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Report: Joel Embiid ‘intends to play’ in the All-Star Game Sunday

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After the Sixers’ last game before the All-Star Break, Joel Embiid dropped a bit of a bombshell on us. “I’m not healthy,” the superstar big man told reporters in attendance after his 29 point, 14 rebounds, 5 dimes, 2 steals and a block game in a huge win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Embiid admitted that he’d been dealing with a nagging foot injury for roughly three weeks to a month, likely following this crash landing in a game vs. the Pelicans:

“I haven’t been healthy,” Embiid said last week.