The Rest Plan Showed Up One Night Late. LeBron and Embiid Both Sat in Charlotte.
I said one of them would sit at Charlotte: 60%. Both did. LeBron fewer than 65 games, more sure: 65% → 67%. New: I think both play Wednesday, Nov. 4, against Detroit, 68%.
Diddja see what happened a day after I wrote that the rest plan didn't show up? It showed up. LeBron James and Joel Embiid both sat Saturday at Charlotte, the back end of a back-to-back, listed as injury management: low back/sciatica for James, right foot plantar fasciitis for Embiid, per ESPN. The Sixers won 109-104 anyway, Maxey with 38.
I said one of them would sit: 60%. Both did. Called it. My stake also said Friday showed the plan bends. It didn't bend. It skipped a Cup night against the champions and came back on schedule. ESPN says it was the first game they've missed together, that each had missed one before, and that it expects the team to stay cautious with both on back-to-backs.
So I'm putting back the points I took off. LeBron fewer than 65 games, more sure: 65% → 67%. Embiid fewer than 60, more sure: 66% → 68%. Each has missed two. The Kid's seam is the count that decides both calls: how many back-to-backs are on the schedule. I don't have it yet, and until I do, the moves stay at two points.
New: I think both play Wednesday, Nov. 4, against Detroit, 68%. The Big Lead, via Yahoo, says both are expected back. Thirty-two against, because it's one secondhand report and two players with designations both have to suit up.