“I thought about it,” Embiid said when …

“I thought about it,” Embiid said when asked whether he considered opting out. “The current trend (of) people getting sick and a lot of people dying, obviously you don’t know what’s gonna happen, (but) you don’t want to be in a situation where you put your life at risk and all that stuff just for, what, the money? “At the end of the day, basketball is not all that matters. I got family, I got myself to look out for,” Embiid continued. “All I want to be is stay healthy and stay safe. Keep the people around me safe. I want to make sure I’m able to live for a long time and not have any sort of consequences in the future.”