The 76ers have confirmed that Joel Embiid has suffered a lateral meniscus harm on his left knee, so how lengthy will he be out for?
Embiid suffered the harm towards the Warriors on Tuesday when he dived for the ball and Jonathan Kuminga landed on his leg, which bent awkwardly.
The large man was in numerous ache and might be seen limping to the locker room and didn’t return.
The workforce launched an announcement with the newest data on Embiid’s harm.
“An MRI following Wednesday’s game (sic) and further evaluation over the last 24 hours revealed an injury to the lateral meniscus in Embiid’s left knee. Embiid, in consultation with the 76ers medical staff and several leading specialists, will be OUT through the weekend while a treatment plan is finalized. Updates will be provided as appropriate.”
Notice how the franchise didn’t specify that Embiid tore his meniscus – an harm he has suffered twice in previous seasons.
Following Embiid’s harm announcement, LeBron James took to socials to face up for Embiid, after he copped numerous criticism from the media for lacking so many video games.
Now he’s out with an harm due to it. Not 1 particular person has went again on television or their dumbass podcast and apologized to that MAN!! No accountability 🗑️🗑️🗑️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 2, 2024
Embiid hasn’t been having a superb time along with his left knee, since he missed two video games final week for soreness in the identical knee, however Nick Nurse confirmed the fresh injury is unrelated to the previous soreness.
Embiid’s restoration time will rely on the severity on the harm.
The middle’s 2016-17 season was minimize brief when he tore his meniscus in his left knee.
In 2021, the reigning MVP suffered a small lateral meniscus tear in his proper knee in 2021, however was capable of return after lacking only one playoff sport.
He missed his thirteenth sport on Thursday towards the Jazz and new NBA guidelines state that any participant who doesn’t play in no less than 65/82 regular-season video games can be ineligible for postseason awards.
If Embiid misses rather more time, his MVP protection can be over.
