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Philadelphia 76ers Continue Supporting Joel Embiid

It was a huge day for the center from Cameroon. After two years, two foot surgeries, and even a ill-timed case of the flu, Joel Embiid participated in his first NBA practice.

His basketball playing days were temporarily halted in March 2014, when he was diagnosed with stress fractures in his back. From that it moved to diagnosing stress fracture in his foot. Then a surgery. Then a second surgery. Now 944 days later, he had the chance to finally practice with a basketball team again.

When he came down with the flu? He wasn’t going to wait for that to dissipate.