Tag: Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers will be cautious with Joel Embiid early on this season, and the star center isn’t thrilled with that plan. Sixers coach Brett Brown, when asked how much Embiid would play in Wednesday’s season opener against the Wizards, told reporters that he didn’t have a set number of minutes in mind before acknowledging […]
As he always does, Joel Brigham makes 50 predictions for the forthcoming NBA season.
Joel Embiid, playing for the first time since agreeing to a five-year, $146.5 million extension, scored 22 points in his preseason debut for the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night. Embiid’s impressive stat line came in just 15 minutes of action in the Sixers’ 133-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Of his 22 points, 14 came […]
Despite his injury-riddled past, signing Joel Embiid was a move the Sixers had to make.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s five-year, $146.5 million maximum extension is essentially guaranteed but protects the franchise financially should Embiid suffer a contractually specific catastrophic injury, league sources told ESPN. Embiid, 23, signed the rookie-scale max extension Tuesday, with the $146.5 million total for the deal based on the NBA’s new salary cap projections for the 2018-19 […]
On Joel Embiid, the Sixers took a $148 million risk. It was either that, or risk losing control.
Philadelphia center Joel Embiid has agreed to a five-year, $148 million designated rookie scale max extension, league sources told ESPN. If Embiid meets the super max criteria over course of deal, he could earn as much as $178M. https://t.co/55eWZGis4I — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 9, 2017 Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN
Richaun Holmes has a non-displaced fracture in the radial bone of his left wrist and will be re-evaluated in approximately 3 weeks. #sixers Richaun Holmes has a non-displaced fracture in the radial bone of his left wrist and will be re-evaluated in approximately 3 weeks. #sixers — Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) October 8, 2017 Source: Derek […]
Joel Embiid was cleared for 5-on-5 drills and participated in a full practice with the Philadelphia 76ers for the first time Thursday since having knee surgery in March. Embiid sat out Philadelphia’s preseason opener on Wednesday and won’t play against Boston on Friday. The Sixers are hopeful Embiid will be in the lineup on opening […]
The Sixers are loaded with potential, but their first NBA action proves there is still plenty of work to do.
