Joel Embiid made headlines by getting into an altercation with a Philadelphia reporter on Saturday night after the Sixers lost to the Memphis Grizzlies. Marcus Hayes, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, was on the receiving end of a shove from Embiid for the way he wrote about Embiid's brother and son in a recent column criticizing the former MVP for failing to get on the court this season.
On Sunday, Hayes gave his side of the story to fellow Inquirer reporter Gina Mizell and said 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey apologized to him for Embiid's actions and labeled the situation "unacceptable." From the Inquirer:
