Joel Embiid

Joel Embiid really wants to rejoin the Philadelphia 76ers’ rotation. We always knew that, and it became infinitely more clear following the team’s Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat, when he posted some not-suitable-for-work sentiments on his Instagram. But if you think him applying passive-aggressive pressure to the Sixers will get them to rush, [...]

Joel Embiid seems like he’s done watching the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff campaign unfold from the sidelines. The big man has missed the past 10 games, both regular season and postseason, after having surgery to repair an orbital fracture near his left eye. Though the Sixers won the first nine of those contests without him, their [...]

Ben Simmons remains the NBA’s odds-on favorite to win Rookie of the Year, and he would love to make good on that distinction. But not for reasons you would assume. Sure, he would no doubt enjoy the recognition and cachet that comes with earning the honor. Many Rookie of the Year winners go on to [...]

So this seems like a good time to panic—or to at least mentally prepare ourselves to panic. Joel Embiid left during the second quarter of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Wednesday night win over the New York Knicks after colliding with Markelle Fultz. He was diagnosed with a facial contusion and did not return, even though he [...]

Joel Embiid is currently on track to appear in more than 65 games and eclipse the 2,000-minute plateau—touchstones no one around the NBA, not even inside the Philadelphia 76ers organization, expected him to surpass. So, with this in mind, might it be time to rest him down the stretch? After all, the Sixers are guaranteed [...]

Joel Embiid wasted little time in using the Philadelphia 76ers’ victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night to his advantage. On the heels of his team’s 108-97 deconstruction of the reigning Eastern Conference champs, the expert-Instagrammer subtly began his public courtship of LeBron James: [tweet https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/969435565472010240] Is this tampering? It feels like tampering. Even [...]

The full court press to recruit LeBron James this summer has already began. One Philadelphia company, Power Home Remodeling, has decided to create three billboards in Chester, Pennsylvania to entice LeBron to sign with the 76ers in free agency this summer…. [tweet https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/968167053944393728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] I have got to give this company some credit, this is a [...]

The NBA’s All-Star Weekend is known for many things—food, parties, fashion statements, great memes, awesome gifs, even a little basketball. It’s also a hotbed for tampering. How could it not be? Put that many agents, team executives and league officials in the same vicinity, and some risque discussions are bound to take place. All-Star participants, [...]

Joel Embiid doesn’t seem to have a better handle on the Philadelphia 76ers’ Markelle Fultz situation than any of us. And that’s left him concerned. As the first-time All-Star and arguably Defensive Player of the Year favorite recently told NBA TV (via Philly Voice‘s Kyle Neubeck): “I don’t know what the origin of the problems [...]

Joel Embiid didn’t play in the Philadelphia 76ers’ Monday night loss to the Chicago Bulls. Nor did he play in their Tuesday night loss to the Sacramento Kings. He probably isn’t going to play when they face the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. He also may be out when they square off with Toronto again on [...]