PHILADELPHIA – On the heels of Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe scoring 34 points in an electric NBA debut in Boston on Wednesday night, there was some extra juice at Xfinity Mobile Arena as the Sixers played host to the Charlotte Hornets in their 2025-26 home opener. After a brutal season debut, Joel Embiid looked substantially better against Charlotte and its …
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CAMDEN, N.J. — Seven months after he last played basketball and five after he underwent (another) surgery on his troublesome left knee, Joel Embiid addressed a roomful of reporters eager for a health update from the former MVP. What they left with was a lot more questions. In a 16-minute session with assembled media, Embiid was purposefully—and at times maddeningly—vague …
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Dotun AkintoyeJul 16, 2025, 09:45 AM ET Close Dotun Akintoye is a staff writer at ESPN. IT HAS TAKEN months to get here. Months of waiting, for Joel Embiid to play, for him not to play, for him to decide what, if anything, he wants to say about a season that once seemed so full of promise. We’re in his …
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