By: EFE
By: EFE
The Cameroonian pivot Joel Embiid , of the Philadelphia Sixers , tested positive for covid – 19 and will be low at least by 10 days, according to the information offered this Monday by the team.
Embiid will miss the match they are going to play today the Sixers against the New York Knicks and will have to follow covid health and safety protocols – 19 that the NBA has established.
That would mean that Embiid would lose at minus five games and could potentially return sometime late next week, while Philadelphia is in the middle of a six-game road trip, most to be played on the West Coast. .
76 ers All-Star Joel Embiid has entered health and safety protocols, sources tell @ TheAthletic @ Stadium . Tonight was planned rest for Embiid, but he could miss several games.
– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 8, 2021
Embiid becomes the fourth player in the Sixers squad to have tested positive in recent days after forward Tobias Harris and guard Matisse Thybulle have been dropped. Isaiah Joe.
The Sixers’ All-Star center has averages of 21, 4 points; 9.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the nine games he has played since the new season began.
With Embiid out, his position will be filled in the starting five by center Andre Drummond, who was signed last summer as a free agent.
Despite the losses suffered and not having the star point guard, the Australian Ben Simmons, who has refused to play with the team after requesting the transfer, the Sixers lead Eastern Conference 8-2.