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Also, Self didn't conduct himself any differently with Embiid than any other player. He has always pushed his guys to tough it out and play while hurt (while stressing the difference between playing hurt and playing injured). I'm pretty sure Frank Mason could have collapsed on the court from all his various issues this season and Self would have pushed him out there for 40 minutes a game. What he (and nobody else knew) at the time unfortunately was that Joel Embiid's bones were as brittle as Samuel L Jackson's in Unbreakable.