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There was a time when it seemed like Joel Embiid may never have an actual NBA career and tensions were high between the No. 3 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft and the 76ers as Embiid sat out his first two seasons with foot issues and was away from the team for long periods. While [...]

Scenario: You’re a 23-year-old professional basketball player. Actually, strike that. You’re a 23-year-old anything. And someone gives you a five-year, $140-plus million extension. Are you buying anything after putting pen to paper? Probably. Most definitely. Unless you’re Joel Embiid. ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan penned an interesting profile on the Philadelphia 76ers’ big man, within which she [...]

Andre Drummond made the mistake of talking trash to Joel Embiid on Monday night, and it, quite predictably, didn’t end well for him. Embiid tallied 30 points, nine rebounds and two steals on 11-of-15 shooting—plus seven turnovers—in the Philadelphia 76ers’ 97-86 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Afterwards, when asked about getting the best of the [...]

Joel Embiid, as expected, will begin the 2017-18 NBA season on a minutes cap. As for what that cap will be, the Philadelphia 76ers don’t seem to know for sure. They do know, however, he won’t be clearing 20 minutes out the gate, as head coach Brett Brown detailed, per NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Jessica Camerato: [...]

Joel Embiid just got PUH-AID…in apparently the most complicated manner imaginable. ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski first broke the news that the Philadelphia 76ers struck a five-year, $148 million extension with the skyscraper that could rise to as much as $178 million if he meets certain qualifications and incentives during it: Embiid, one of the NBA’s most [...]

We were treated to some positive Joel Embiid news on Thursday: Though the big man hadn’t been cleared for full-court 5-on-5 drills, he was doing more than head coach Brett Brown expected by this point. He was also spotted playing tennis and jogging around Philadelphia. Well, now, we’re being gifted some even better news: Joel [...]

Finally, an optimistic Joel Embiid update. Sort of. The Philadelphia 76ers’ superstud hasn’t played in a game since January after suffering a torn left meniscus, and he’s already been ruled out of the team’s first few preseason games. No one’s quite sure when he’s going to return, or how long he’ll be able to play [...]

The Joel Embiid injury-update train remains at a standstill. The Philadelphia 76ers opened training camp on Monday with Media Day. General manager Bryan Colangelo was, naturally, asked about the health of Embiid, who appeared in just 31 games last season before being shut down with a meniscus injury. And, well, let’s just say the information [...]

Trust The Process(‘ knee). Joel Embiid was limited to only 31 games as a third-year rookie due to an injured left knee that eventually required arthroscopic surgery. It was a sobering end to what was a promising debut following two years of questions and skepticism. Some of that doubt has creeped back into the fold, [...]

Do the Philadelphia 76ers have that much trust in The Process? Joel “The Process” Embiid is officially extension-eligible. It feels weird to write those words. He has only appeared  in 31 games since being drafted. And yet, he just wrapped his third season. He will be a restricted free agent next summer, in a market that [...]