He may have already missed 18 of Philadelphia’s first 24 games but the Sixers are optimistic Joel Embiid won’t be out much longer.
Speaking with the media, Sixers head coach Nick Nurse got the impression this facial fracture isn’t as bad as the other two fractures Embiid has endured in the past.
“The only thing that I can compare it to, but I wasn’t here, but he certainly had those other ones that were a lot worse,” Nurse said. “It’s not nearly as severe as those two from what they tell me. So I guess that’s good because those were pretty tough — those two — and they say it’s not as bad as that.”
Injury history
Embiid first suffered a facial fracture back in 2018, a left orbital bone fracture when he collided with then teammate Markelle Fultz which also resulted in a concussion. He missed 10 games in total, eight in the regular season and two in the playoffs.
The second came in 2022, when…
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