How long do players typically miss with slants like Joel Embiid?
Recently, the The Philadelphia 76ers won some hard news when that great man was announced Joel Embiid would be ruled out due to a concussion. The injury occurred during a recent home win over the Miami Heat, and comes just as Embiid is returning from a recent calf ailment that has kept him out since the All-Star break.
Now, Jeff Stotts of In Street Clothes has shed more light on what the timetable for Embiid’s recovery might look like.
“New Joel Embiid injury update: Oblique strains are much more common in sports like baseball, but they do happen in the NBA. NBA players to suffer the injury include Desmond Bane and Dame Lillard. In the NBA, the average time lost for an oblique strain in a season is 4.2 games (~11.6 days on Twitter),”
Injuries have been a big part of Embiid’s career, derailing his 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons from his MVP campaign in 2022-23. He has been in and out of the lineup all year for the 76ers this season as he tries to address chronic knee issues.
Meanwhile, the 76ers are still awaiting the return of Paul George, who is currently serving a suspension for violating the league’s banned substance policy.
The 76ers have done a solid job of holding down the fort in the absence of their two stars, with Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe forming one of the most explosive backcourts in the NBA. The 76ers are currently 33-26 on the season and occupy the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference, 1.5 games behind the Toronto Raptors. Philadelphia would meet the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs in a rematch of the 2024 matchup if the postseason started today.
Either way, the 76ers will next take the floor Sunday night on the road against the Boston Celtics.
2026-03-01 18:57:00
