PHILADELPHIA — The long-term status of Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid remained up in the air on Saturday night as the defending NBA MVP and team officials continued to wait for potential options to deal with a meniscus injury suffered on Tuesday at Golden State.
“Nope, we’re just still waiting,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said when asked for an Embiid update during his pre-game news conference Saturday before Philadelphia’s game against the Brooklyn Nets .
The team confirmed in a statement to reporters on Thursday that Embiid suffered a lateral meniscus injury after Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga fell on his leg during the fourth quarter of Golden State’s 119-107 win. The report continued by saying that Embiid would miss Philadelphia’s game on Saturday against Brooklyn and would be reevaluated by doctors and team officials to determine a rehabilitation plan.
Embiid had missed the two previous games on the road trip with what the club called “left knee swelling,” and has been listed as questionable with swelling in the knee at times since mid-December. Nurse said the club was unaware of any problems with the meniscus until Tuesday night’s injury.