August 15, 2015
After radio silence and a longer waiting period than initially expected, Joel Embiid will reportedly undergo surgery on his right foot that will cause him to miss his second straight season. From Marc Spears of Yahoo:
Injured Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid will have a second surgery on his right foot Tuesday and is expected to miss the upcoming season, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Embiid, 21, is expected to have a bone graft procedure similar to the foot surgery of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant. The Sixers announced in July that Embiid needed a second surgery after a routine CT scan in June revealed less healing than anticipated.
Spears also dropped a couple of other nuggets about what the Sixers’ 7-footer has been up to recently. On a related note, please come back to social media, Joel:
Joel Embiid, who will have Kevin Durant type foot surgery Tuesday, made classy move by attending Sixers asst. @LloydPierceLP wedding Friday.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) August 15, 2015
Sixers @JoelEmbiid played very well in workouts prior to re-injuring foot & after getting best of Nerlens once told him this is my team now.
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) August 15, 2015
If the Sixers are ever to become Embiid’s team, it will likely have to wait a year after he misses the 2015-16 season. Tuesday‘s surgery will be the first step on the long road back to the court.
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