The Sixers have had brutal injury luck for months now.
Even beyond Joel Embiid’s absence, De’Anthony Melton and Robert Covington have been missed significant time. Players like Tyrese Maxey, Nicolas Batum and Tobias Harris have been in and out of the lineup. The results have mostly been ugly, but it’s hard when you’re shuffling the roster in a Process-like way.
There was a bit of good news to come out of Sixers practice on Sunday: Embiid was able to participate in some portions.
“Joel was here today, yep,” head coach Nick Nurse said. “He was on the court.