Unlike last season, the Philadelphia 76ers started the regular season with Joel Embiid being active and actually playing. Both the medical and coaching staffs have implemented a strict cap on his workload early on and kept him out of back-to-backs to keep him as fresh as possible, but as people might have already foreseen, the superstar has still been missing a lot of games.
Embiid has appeared in just six games so far this season, and has missed the last seven outings due to an issue with his right knee. It is actually his left knee which is chronically injured, but it seems like his other one bore the brunt of having to compensate for the former.