On a recent episode of First Take, ESPN’s Shams Charania detailed where Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers are at with the former MVP’s knee injury. Embiid met with several doctors and got several opinions on how to move forward. The veteran center and the team decided on arthroscopic surgery as the best path to get Embiid back on the floor for next season.
However, things haven’t gone smoothly between Embiid and the Sixers on the handling of his knee injury.
“There was some tension there between Joel Embiid and that front office, from my understanding,” Charania said. “The team believed he needed to play at some points of the season, that he needed to get his conditioning right through playing and getting better that way. He felt like he needed surgery. He ends up getting the surgery.”
No timeline for Embiid to return has been shared by the 76ers. There were options presented to Embiid that would have caused him to miss the entirety of next season. By going the arthroscopic surgery route, it’s expected Embiid will be able to play next season.