Joel Embiid's Knee Is Officially One Of The Biggest Breakthroughs In Modern Medicine, And A Borderline Miracle
David Dow. Getty Images.I guess with Philly sports we are so used to the most atrocious luck when it comes to health issues, that it seems impossible to think a surgery could actually work out perfectly. Usually the way it happens in Philly is that an athlete will go in for a routine procedure, and it turns out to ruin their entire career. A guy like Markelle Fultz will hurt his shoulder, and completely forget how to shoot a basketball. The Sixers will trade for Andrew Bynum, and he'll never step on the floor because of a knee injury. Zhaire Smith suffers a nut allergy reaction that almost kills him, and completely derails his career.
It's been one absurd health issue after another for over a decade now with the Sixers. So you'll have to understand that everybody thought this was it for Joel Embiid. He played 19 games last season. He only played 39 games the year before that. All of the injuries, all of the surgeries, all of the mental stress that comes along with all of the physical stress. The man literally came into this season saying he has no idea when or how often he's actually going to play.
But then Dr. Jonathan Glashow got his hands on Embiid's knee in April last year, and performed a goddamn miracle.
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Anesthesia. Vaccinations. Insulin. There have been so many massive breakthroughs in medicine. So many moments that have completely altered the way which we are able to live our lives as human beings. Yet they all pale in comparison to what Dr. Jonathan Glashow has been able to do to Joel Embiid's knee. Because it's not just like he fixed Joel's knee. It's almost as if he invented a time machine, and was able to bring back a version of Joel Embiid we have not seen since 2023.
Fortunately Dr. Glashow is getting all the praise and admiration he deserves for his accomplishment now thanks to Philly fans.
I don't know how contracts work with surgeons, but we need to find a way to make sure this is the only man whose hands touch a Philly athlete's knee for the rest of time.