76ers Make Joel Embiid Decision
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Sunday’s 142-134 setback to the Atlanta Hawks at Xfinity Mobile Arena marked the first time Joel Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey have been on the floor together this season. Sunday also marked just the 19th game that Embiid,
Joel Embiid is set to miss Sunday's game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. Embiid will sit out his seventh straight game due to injury management of his right knee.
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Joel Embiid begins another season restart: ‘You can’t put your head down and whine about it’
Embiid was back — again — from a nine-game absence on Sunday because of an issue in his right knee. “If anybody thinks that I don’t want to play every game, that’s their problem,” he said.
Kelly Oubre Jr. (left knee sprain) and Trendon Watford (left adductor strain) remain out as well, with both of their absences expected. Watford is early into his two-week re-evaluation timeline, but an update on Oubre should come at some point this week; the veteran swingman has missed two-plus weeks with an LCL injury.