Philadelphia 76ers Center Joel Embiid has been suspended for three games for his incident with a sportswriter over the weekend.

ESPN reported Tuesday’s suspension.

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Team USA’s Joel Embiid before the match against Serbia on July 28, 2024 at the Paris Olympics. (Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)

The incident with Philadelphia newspaper columnist Marcus Hayes took place on Saturday following the team’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Hayes mentioned Embiid’s late brother and his son — both named Arthur — in a recent column questioning the center’s professionalism. The column questioned his effort and being out of shape after the Paris Olympics. He has yet to play this season.

Embiid confronted Hayes as the players and media filed into the locker room.

“The next time you raise my dead brother and my son again, you’re going to see what I’m going to do to you and I’m going to have to … live with the consequences,” Embiid said. Hayes.

Hayes offered an apology, but Embiid pushed back, saying, “It’s not the first time.”

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Joel Embiid prepares for Germany’s match in preparation for the Paris Olympics on July 22, 2024 in London. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

The incident then escalated as Embiid appeared to get louder and eventually shoved Hayes as a PR team representative tried to come between them. A team security guard reportedly asked the media not to report what happened.

Embiid shouted over the security guard.

“They can do whatever they want,” he said. “I don’t give a s—.”

Hayes recently wrote this Disrespectful Embiid 76ers and the game of basketball. He wrote that the Sixers should consider offering refunds to fans when he doesn’t play.

Embiid called Hayes after practice on Friday.

Center Joel Embiid poses during media day at the Philadelphia 76ers practice facility in Camden, New Jersey on September 30, 2024. (Bill Streicher-Images)

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“We’ve done way too much for this … city to be treated like this, we’ve done way too … much,” Embiid said Friday. “I wish I was as lucky as others, but that doesn’t mean I don’t try and do whatever it takes to be there, which I will be here soon enough.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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