Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has been suspended three games by the NBA for shoving Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes, the league announced Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred in Philadelphia’s locker room after Saturday’s game between the 76ers and Memphis Grizzlies, a 124-107 Grizzlies victory that Embiid did not participate in. The altercation stemmed from a column published in October by the Inquirer.
That column, written by Hayes, criticized Embiid for missing games, but mentioned both Embiid’s brother Arthur, who died in a 2014 car accident, and Embiid’s young son, who shares Arthur’s name. The story has since been edited to remove mentions of either relative.