he has not been hurt every year. he’s also the kind of guy to blame failure on injury, so we don’t know how badly he’s actually been hurt.

but ultimately, the ability to remain healthy and/or play well through injury is important. if Embiid lacks that ability then he deserves to be dinged for it.

I think it should be mentioned that Lowry tossed the ball underhand at the ref. The ref obviously didn’t know that, since they didn’t see it, but not seeing an act that you call a technical for isn’t really a defense.

And yes, Lowry is extremely annoying. I’m sure he was whining all game. But the remedy for that is for the ref to warn him and then T him the next time he says something, not to T him for something they didn’t see.

I love how the ref wasn’t paying any attention to Lowry, as evidenced by the fact they never saw the ball, yet they felt confident tossing Lowry.