The Philadelphia 76ers’ preseason simply started, however they’re already off to a tough begin. Star Joel Embiid seemingly appeared like he was able to go well with up and play instantly for the Sixers after showing at NBA Media Day. Be that as it could, based on ESPN’s Shams Charania, there’s nonetheless no time for his return.
Embiid’s standing remaining unknown getting into the preseason can be an enormous cloud that hangs over the Sixers’ heads. They’ll already be with out Paul George and Jared McCain to begin the season, after which there’s Embiid, that means they may very well be with out two starters and a rotation participant for weeks at a time.
The Sixers want their finest gamers wholesome on the proper time
That does not give the Sixers trustworthy a lot to work with, with them having already put up with a lot dysfunction and damage woes lately. If this workforce can at the very least tread water till totally wholesome—in the event that they by some means get totally wholesome—then they might truly make noise within the Jap Convention.
Final season, earlier than all of it went so horribly unsuitable, they had been broadly thought-about a top-4 workforce within the East. The East is now a lot weaker, with the Indiana Pacers and the Boston Celtics lacking their finest gamers. Due to this fact, a workforce might fill the vacuum.
That may very well be the 76ers if they will get their finest gamers wholesome. After all, that’s a lot simpler stated than completed and can rely on Embiid’s well being. To his credit score, he appears to be taking a distinct strategy to his well being, saying that he is taking issues “daily.”
The Sixers face a make-or-break season with Joel Embiid
Whether or not that in the end permits him to play greater than half of the Sixers’ common season video games and be wholesome for the playoffs is a giant query mark. However, it’s one thing the Sixers have to determine if they’ve any hope of lastly making it to the Jap Convention Finals or additional with Embiid.
All in all, regardless of Embiid making appearances at NBA Media Day and showing wholesome, the Sixers don’t know when he’ll play for them this season. Contemplating simply how a lot they depend on him, if he cannot keep wholesome, the 76ers’ season could already be doomed earlier than it even begins.
