76ers: Embiid loses the rest of the knee injury campaign
The 76ers star, Joel Embiid, will not play the rest of the season due to a knee injury, for which the team looks for a solution.
The Astro of the Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid, will miss the rest of the regular season while he and the team continue to look for a long -term solution for a tortuous left knee that has affected his season, the team announced.
Embiid had a greater swelling in the knee after a defeat against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night, and underwent a new round of images on Monday to determine why his knee has not responded well to the treatment protocols that he has received this season. The 76ers and Embiid consulted with dozens of doctors and specialists to determine the best way to follow for the pivot.
Throughout the season, Embiid has tried to play with pain in his knee, hoping that he would improve as he became better condition. He received numerous injections throughout the season, the sources revealed, hoping to reduce swelling and discomfort enough to allow him to play and be available for 76ers.
Instead of improving as I played more, pain and swelling have increased. And in recent weeks, that has been reflected in EMBIID and the performance of the team. However, there were also sections of the season in which teammates and coaches saw Embiid perform well in the practices, and then stay out of the next games, the sources added. His daily status seemed unstable throughout the season and generated frustration among all parties.
Embiid played only 39 games last season after breaking the knee meniscus. He underwent surgery in early February, returned at the beginning of April, was part of the 76ers playoff career and then won a gold medal with the US Olympic team. UU. During the summer. He recognized earlier this month that he did not have enough time to recover after surgery.
The 76ers, which opened with hopes of championship, have lost nine consecutive games and 11 of their last 12 games, falling to 20-38 in the midst of a disastrous season and marked by injuries. Even when Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey play, Philadelphia is only 7-8.
The recent 76ers streak has been significant for the franchise in a potentially good way; Philadelphia has broken a draw with the Nets and has the exclusive possession of the sixth worst record of the NBA. The first round of the 76ers in this draft is protected among the top six, otherwise it goes to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Throughout this misventuished season, Embiid could never remain on the court for a long period of time. Embiid played just in 19 games this season, which means that 39 of the 58 parties of the 76ers were lost so far on the way to a record of 20-38.
In Saturday’s defeat, Embiid took to get up at the end of the third quarter when he lost the ball and entered the court. He was then sent to the bank in the room after scoring only 14 points in 31 minutes and failing his six triple attempts. In his last two games of this season, the tension of the injury was noted, since Embiid scored 15 points or less in consecutive matches for the first time since May 2021. Embiid, the NBA MVP 2022-23, was selected as All-Star in each of its last seven seasons before it. This season, the 30-year-old has had one of his worst results: his lowest average score since 2017-18 (23.8 points), his lowest rebounds per game (8.2) since his year of rookie 2016-17 and the minimums of his locking career per game (0.9), field shots (44.8%), three-point shots (29.9%), effective field shots (48.1%) In Victorias (1.5).
The regular season 2024-25 of the 76ers began with an investigation of the League on the participation policy of the players that finally resulted in a fine of $ 100,000 for the public comments of the organization of President Daryl Morey and coach Nick Nurse who did not properly reflect Embiid’s health problems with his knee. The NBA also issued a suspension of three games to Embiid in early November for pushing a columnist in the locker room after a game in Philadelphia.
The situation around Embiid made it difficult for the Sixers to form some kind of identity, since the forward All-Star Paul George also lost periods of time due to injuries in the groin, the knee and the fingers. George has needed treatment to overcome his injuries, and the sources say he received analgesic injections for four or five consecutive games before the gaming of the stars.
