Joel Embiid All Set To Make Return! Star Set To Make Season Debut For 76ers After Injuries

NBA star Joel Embiid has not been able to make his season debut so far as he is dealing with a crisis of injuries and suspensions. Embiid's team Philelphia 76ers are struggling massively without ir main star and are currently one of worst teams in NBA. Embiid after winning gold medal at Paris Olympics was nursing a knee injury and two investigations. re is finally good news for 76ers as Joel Embiid is now expected to make his NBA season debut this week. 

Joel Embiid Expected To Be Back This Week 

Joel Embiid is expected to play this week for Philelphia 76ers — barring anor setback, and re is always that chance with 7-footer — after he won Olympic gold, signed a contract extension, slogged through a knee injury, was root of two NBA investigations, scuffled with a columnist and was hit with a technical foul for waving a towel from bench.

Oh, and to make season worse in Philly, 76ers just aren’t a very good team without Embiid.

Actually, y’re one of worst teams in NBA.

Sixers can only hope ir fortunes will start to turn around Tuesday night when Embiid, a two-time league scoring champion, makes his highly anticipated first start of season against New York Knicks when both teams start play in NBA Cup round-robin. Embiid last played for Sixers in May when y were eliminated at home in Game 6 by New York in first round of playoffs.

A seven-time All-Star, Embiid returns from what team called left knee management and end of a three-game suspension for shoving a member of media with Sixers languishing at 2-7 and near bottom of Eastern Conference.

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“We’re not where we want to be without big fellow,” first-year Sixers forward Paul George said. “Someone as talented as him. He’s piece. We should still be playing at a high level and competing, trying to win games. No doubt about it, you get somebody like that, it’ll make everybody’s job a little easier.”

76ers’ woes aren’t all dumped at Embiid’s size 17 feet.

George, expected free-agent signing coup of summer, has been limited to four games this season because of a knee injury, which stuck him on a minutes restriction that cost him all of overtime in a win eked out Sunday over Charlotte. Tyrese Maxey, an All-Star last season and league’s most improved player, could miss anor week to 10 days with a hamstring injury. Backup centers Andre Drummond and Guerschon Yabusele can’t come close to matching Embiid’s elite production. 

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“I think we’re still trying to figure this stuff out,” George said. “I’m still trying to get in shape, get legs back under me. I’ll get se legs back under me. I think we show signs of just competing, playing hard. Just leave it on floor. I think that’s been message. Regardless of what’s going on, just leave it on floor, play hard, maximum effort. That’s something we can all bring.”

In size and stature, 76ers have centered around Embiid since his rookie season. Without a game played in his No. 21 uniform, this season has been full of hardship for 30-year-old franchise anchor. Yes, some of trouble has been his own doing, some issues have been intentionally murky and some is just simmering frustration brought to a boil over more games on sideline.

Embiid Not To Play Back To Back Games

By his own mission, Embiid says he won’t play back-to-back games this season, meaning he’ll sit out Wednesday against Cleveland. Sixers fans know routine — tickets for Wednesday on secondary markets such as StubHub are listed as low as $10 in upper section and for about $30 in 100 level.

level of belief in Philly that 76ers will ever win a championship with Embiid has dipped faster than ticket prices.

2023 NBA MVP, his latest kerfuffle stemmed from his issue with a Philelphia Inquirer writer who mentioned Embiid’s late bror and his son — both named Arthur — in columns questioning Embiid’s professionalism and effort after not being in shape after he played in Paris Olympics.

NBA fined Sixers $100,000 last month for public statements, including by president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and Nurse, that were inconsistent with Embiid’s health status and in violation of league rules, including player participation policy.

76ers have been open since preseason on how y intended to use Embiid this season — manage his minutes and games played to point where y can safely navigate him to postseason healthy for first time in his career.

At this dire rate, what do y do next if re are no playoffs?

upside is that only Cleveland — undefeated heed into Monday’s game at Chicago — and Boston have winning records in Eastern Conference. Get a hot streak rolling with Embiid, and 76ers are back in thick of playoff race.

Only Milwaukee and Toronto, though, have worse records in East than 76ers.

Bucks coach Doc Rivers might still be coaching Sixers h Embiid stayed healthy during his three seasons in Philelphia and was physically able to le Sixers on deep playoff runs.

“Joel didn’t do anything wrong,” Rivers said on opening night. “It just happens. You do your best. re are guidelines that every team has. We have science behind us. Joel is a big human being. He moves like a guard. re’s days in practices he’ll make a move and you’ll say to yourself, that’s not normal for a big guy. His body may say that, too. It’s tough because he’s such a great player.”