Joel Embiid was a full participant in Friday’s apply with the Philadelphia 76ers, which included a 5-on-5 scrimmage. Embiid found minor swelling in his surgically repaired left knee throughout coaching camp within the Bahamas. Each Embiid and the Sixers are managing and monitoring the knee.
“Everyone has been on the identical web page,” Embiid mentioned on the 76ers’ New Jersey advanced. “In case your physique would not react nicely, and in case your physique tells you one factor [sit out]. I’ve executed it. From what I can let you know, I’ve damaged my face twice, I got here again early with the chance of dropping my imaginative and prescient. I’ve damaged fingers. I nonetheless got here again. After I see individuals say, ‘He would not need to play,’ I’ve executed approach an excessive amount of for this metropolis, placing myself in danger, for individuals to be saying that.”
Embiid has performed in 433 of a potential 805 common season video games since his first full season in 2016.
“I want I used to be as fortunate as different ones,” Embiid mentioned. “However that does not imply I am not attempting and I am not doing no matter it takes to attempt to be on the market, which I’ll be right here fairly quickly.”
Embiid mentioned he might return on their three-game West Coast street journey.
“Actually it is being snug, trusting it,” Embiid mentioned. “I need to be at my finest. I do not need to be in a state of affairs the place I am like, I am afraid if I do one thing or no matter [I get hurt again]. I discussed it since my final surgical procedure; it was in all probability the hardest mentally. Mentally, I am simply coping with getting that belief again. Prior to now, it was simply simple.”
