What It Means:

This is surely going to drum up more controversy as Embiid has been vocal about his frustrations, saying he is, "sick and tired of being babied." With the Series tied 1-1 heading down to Miami for Game 3, it appears Ersan Ilyasova and Amir Johnson will shoulder the load at center, while Ben Simmons will be asked to do a lot more on offense if Embiid does sit.

Embiid averaged 43.0 FanDuel points per game in the regular season, to go with 22.9 points and 11.2 rebounds with a .514 effective field goal percentage.