Kwanan nan, akasari daga duniyar gasar NBA, akwai labarai da dama da suka ja hankali. Daya daga cikin wadannan labarai shi ne bayanin da kungiyar Philadelphia 76ers ta fitar game da Joel Embiid, daya daga cikin mafiya kyawun ‘yan wasa a gasar NBA. Embiid, wanda aka zaba a matsayin MVP a shekarar 2023, zai kasance a wajen filin wasa na preseason gaba daya saboda matsalolin da yake fuskanta a idonuwarsa na hagu.
Embiid, wanda ya taka leda a wasanni 43 a lokacin barkon shekarar da ta gabata, an yi wa tabbatarwa na likitoci ranar Alhamis, kuma ana ci gaba da shirin magani na kowa-kowa don tallafawa lafiyarsa na aiki a lokacin barkon shekarar 2024-25. Wannan yanayin ya jawo martani daga masoyan wasanni, wasu suna iya zargin cewa hawa ba za ta yi tasiri a lokacin barkon shekarar.
A gefe guda, wasu daga cikin tsoffin ‘yan wasan NBA sun shiga cikin Hall of Fame a shekarar 2024. Chauncey Billups da Vince Carter, suna cikin wadanda aka zaba a matsayin inductees a shekarar. Billups, wanda aka fi sani da ‘Mr. Big Shot’ saboda wasan sa na kwarara, ya shiga cikin Hall of Fame bayan ya yi wasa na tawagar Detroit Pistons, inda ya lashe gasar NBA a shekarar 2004. Carter, wanda ya yi wasa na tawage da dama, ya nuna karfin zuciya da kishin wasa wanda ya sa ya ci gaba har zuwa shekarunsa na 40.
A ranar da ta gabata, wasanni da dama sun gudana a gasar NBA preseason. Misali, Toronto Raptors sun yi rashin nasara a hannun Boston Celtics da ci 115-111, yayin da Phoenix Suns suka yi rashin nasara a hannun Denver Nuggets da ci 60-51 a rabin wasan.