Joel Embiid was on the season, and the 76ers announced on Friday.
The 2023 NBA MVP has struggled with knee injuries this season and instead of trying to play through it, he will focus on 2025-26.
“The Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid are consulting with top specialists about continuing problems with their left knee,” the team said. said in a statement About Embiid, who will turn 31 on March 16th.
Currently, the Sixers are 20-38 years old in the NBA season and are 12th in the Eastern Conference.
Currently they have 2.5 games behind the Chicago Bulls' 10th place, potential play-in tournaments.
The 76ers entered the NBA season as a team expected to become one of the Eastern Conference teams, following the signature of Paul George, agreeing with Tylese Maxey and perhaps healthy Envids fresh from Olympic gold medals with Team USA.
However, Embiid tore his Meniscus last season and has not healed properly since undergoing surgery in early February.
He returned just before the playoffs, but still appears to have been stepped in by an injured knee, but fought through Bell's paralysis.
Along with Embiid, who won the 2023 NBA MVP Award, the Sixers have yet to advance beyond the second round of the NBA playoffs. This is the round that he reached five times in six years when he lost to the Knicks before the Eastern Conference Semis last year.
If the Sixers miss the playoffs, the Embiid Rookie campaign, the first time the team has not played postseason basketball since 2017.
Embiid played for Team USA last summer, but it didn't go completely. Extended for 3 years $193 million A deal that will run until 2029 at his discretion, along with Philadelphia before the start of this season.
Embiid averaged 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists in just 30.2 minutes per contest, while filming just 44% off the field in 19 appearances.
The first round draft pick of Sixers 2025 is currently owned by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but will remain in Philadelphia if it is a pick that lands between 1st and 6th place.
If the pick lands in that range and remains in Philadelphia, the top four will be protected in 2026 and 2027.
If you don't tell them by then, it will be your second draft choice in 2027.
