Since coming back from a pair of foot injuries the past two years, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has continued to impress when he plays. His low-post skills and defensive acumen have made him a crowd-favorite and is starting to make a name for himself as a nightmare matchup for opposing bigs.

However, he's still not able to play as much as he can as team doctors have been strict about his 24-minute restriction. Recently, Embiid was even seen kicking a chair out of frustration as he was not allowed to play the second overtime against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Even his head coach, Brett Brown, has admitted that he gets tempted at times to play him longer and not mind the minutes cap placed on him, but he knows the team is looking to preserve his health and not put to waste the amount of work that was done to get Embiid to where he is right now. He also discussed the possibility of increasing the cap on his minutes.

“You come up with some really hard decisions that maybe don’t favor me or us or whatever, but for the long-term lens that we all have, we have to be responsible with Joel Embiid and our players. We all get what we got in Joel Embiid. Winning a game in the middle of November in 2016 for what really matters, sometimes, that takes a backseat.”

“That is not my place. It really isn’t. I feel, and I’ve said this to everybody, I’m a steward of our business, our organization. I need to do what’s right for the team and the organization. That’s the bottom line. That’s what I try to do always.”

The frustration has not been limited to Embiid alone as his coach and even the fans feel that at times so far this season. However, things might change soon and his minutes restriction could be lifted once the team revisits his recovery progress chart.

If the 22-year-old Cameroonian international will be allowed to see more playing time in the near future, it will certainly help his team's cause and he'll get a chance to produce even bigger numbers than his already impressive averages of 18.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.5 blocks per game.