Philadelphia 76ers star centre Joel Embiid will miss the crew’s upcoming three-game highway journey with swelling in his surgically repaired left knee, the NBA crew mentioned Friday.
It’s the newest setback for the Cameroon-born large man who received Olympic basketball gold with the USA in Paris final 12 months.
Embiid has performed in simply 13 video games this season. He missed the Sixers’ final six video games with a sprained left foot. Earlier than that, he had been enjoying in a protecting masks after struggling a sinus fracture when he took a blow to the face in a sport, an harm that precipitated him to overlook one sport.
He missed a number of video games due to bother together with his knee and was suspended three video games for a bodily altercation with a journalist.
“Joel Embiid participated in an on-court exercise yesterday after lacking the final six video games attributable to a left foot sprain,” the crew mentioned in a press release.
“Whereas the foot sprain has healed, Embiid skilled a rise in swelling in his left knee following the exercise.
“After consulting with crew medical employees and exterior medical doctors, Embiid will obtain therapy within the coming days to deal with the swelling. In consequence, he can be OUT for the upcoming highway journey and be reevaluated in roughly 7-10 days.”
The 76ers have gone 8-18 with out Embiid this 12 months, and at 15-24, they’re in eleventh place within the Jap Convention.