The Philadelphia 76ers received some tough news on Sunday when they found out that Joel Embiid has to undergo a corrective procedure on his left knee.
The big fella had been laboring with a left knee injury and had missed some time because of it. He returned on Jan. 30 against the Golden State Warriors following a 2-game absence and he didn’t look great. He was struggling to find any real rhythm and he had a tough time even jumping and exploding at times.
What made it worse was Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga falling on his knee. Embiid has since missed two games and is set to miss an extended period of time. There is no official timeline for his return. That will be given after the procedure, but he will miss a lot of time for Philadelphia.
NBA Twitter reacted to the tough news for both Embiid and the Sixers: