Joel Embiid‘s harm points proceed to pile up.
The Sixers star middle skilled elevated swelling in his left knee throughout an on-court exercise on Thursday, based on a group press launch. The 2023 league’s Most Invaluable Participant will miss the group’s upcoming street journey and be re-evaluated in roughly 7-10 days.
Embiid has missed the final six video games resulting from a left foot sprain. The foot sprain has healed, based on the discharge. After consulting with group medical employees and exterior docs, Embiid will obtain remedy within the coming days to deal with the knee swelling.
After seeing motion in solely 39 regular-season video games final season resulting from quite a lot of illnesses, Embiid has appeared in simply 13 video games this season. He’s averaging 24.4 factors, 7.9 rebounds and three.8 assists, a pointy drop from final season when he posted averages of 34.7/11.0/5.6.
Following what was thought of a extremely profitable offseason that reshaped the roster, the Sixers are enduring what more and more seems like a misplaced season. They’re 15-24 after dropping their final 4 video games and now face a troublesome stretch with street video games in opposition to Indiana, Milwaukee and Denver earlier than returning dwelling to face the Jap Convention-leading Cavaliers.
Embiid signed a three-year, absolutely assured max extension in September that runs by means of the 2028-29 season.
