Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons have been ruled out for Sunday night's NBA All-Star game, the league announced. The Philadelphia 76ers stars reportedly received haircuts from a barber who tested positive for COVID-19.
NBA announces that Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid will not play in tonight’s All-Star Game.
Since the game is scheduled to tip at 8 p.m. ET and the duo were pulled around noon, there are reportedly no plans to replace them, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
At this late hour, there are no plans to replace Embiid and Simmons in the All-Star Game, source tells ESPN.