Joel Embiid calls out GM Daryl Morey: I wasn't allowed to play basketball

One hour after the Philadelphia 76ers captured their 43rd win in one of their most complete performances of the season, star center Joel Embiid voiced frustration with the organization — and general manager Daryl Morey — for not playing in a game earlier in the week. “I was pissed off,” Embiid said Friday in his first public comments since being held out of Wednesday’s game against the Washington Wizards with an illness. “I wanted to play basketball.