Embiid felt soreness in the knee after scoring 33 points in 33 minutes during Saturday's win over the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN. He then sat out Monday's loss to the Trail Blazers in Portland. Sources said that while the soreness has decreased, he sat out again the Knicks and will be re-evaluated after the All-Star break.
Joshua Kimmich is currently following an individual training program as he's still struggling with ankle pain since November's international break. He's not expected to be sidelined for a long period, but internally they're not putting any pressure on him. The most important thing is that he's fully fit and pain-free during the decisive phase of the season. This is the right approach, but it is arguably a bit too late already.
The return of Dani Olmo could not have come at a better time for Barcelona. After a difficult month on the sidelines, the former RB Leipzig man marked his comeback in style by scoring against Espanyol last weekend. That goal did more than just help the team on the night, it reintroduced Olmo into the conversation ahead of the Spanish Super Cup.
The question being rightly asked was: Should Mike Vrabel bring him back for this game, wait another week, or even wait until the playoffs to unleash Williams on the Patriots' opponents? Williams suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 11 against the Jets. And that's never an easy injury to recover from. It can often take a minimum of multiple weeks or even longer.
When you play in several competitions, it's important to have several players in the same position. I'm very happy I have that. This improves all the players. We have a lot of competition. The competition between Ferran and Lewy is good for them and for the team. Lewy or Ferran are both in perfect form. We'll see who starts.
If you take away a little bit of a disastrous start - we won one of our first seven - I've really liked the way we've played. Every team gets injuries. For us personally, going back to 2017, I don't remember - even through our Cup runs and all of that - has this happened to us. There is a lot of money sitting in the stands, but it is encouraging to see the young guys who have come in and filled the gaps for us.
When Dolphins tight end Darren Waller announced his presence in Miami in his debut with the team, he did so with two touchdowns on the national stage against the Dolphins' divisional foe they face again on Sunday. In the Sept. 29 "Monday Night Football" win over the New York Jets, Waller, after missing the first three games of the season, caught two touchdowns among his three receptions on four targets.
It was announced today that Jakob Poeltl will miss tomorrow night's action against the Brooklyn Nets for lower back injury management, an injury that has plagued the 30-year old center all season. Resting him on the first night of a back-to-back against the Brooklyn Nets will allow him to be ready for a Monday matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who sit just behind Toronto in the standings.
"I think it's about just the mindset and really how can we trust ourselves? And trust our work? And trust our coaches who have been putting this information into our heads throughout the summer? How can we execute it better? How can we be more aggressive?"
As I said, we have to take care of him. We're not convinced he's 100% fit to play these games; they're always very tough, and looking at the games against Sevilla and others, it's not the best time for him to play again. We'll find games for him to come back, and he also has to improve in training. He's not at his best for the big games, so we have to help him improve.
