Joel Embiid spoke to the media for the primary time since suffered a knee harm final month and confirmed he hopes to return to sport motion earlier than the tip of the common season.
“That is the plan,” Embiid mentioned after Philadelphia practiced Thursday. “Clearly every little thing has to go proper, so far as getting wholesome and being as shut as I am alleged to be. However yeah, that is the plan.”
Embiid was the frontrunner for MVP earlier than the harm.
The staff introduced on Feb. 6 that Embiid had undergone a process “to handle an harm to the lateral meniscus in his left knee” and that he could be reevaluated in 4 weeks, which is subsequent Tuesday.
Embiid mentioned there is no such thing as a timetable for his return, however he continues to be ok with his rehab.