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• Joel Embiid holding grudge against bandwagon 76ers fans
Joel Embiid appreciates the love he and his Philadelphia 76ers have received from fans this season, but he wonders where that was the past few years.Embiid said after the Sixers’ practice on Wednesday that he’s holding a bit of a grudge over fans just now jumping on the bandwagon when the team is good.“My mindset has always been, three, four years ago, no one was around, no one was talking about u...2018
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• Injury notes: Markelle Fultz getting closer; Jahlil Okafor set to play
Joel Embiid is considered doubtful for Wednesday’s game, and Markelle Fultz isn’t quite ready to get back on the court yet, but the Sixers got some positive news on both players this week. As Jessica Camerato of NBC Sports Philadelphia details, there was some concern on Sunday night that Embiid had suffered a broken right hand, but X-rays were negative and he believes he’s dealing instead with a s...2018
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• Joel Embiid vows to play through hand injury
The injury bug has struck yet again for Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, but the good news is he doesn’t think it’s serious enough for him to miss time.Embiid suffered a right hand contusion in Saturday’s 112-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks, but X-rays came back negative, according to Jessica Camerato of CSN Sports Philadelphia. The former No. 3 overall pick was asked about the injury on S...2017
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• Bryan Colangelo on Markelle Fultz injury: ‘The sky’s not falling’
Philadelphia 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo is doing his best to assure us that the Markelle Fultz situation is completely under control.Speaking with the media on Wednesday, Colangelo tried to downplay concerns about Fultz’s injury, per Jessica Camerato of CSN Philly. Unfortunately, it has seemed like the sky is falling for the No. 1 overall pick as he starts his NBA career. His shooting f...2017
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• Markelle Fultz says he’s close to 100 percent
Though the Philadelphia 76ers cannot escape injuries plaguing top draft picks, Markelle Fultz believes his shoulder is almost healed.According to Tom Moore of the Bucks County Courier Times, the Washington product said he’s “getting close” to 100 percent.We’re not in the training room with Fultz, so he could be telling the truth. But consider us skeptical after he admitted less than a week ago, pe...2017
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• Sixers to put Joel Embiid on minutes restriction to begin season
Last season, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid showed the entire NBA world what he can do when healthy. As a rookie, he averaged 20.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks in 25.4 minutes per game. He also shot 46.6 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from three-point range.While those numbers were impressive, Embiid only played in 31 games due to injury and was on a minutes restriction. Ho...2017
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• Fultz feels ‘sorry’ for teams that have to face him, Simmons
The Philadelphia 76ers have an incredible amount of youth and athleticism on their side heading into the 2017-18 season, and rookie point guard Markelle Fultz thinks that is going to be a major issue for opposing players.
While the Sixers only won 28 games last season, they were missing 2016 No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons, who suffered an injury in training camp a year ago and never made it onto t...2017
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• Jahlil Okafor eating vegan, has lost weight
Jahlil Okafor is making an effort to get into better shape entering the upcoming NBA season.CSN Philly’s Jessica Camerato spoke with Okafor at the Sixers Shore Tour Thursday and says the third-year center is down 20 pounds from his weight entering training camp last year. Okafor also told Camerato he is following a mostly vegan diet. Okafor averaged 17.5 points and seven rebounds per game as a roo...2017
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• Joel Embiid to miss next four games for 76ers
Joel Embiid is set to miss the next four games for the Philadelphia 76ers as he continues to recover from his knee injury.Embiid has only played in one game since Jan. 20 and missed Philly’s last 11 games leading up to the All-Star break because of his left knee. His timetable for a return was unknown, but reporters covering the team said Thursday that the Philly big man was recommended to miss th...2017
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• Joel Embiid’s minute limit will be enforced for rest of season
The Philadelphia 76ers made it clear there are no immediate plans to lift the minutes limit set for Joel Embiid. Further, the plan going forward is to keep that limit enforced for the balance of the season, despite the center making significant progress in his on-court development and recovery from seasons-robbing injuries.
Embiid, after averaging around 23 minutes per game at the start of the sea...2017