SAD NEWS : Joel Embiid’s Injury Means More Misery for Sixers Fans….

The star big man is going to miss extensive time after knee surgery, signaling yet another lost season for the team’s faithful followers.

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers is hurt really bad — and so are his fans Jason Miller/Getty Last season, Joel Embiid averaged 33.1 points, 1.7 blocks, 1.0 steals, 4.2 assists and 10.2 rebounds on a per-game basis, which was enough for him to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Statistically speaking, though, that was apparently just an appetizer. In the current 2023-24 campaign, he’s bested all of those marks, averaging 35.3 points, 1.8 blocks, 1.1 steals. 5.7 assists and 11.3 rebounds per-game. Dessert arrived two weeks ago in the form of a 70-point game that propelled Embiid to MVP-favorite status in most betting books.

Unfortunately for his team, the Philadelphia 76ers, it appears that’s where his regular-season stat line will stay — with no chance of an MVP repeat. According to multiple reports, Embiid is set to miss “extended time” with a torn meniscus in his left knee that requires reparative surgery. Candidates for NBA awards must play in 65 games across the regular season to qualify, a new rule put in place partly to demotivate teams from resting their stars as part of “load management” strategies. Embiid has only played in 34 games this season, and with sports injury specialists saying a return to the court prior to the playoffs is unlikely, the star forward probably won’t capture a second-straight MVP crown