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Embiid Expected To Miss At Least 10 Days

Shams Charania must be living in the Sixers training facility. Hours after tweetingtweeting that the Boston Celtics were interested in trading for Ben Simmons, the Athletic’s NBA insider tweeted that…

Shams Charania must be living in the Sixers training facility. Hours after tweetingtweeting that the Boston Celtics were interested in trading for Ben Simmons, the Athletic’s NBA insider tweeted that Joel Embiid has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocol. Embiid joins Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle, and Isaiah Joe. Embiid can only come back when he returns 2 negative Covid tests.

The Sixers are just the latest professional team dealing with a Covid outbreak. This isn’t to say that Embiid has even tested positive. He could’ve simply been in close contact with someone who did. Honestly it doesn’t even matter. If the big man can’t return 2 negative tests then he will remain out for a minimum of 10 days.

The short handed Sixers have been able to ascend to the top of the Eastern Conference without the likes of Harris, Green, Thybulle, Joe, and of course Ben Simmons. But Embiid is the focal point. Let’s hope for negative tests and a speedy recovery.

Pat EganEditor
Pat is Philly through and through, having grown up in the Oxford Circle of Northeast Philadelphia. He attended Cardinal Dougherty High School, and it was at CD that a teacher suggested he should pursue a career in sports radio. He worked his way up the ranks and joined the morning show in June of 2020. As a content creator for 97.5 The Fanatic he writes about Eagles, Sixers, Phillies and Flyers. Follow Pat on Twitter @Pat_Egan