FEBRUARY 4: Embiid will be available to play on Tuesday vs. Dallas, the team confirmed today (via Twitter).
FEBRUARY 3: Joel Embiid could return to action on Tuesday. The Sixers are listing their star center as questionable to play against the Mavericks, Derek Bodner of PHLY Sports tweets.
Embiid hasn’t seen action since Jan. 4 due to lingering left knee issues. The big man has only appeared in 13 games this season, averaging 24.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 29.5 minutes per game. He was limited to 39 games last season, when he averaged a career-best 34.7 PPG, 11 RPG and 5.6 APG.
The return of Embiid could factor into the Sixers’ plans regarding their roster with the trade deadline looming. Philadelphia’s brass reportedly has no intention to give up on this season, even though Embiid and prized free agent Paul George have been sidelined for a chunk of its games. George is listed as out on Tuesday due to a finger injury, but he, like Embiid, practiced on Tuesday, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer tweets.
The Sixers have a 19-29 record after losing their last two games following a four-game winning streak.
Embiid isn’t the only Sixers player close to returning after an extended absence. Embiid’s backup Andre Drummond (left toe), Caleb Martin (right hip) and KJ Martin (left foot) are also questionable to play on Tuesday. As Bodner points out, Drummond has only played in four games since Dec. 23, Caleb Martin has been out since Jan. 10 and KJ Martin hasn’t seen action since Dec. 23.
As for their opponent, the Mavericks are listing Anthony Davis and Max Christie as questionable to play on Tuesday, Mike Curtis of the Dallas Morning News tweets. Interestingly, Davis’ abdominal strain was not listed on the Mavs’ injury report. Instead, the questionable tag was due to “trade pending,” though Dallas has officially announced the blockbuster deal with the Lakers and Jazz.
Joel Worthless
A 2 time scoring champion,7 time all star,MVP,3 time all defensive team player who averages more than a point per minute.
he only plays 74% of the time and had to stump harder than a politician to get his MVP, which probably belongs to Jokic anyways.
Jokic the real MVP…
Just a stat padder. No different than Westbrook. Head to Head it’s clear that Embiid is better.
Except, y’know, Westbrook is actually well-liked by his teammates and started the rebound-grabbing as a way to start fast-breaks and transition offense at a higher level, at the direction of his coach.
Try not to be a biased wrong-un, kay?
Better at being unavailable. Can’t lead his team to a finals and he’s had some great rosters. Give Jokic that 2019 roster and they win it all and beat my raps.
74% seems like a lot. Perception is less than 50%. He’s not on the court enough to help the team, and when he is he gets injured again, and again. I game on, 4 games off.
Over his career nearer to 50% of the time.
Noodle
Should read !!!!!!!!
Embiid Available for Trade ………
Team Embiid
I still dont understand why he was allowed to play in Olympics. Olympics ruined Yaos career. Playing hurt to please China. Was never the same afterwards. The Provess
Allowing a very injury prone player to take on that kind of additional workload is ridiculous, but the organization is run by incompetents.
Joel is the poster child of why the Mavs wanted to move Luka. But saying Joel ha as much of a conditionung issue but he’s just very injury prone as is Luka being that he misses 15-20 games a season.
Luka plays 65-70 games a season and has been top 10 in the league in minutes per game the last three seasons. This take on his “conditioning” is bogus.
He’s fat though.
There’s that.
How many MVPs did fat Jokic win?
Joel has been more unlucky than injury prone.
That’s a great way to spin things.
How do you plan for a fool like Markelle running into your face?
^ Oh okay …… and I though that Embiid’s injured knees, due to his weight, conditioning issues, incessant flopping around and overall usage, have caused him missing 47.3% of his games since being drafted.
Markelle should be sent to jail asap.
I believe a warrior player fell on his knee.
Because you didn’t trust the processed cheese sufficiently
“Doncic’s weight is listed at 230 pounds, but the star was more than 30 pounds heavier this season, per McMenamin. “Though Doncic was relatively lean by his standards when he reported to camp, his weight ballooned to the high 260s early this season, sources said,” McMenamin added.2 days ago’
Before this year he’s avg 66.5 gms a year. That gies down after this year. Plus there are rumblings about his drinking. No mamba mentality here.
Oh please….who is saying this and why? Did he only start drinking this season? Was his weight or conditioning only a problem this season? Pretty sure he led the mavs from dogs**t to to finals all while being out of shape.
The rest of Joel Embiid’s career is questionable. It sucks when your body breaks down but I can’t see him getting another season with 65 games in it.
The guy has averaged 50 games a season and has never played more than 68 games in the season and only twice over 64 games. He’s just too big and getting old. 31 years old in a month.
Triple double plus 30 minutes for the old man
Repairing a heart muscle is impossible.
Interesting how Sixers won’t give up on Embiid but mavs gave up on Luka. Here come the excuses from flip floppers….
Kind of hard to give up on Embiid…he can’t be traded this year. Who knows if his meniscus even exists to be able to play. He signed a monster extension (dumb move on Philly’s part) that likely makes him untradeable without attaching assets that will further hinder a rebuild….outside of hoping for a miracle, we are stuck with him. Not sure if that equates to not giving up on him.
@Panth
You mean the 76ers WISH they could give up on Embid. Embis is fan near the worst case scenario that the Mavs feared. If his career was over they could at least cash in on the insurance and use mechanisms to get his salary off the books. But the huge difference is that Embid turns 31 in March so he’s 5 years older and has missed far more games per season than Luka. He missed 2 full seasons, on average about 20 games per season since with about 70 games missed since 2023. He’s owed an additional $243 age 31-34. Guys his height and weight usually don’t age well with chronic foot/knee/leg issues. What team would trade for him knowing he’s likely going to miss 25 games but is one slip or fall from missing a season or two if God forbid he needs serious surgery. I feel bad for guys like Embid. He might be a little overweight, I’m not sure, but big guys with bad feet or knee issues just can’t stay on the floor. Otherwise, he could’ve been an all time top 10 guy.
When Embiid ia trade eligible do you think he gets dealt?
@Panther
Embid is tradeable right now.
Ummm…no he’s not!
KFCF- no he is not
Panther- not at this point. I think Morey is all in on this experiment, for this season as well as next. If Embiid can get healthy (highly doubtful at this stage), the pieces are there to at least contend as top 4 in the East…if it goes wrong as I suspect it will a new strategy will come next year as to how this can be salvaged with trades….but trades will require us giving up assets, giving up assets will hinder a rebuild….I think we will revisit the dark process years without the benefit of Hinkies plan
If he can return to the court at some point this season, and enter the offseason healthy (by his standards), what type of value does he have in a trade? Before that happens, though, I think Morey needs to be fired. He’s made an absolute mess of this team.
Tons of ifs and maybes. Dude is done and he’s not leading any team to the finals. He has had some of the better rosters around him and folded.
—— Highest paid in NBA this year —— top 25
Steph Curry — 55.7 mill
Nicola Jokic — 51.4 mill
Joel Embiid — 51-4 mill. ????
Kevin Durant — 51.1 mill
Bradley Beal — 50.2 mill. ????
Jaylen Brown — 49.2 mill
K.A.Towns — 49.2 mill
Devin Booker — 49.2 mill
Paul George — 49.2 mill. ????
Kahwi Leonard — 49.2 mill. ????
Jimmy Butler — 48.7 mill. ????
Damian Lillard — 48.7 mill
Giannis Antetokounmpo — 48.7 mill
Bron — 48.7 mill
Rudy Gobert — 43.8 mill ???? Rudy contract goes down after this yr. He earned this.
Anthony Davis — 43.2 mill
Trae Young — 43 mill
Zach LaVine — 43 mill ????
Luka — 43 mill Luka could of signed at end of year for 350 mill. Now he wont see that till after 4yrs.
Fred VanVleet — 42.8 mill. ????
Lauri Markkanen — 42.1 mill. ????
Tyrese Haliburton — 42-1 mill. ????
Pascal Siakam — 42.1 mill
Anthony Edwards — 42-1 mill
Kyrie Irving — 41 mill. ????
Since all basketball fans are so money hungry on HoopsRumors….. here they are. Id say most if not all have earned it. Or it was an investment for their team. So worth it for them. Investment means it will be bad sometimes. Thats why you trade a Luka now. Luka still has his baby fat. I wouldn’t invest in him. You invest in wrong max guy. Then you become the Clippers, Sixers, Bulls, Heat, Minny. And Knicks of the 80s most expensive team and doesn’t even make playoffs.
Everyone is gonna be money hungry…
We have had a boom economic period with a cost of living crisis…
You think it’s bad now? Give it time…
opinions vary. Dallas GM gave Luka up cheap. Should be fired ASAP. He could have gotten 5 first round picks for him plus young talent.
Embiid missed his title chance…
He had a very short window…
NEWS FLASH!!
Joel will miss the game tonight due to a paper cut!
@DS1
Very childish of you. I have knee issues, and I sometimes have to use a walker. Not fun at all. These guys are akela m athletes with pride. I’m sure he wants to be healthy and play.
Dude put the Walker down and get to physical therapy and start walking right…
I did it and nobody has worse knee problems than I do…
Embiid has the best of the best as far as treatment from the Sixers being a professional athlete…
But he’s gotta have the “Want To”…and it’s obvious he doesn’t…
Dude do you know anything about meniscus and 7 foot tall athletes. He plays a game or 2 it swells….not sure if you are an idiot or a troll
maybe if he had done physical therapy in the offseason, instead of playing in the Olympics, he might have healed.
Nonsense
Joel Embiid apparently is the all time leader in points per 100 possessions, and Fts per 100 as well…
If you aren’t available to play, that means nothing.
Nonsense
Embiid for Zion in the off season.
I would accept that trade
why not this week. At least Zion is young. Embiid is old and fat and injury prone. He’s basically stealing money from the Sixer fans. Gets paid to sit on the bench.
Simple…Embiid can’t be traded till after the season
Nonsense
The bum played in the Olympics instead of getting healthy for the NBA season. He didn’t even play for his home country. Instead, he took the easy road for an Olympic medal and was really a non-factor.
Bum? Nah! I’ll agree he shouldn’t have played….but non factor is a bit of an overstatement. He was key and clutch vs Serbia
Nonsense
Looking forward to the update to this article in the second quarter when he leaves the game due to injury.
ditto
Triple double plus 30 minutes
Embiid conveniently ducking the Nuggets in Denver for the 7th year in a row…
Then again, I can’t blame the guy. He puts everything out there on the court and can barely walk off of it. Look at the footage of him walking into MSG against the Knicks last year. Dude can barely walk up an incline. If anything he should do the 6ers a favor and retire for his own health
Dominants the joker every time
lol dude was a -12 when the rest of his team was +10. But he got a triple double so who cares he’s cancer for a team.
Nonsense