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Associated Press
Jun 25, 2025, 10:31 PM ET
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Philadelphia 76ers halfway Joel Embiid is connected way to instrumentality from genu country erstwhile grooming campy opens successful September.
Embiid had arthroscopic country connected his near genu successful April pursuing a disastrous injury-plagued play that constricted the two-time NBA scoring champion to conscionable 19 games.
Team President Daryl Morey talked to Embiid hours up of the first-round of the NBA draught connected Wednesday nighttime - the 76ers selected Baylor defender VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 wide prime - and felt encouraged with the All-Star's progress.
"He's precise engaged, attacking rehab," Morey said. "Doing everything helium tin to beryllium retired there. He had a gathering with (the surgeon) this week. All things, to usage a NASA term, are nominal. Things are going good and expected and we expect that to continue."
The 76ers volition get an aboriginal leap connected grooming campy this play due to the fact that they volition play preseason games successful aboriginal October against the New York Knicks successful the Abu Dhabi Games.
The 76ers expect the 31-year-old Embiid successful camp.
"Things are connected way to beryllium acceptable close astir there," Morey said.
Embiid had meniscus country connected Feb. 6, 2024, days aft Golden State guardant Jonathan Kuminga fell connected the leg. The 2023 league MVP returned for the playoffs, though helium ne'er afloat recovered.
He was ruled retired ruled retired for the play successful precocious February aft averaging 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists. Embiid had been hobbled by injuries each season, and served a three-game suspension for shoving a subordinate of the media.
Embiid has played lone 58 regular-season games and 7 play-in tournament/playoff games since helium earned NBA MVP honors successful the 2022-23 season.
Like Edgecombe, Embiid successful 2014 was besides the No. 3 wide prime of the draft.
Embiid has dealt with aggregate injuries since adjacent earlier helium entered the NBA. He suffered a accent fracture successful his close ft earlier helium was drafted retired of Kansas that outgo him 2 years. From there, it was a bony bruise here, a meniscus teardrop there. A busted orbital bone. A sprained shoulder. Tendinitis. Torn ligaments. Even Bell's palsy.
Embiid conceded helium was depressed - and yet needed therapy - to woody with the effects of his injuries.
"It's benignant of hard erstwhile you get successful those moments wherever it's benignant of hard not to consciousness atrocious astir yourself, particularly erstwhile you cognize who you are and what you tin execute but it's not the mode it is," Embiid said successful December. "One acquisition that I learned is to effort and halt feeling atrocious astir myself and conscionable unrecorded time by day. Enjoy bully radical astir me, positivity and not absorption connected the negativity."
Former All-Stars and Paul George and Tyrese Maxey besides had injury-plagued play arsenic the 76ers limped to a 24-58 grounds nether manager Nick Nurse.
