Atlanta Hawks. They listed Joel Embiid as “out” for the game, although he ultimately played. Once a player is listed on the report as out of action, the team is required to follow up on that request according to league rules. The league also considers a team’s history of similar violations when determining the punishment for that policy violation.

Embiid was initially listed as out for Sunday’s game against Atlanta, then was upgraded to questionable before entering the game minutes later, scoring 18 points in 30 minutes following the overtime loss. Embiid was returning from a knee injury that had kept him out of the previous nine games.

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Philadelphia has a rich history of inaccurate lists of injury violations, particularly those involving Embiid.

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