NBA Player Poll MVP with Sam Amick
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What recent setback did Joel Embiid face?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for April 10th, 2026. I'm Dave DuFour here with Sam Amick and Espera Henning coming up. We're going to talk about Joel Embiid's appendicitis, Giannis and the Bucks drama, and we're going to hit on the straw poll MVP winner. Good morning, everybody. What is up, guys? We got two guys on location. S is in an arena. He's at the Raptors.
I might as well be at a concert without this music is playing.
Sam Amick looks like he's on vacation here. You're outside a Chase Center. What a beautiful view behind an arena. Not bad, right?
I mean, I figured if I was a few minutes late, the least I could do is provide a little scenery. Yeah, it looks great. Beautiful blue sky. For folks who haven't been here, we'll do a little visual for the video audience. It's a little San Francisco Bay behind you. We got the arena.
This is exclusive stuff for the YouTube audience right here.
Yes. that's awesome that's where clay's boat up right there if you guys if you guys are listening this is probably not this direction this direction behind me that's where clay would cruise across the bay and as somebody who grew up in this neck of the woods it it never gets old it's pretty nice yeah um sadly we've we've got to start the show off on with some bad news joelle and bead
has appendicitis and had to have emergency surgery yesterday. So he is probably just done for the year. It seems like when this happens to NBA players, they're out at least three weeks. This team is basically fighting for its life in the play-in right now. Sam, we were talking about this earlier this week. Embiid's kind of been sick recently. for a little bit. And, I mean, I don't know if these are related. Like, has he had appendicitis this entire time? Like, I don't know. I mean, you know, it feels like a very precarious situation.
No, I agree. And it's funny, guys. There are not often times where, you know, where us regular folks can have a little bit of insight to what some of these pro athletes go to. This is, or go through, this is one of the few where When I saw this update, my mind went straight to it. I have not gotten permission from my better half to share this. We're going to go for it anyway. My wife had appendicitis a few months ago, and she did not have to return to NBA action. She does not dunk the ball or do any of the things that these guys do, especially a guy who's that big like Joel Embiid. the takeaway from her and as somebody who played nurse for a little bit during that time, no pun intended, Nick nurse, is that I felt like I had it in my mind that appendicitis is pretty routine.
And it is not like the pain was pretty high. So your question, Dave, about some of the other stuff that he was going through and without getting into like, you know, irrelevant details, like she actually had similar stuff where she, you know, symptoms that were there before disappeared once she got the surgery. So at minimum, I'm confident saying, you know, it's a pretty serious procedure. And the idea that you would be coming back anytime soon to do the types of things that Joel Embiid does is not very likely.
It's also one of those things where it's so unfortunate to happen. The timing of it is terrible, but on top of the timing, it's of course to Joel Embiid, who has for years been dealing with injuries and the narrative around him not being able to be healthy. This is just one of those situations where it feels like sheer luck. It's another freak injury. It's essentially right.
I mean, this guy has it's awful luck. At this point, I just don't know. You know, players are tagged with the injury prone moniker. And you can say that some about Embiid. But some of this stuff is just it is freak injury. I mean, he gets appendicitis right before the playoffs start. You know, I mean. I don't know. I feel bad for the guy. It's, it's brutal. He clearly had to work pretty hard to, to get back to where he was this season. Now, you know, he's going to have to go through this and the Sixers season pretty much over, you know, the idea that they could be some kind of a tough out in the East.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent setback did Joel Embiid face?
0:00–6:24
2
What is the latest drama surrounding Giannis and the Bucks?
6:24–16:34
3
What coaching changes are anticipated this offseason?
16:34–19:05
4
How does the NBA Player Poll determine MVP candidates?
19:05–24:45
5
Who are the leading candidates for MVP this season?
24:45–26:33
6
What insights do players have about the MVP race?
26:33–26:57