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We should finally get to see what the Joel Embiid hype is all about in Philly this year. The big man, who has yet to see regular season minutes, has been medically cleared and has had no set backs from the foot injuries that have sidelined him for two seasons. He should be a go [...]

If you were skeptical about Joel Embiid actually making his NBA debut during the preseason or at the start of the regular season, we don’t blame you. Foot surgeries kept Embiid out of action through the first two years of his career. The Philadelphia 76ers, as a result, have been reluctant to commit to much [...]

Months after Sam Hinkie stepped down as general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid, the third overall pick in 2014 who has yet to make his debut, still has his back. Embiid posted this to Instagram account: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joel "The Process" Embiid (@joelembiid) The caption here [...]

It’s been two full seasons since the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Joel Embiid second overall, but they’re yet to see what type of player he’ll be. Leg injuries have claimed what should’ve been his first two years in the league and the team is no doubt getting anxious. GM Bryan Colangelo is surely interested in seeing [...]

Joel Embiid’s NBA debut is starting to feel imminent. This is perhaps irrational, since he won’t be playing in any summer league games and, thus, at the earliest won’t be suiting up in an official capacity until October 2016. So, technically, his debut is still a ways out. Still, he’s making substantial progress for the [...]

Well, this didn’t take long. Minutes removed from the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Game 7 loss in the Western Conference Finals to the Golden State Warriors, as well as Kevin Durant’s steadfast insistence that he has no idea what he will do in free agency this summer, the race for his services unofficially began. Durant won’t [...]

The world has waited this long for Joel Embiid, the third overall pick in 2014, to make his NBA debut. What’s another few months? The 22-year-old seven-footer is expected to officially hit the hardwood in 2016-17 and, apparently, not a moment sooner. He will not be repping the Philadelphia 76ers during either of the NBA’s [...]

Ready for some good news on Joel Embiid, the third overall pick from the 2014 NBA draft who has yet to make his debut for the Philadelphia 76ers? Of course you are. And depending on how you define good news, Tom Moore of Calkins Media may have some for you: So, basically, Embiid can do [...]

Dear Philly, I appreciate the out-of-the-box thinking that you had with Joel Embiid. I think it’s lovely that you saw athletic potential in this young man, and decided to bring him over to the US to play basketball. I like that, I really do. But he’s failed in his capacity as a player in the [...]

Josh Harris, the Philadelphia 76ers’ managing owner, is an optimistic man. Truth told, he has to be. Things haven’t been pretty in Philly of late. For him to sell fans on the Sixers’ direction, he needs to be upbeat, finding silver linings in the darkest of places. And that’s what he is doing. Harris recently [...]