Former MVP Joel Embiid will return to Philadelphia’s starting lineup on Sunday afternoon vs. Chicago, the Sixers announced (via Twitter).
Embiid, who has missed the past seven games, was questionable heading into Sunday’s contest due to left knee injury management. Prior to the game, head coach Nick Nurse said the star center would be on a minutes restriction if he was able to suit up (Twitter link via K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Sports Network).
The 30-year-old big man has been limited to just four games this season. Embiid underwent surgery on the knee last winter prior to returning at the end of the 2023/24 season. He managed to play in the 2024 Olympics in Paris with Team USA, but has experienced swelling and discomfort to open ’24/25. He was also suspended for three games after an altercation with a columnist and has missed time for personal reasons.
As Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer writes, Embiid will almost certainly be ineligible for major postseason awards for the second straight season. He has already missed 17 games in ’24/25, and if he misses one more, he’ll be disqualified due to the 65-game rule.
The 76ers have won three of their past four games, but are still just 6-15, making them the No. 13 seed in the East.
He’ll probably get a hangnail and miss another month or so.
Embiid used his last bit of health to represent his nation in the Olympics, beautiful.
NOODLE!! Taking the title from the erstwhile NOODLE, Anthony Davis, who is truly deserving of having shed the title.
He played 33 mins in his first game back, Warriors fans look on with “I wish that could be us” vibes as no one on the Warriors is ever even allowed to play 35+ even if they are in fantastic shape and young, because Kerr is incompetent at his job and a net negative to the team.
Everything has to be about the Warriors on a non Warriors related news article.
Embiid actually played ….. ok
“In the 2023–24 NBA season, the average number of back-to-back games per team is 14.0. This is a slight increase from the previous season, when the average was 13. “
Knicks have a week off before their next game. Seems like too long, for me. NBA teams shouldn’t play more than
8-10 back to back games in a yr. And they shouldn’t have more than four days off. Time for teams to play 10 players.