The Philadelphia 76ers will be without star Joel Embiid for at least a few games, if not longer.
Joel Embiid injury: 76ers superstar to undergo surgery to repair meniscus injury
The 76ers star is dealing with a left knee injury that will keep him sidelined
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Embiid has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his left knee, according to a report from Shams Charania. According to a subsequent report from ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the plan is for Embiid to be out “through the weekend” while a treatment plan is finalized.
Update Sunday Feb. 5: Per Shams Charania, Embiid will undergo a surgical procedure to “address a displaced flap of the meniscus,” and he will be sidelined for an extended period of time. Wojnarowski then followed with this assessment:
Previous update: Embiid as a displaced flap of the meniscus in his left knee, per Shams Charania. He’s weighing rest vs. surgery right now.
Wojnarowski then followed with this reporting:
The news comes on a day where the team was fined $100,000 by the league for “violating league injury reporting rules.” One fine was for $25,000 for “failing to include Trey Murphy III on the team’s injury report for the team’s game on Saturday, Jan. 27 against the Milwaukee Bucks.”
The second fine related to Embiid. According to the league, the team was fined $75,000 for failing to include him on the injury report. As noted in the statement from the league, the fine “takes into account Philadelphia’s prior history of fines for violating injury reporting rules:”
Embiid was listed as questionable heading into the team’s Tuesday night game against the Golden State Warriors. Late in the fourth quarter, Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga fell on Embiid’s leg, and the superstar big man would not return.
Now all of Philadelphia is left wondering when they will see him next.
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