{"id":24678,"date":"2025-03-01T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=24678"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:02:36","slug":"what-is-a-medical-retirement-how-76ers-can-file-for-a-medical-retirement-for-joel-embiid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-a-medical-retirement-how-76ers-can-file-for-a-medical-retirement-for-joel-embiid\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a medical retirement? How 76ers can file for a medical retirement for Joel Embiid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Philadelphia 76ers ruled Joel Embiid out for the remainder of the season, multiple conclusions have flown out. The franchise&rsquo;s priority is to consult with experts and doctors for his healthy return. <\/p><p>However, the 76ers can also file a petition for &lsquo;medical retirement&rsquo; for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Joel Embiid<\/a>, according to Keith Smith. Let&rsquo;s look at the procedure and how does it imply on Joel Embiid.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">76ers could petition for a &lsquo;medical retirement&rsquo; for Joel Embiid if he&rsquo;s unable to play a year from now, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithSmithNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@KeithSmithNBA<\/a><br><br>&ldquo;At that point, an independent doctor selected by the NBA and NBPA would examine Embiid. If agreed he can no longer play, his remaining contract would be&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aXuCzLoNWy\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/aXuCzLoNWy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1895865852387553465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a medical treatment? <\/h2><p>Medical retirement in the NBA happens when a player is forced to retire due to a career-ending injury or illness. The team applies for a Disabled Player Career-Ending Injury Exception, and an NBA-approved doctor must confirm the player cannot return. If approved, the team gets salary cap relief but the player still receives guaranteed money. <\/p><p>In a previous case, Chris Bosh medically retired after multiple blood clot issues. The doctors ruled it as a career-ending condition. The Miami Heat received salary cap relief and the NBA officially declared him ineligible to play.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also Read:<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-happened-to-joel-embiid-why-is-joel-embiid-ruled-out-for-the-rest-of-the-nba-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What happened to Joel Embiid? Why is Joel Embiid ruled out for the rest of the NBA season?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=24056&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Joel Embiid played through injections in his left knee &ndash; Shams Charania<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/his-story-is-not-over-nba-fans-react-on-joel-embiid-being-ruled-out-for-entire-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>&ldquo;His story is not over&rdquo; &ndash; NBA fans react on Joel Embiid being ruled out for entire season<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How 76ers can file for an medical retirement for Joel Embiid? <\/h2><p>According to Keith Smith, a team can file a petition for medical retirement one year after a player&rsquo;s last game. In Joel Embiid&rsquo;s case, the date would be February 22, 2026 and after that the 76ers can make their own decision based on results.  <\/p><p><em>&ldquo;At that point, an independent doctor selected by the NBA and NBPA would examine Embiid. If agreed he can no longer play, his remaining contract would be wiped off the books for the Sixers.&rdquo;<\/em> added Keith Smith.<\/p><p>However, Smith also shares that a player can return to his former team if he&rsquo;s able to recover and is under contract. In a case where the player&rsquo;s contract is over, the player will return to the free-agency. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They return back to their team and their salary is reinstated, assuming there were years left on the contract.<br><br>The player still gets paid. The contract just comes off the cap sheet.<\/p>&mdash; Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithSmithNBA\/status\/1895877383993114870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Keith Smith, the Philadelphia 76ers can also file a petition for &#8216;medical retirement&#8217; for Joel Embiid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":24687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[185,647,240],"class_list":["post-24678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nba-2024-25","tag-philadelphia-76ers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a medical retirement? 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