Sixers center Joel Embiid will miss the team’s next two games with a sprain in his left foot, tweets Shams Charania of the Athletic. Embiid’s condition will be reevaluated later this week.
The injury likely occurred in Saturday’s game when Georges Niang accidentally landed on Embiid’s leg during a fast break, notes Tim Bontemps of ESPN (Twitter link).
Philadelphia will host the Nets on Tuesday and then travel to Charlotte the next night. If Embiid’s condition improves, he could be cleared to return Friday at Orlando.
The Sixers are already playing without injured guards James Harden and Tyrese Maxey, but Tobias Harris could be close to returning, tweets Gina Mizell of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Harris missed the past two games with hip soreness, but he was able to practice Monday morning.
Embiid, the runner-up in the MVP voting the past two years, is playing at a high level again this season, averaging a career-high 32.3 points through 12 games, along with 10.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.8 blocks.
Are you kidding me?
I was really hoping to see Simmons get the start at center and watch them two battle.
Sadly, Jacque Vaughn seems intent on starting Claxton at Center, so it’s unlikely that would happen anyway. Would’ve been the best outcome.
There goes any hopes of a top 4 finish. Only takes the smallest little run of injuries.
How many starters does that make that are out tonight? Harden, Embiid, Maxey and maybe Harris.
Nets playing injury-ravaged teams.
The process is in action!
Doc Rivers will be gone if 76ers are not able to pass the first round playoffs
He will keep his job if 76ers miss the playoffs due to injury
76ers won’t beat Celtics because Celtics can outrun them. 76ers play very slow pace.
Hoping he will be gone long before the playoffs, but I am not optimistic.
Thank God I read this and didn’t buy tickets. Smh.
They talk about evolution and the difference between today’s players and players of the past being technology, training, trainers, nutrition, etc…
If all that is so great now, why is every player getting injured?
Because way back when nobody knew anything except “rub some dirt on it, you’ll be fine. And so they did, and kept playing.
It’s certainly not because today’s players overtrain, or might possibly be a bit too worried about being 100% healthy for their next contract, even I that’s 3 or 4 years away because they just signed an extension last week.
Here are your Delaware Blue Coats …er…Philadelphia 76ers !
For the win……WOW
Tough season for injuries. Its worse than coVid. Not too many MCL, ACL, but a lot of sprains, strains, and whatever happened to Cade Cunningham. They’re piling up. The G-league has never been so useful, and necessary
What a joke! Simmons and the Nets will run all over the Sixers tonight! Sixers coming up small again! What a surprise! Fire Doc!
A duh? That`s why they play the game