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04/09 15:44 CDT 76ers say Joel Embiid will have surgery for appendicitis with
no timeline for his return
76ers say Joel Embiid will have surgery for appendicitis with no timeline for
his return
HOUSTON (AP) --- Joel Embiid was diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo
surgery on Thursday in Houston, the Philadelphia 76ers announced.
The 76ers are scheduled to play at the Rockets on Thursday night.
The team said further updates will be provided as appropriate.
The 76ers are currently eighth in the Eastern Conference and on track for a
spot in the play-in tournament, though they are only one game behind
sixth-place Toronto.
Embiid has been limited to 38 games this season, sidelined primarily by injury
management in his knees.
He was held out against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday with "right oblique;
injury management; (and) illness." He has not played in both games of a
back-to-back all season.
After missing Saturday's game, Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds in
Philadelphia's 115-102 loss at San Antonio on Monday night.
Embiid, 32, is averaging 26.9 points and 7.7 rebounds this season after playing
in only 19 games in the 2024-25 season. He hasn't appeared in as many as 40
games in a regular season since 2022-23 when he was named MVP after averaging a
career-high 33.1 points.
Embiid expressed his frustrations with Daryl Morey, the 76ers president of
basketball operations, on Friday night for not allowing him to play in
Washington last week.
"I was pissed off. I wanted to play basketball," Embiid said. "I wasn't allowed
to play basketball, so I think this is more of a question of Daryl Morey or
whoever makes the decisions."
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