At some point, you start to wonder about the 76ers and their dumb luck. As Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo Sports outlines, the Sixers’ latest setback — Joel Embiid undergoing surgery for appendicitis just before the playoffs — is only the latest in a long line of unfortunate developments for the franchise.
The Philadelphia 76ers continue to battle adversity as Tyrese Maxey drives a critical late-season push. With Joel Embiid sidelined following an appendectomy, the urgency has intensified, placing even greater responsibility on Maxey despite a lingering finger injury.
As the Philadelphia 76ers gear up for their regular-season finale, one storyline has surged to the forefront: VJ Edgecombe’s rapid emergence. Fresh off a 105-94 win over the Indiana Pacers, head coach Nick Nurse didn’t hold back in his postgame assessment.
Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points, Andre Drummond posted a double-double off the bench, and the Philadelphia 76ers ended Friday alone in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with their 105-94 defeat of the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis.
NBA history is full of players who were perfectly of their era, possessing the right skills and attributes to thrive during their time. There are also plenty of guys whose careers might have played out differently had they been born years later.
The Philadelphia 76ers have made a final decision regarding the places of Cameron Payne and Dalen Terry as they near the end of the 2025-26 regular season.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was released from the hospital Friday after undergoing a successful appendectomy and is returning to Philadelphia, the team announced.
With Joel Embiid’s appendicitis has sidelined the star center for the foreseeable future, effectively killing off any optimism surrounding how this season could end for the Philadelphia 76ers.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
The Philadelphia 76ers are on the road on Friday night as they travel to take on the Indiana Pacers in an Eastern Conference matchup. Philadelphia enters Friday’s game with a 43-37 record after losing on the road to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night.
The Sixers are making a change at the back of their roster ahead of the postseason, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter link), who reports that wing Dalen Terry is being promoted from his two-way contract to a standard deal, while point guard Cameron Payne will be placed on waivers.
The Philadelphia 76ers once again find themselves in purgatory after the recent loss of Joel Embiid, who is out indefinitely after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.
With an unfortunate development for star Joel Embiid looming over them, the Philadelphia 76ers will try to pull out of a three-game slide when they meet the Indiana Pacers on Friday night in Indianapolis.
The Philadelphia 76ers face yet another setback at the worst possible time! With the postseason knocking on the door in a season marked by injuries and lengthy suspension, stability had just begun to take shape around Joel Embiid.
The Philadelphia 76ers are struggling for a playoff spot at the moment. Although they have already clinched the play-ins, things are looking extremely tough for them at the moment.
For years, the Philadelphia 76ers have built their identity around star power. From “The Process” to the MVP dominance of Joel Embiid, the organization has consistently prioritized top-end talent in its pursuit of a championship.
Cameron Payne will miss at least the next two weeks for the Sixers with a right hamstring strain, reports The Athletic’s Tony Jones (Twitter link). Payne left Saturday’s loss to the Pistons after playing just nine minutes due to the injury and did not return to the game.
Edwards came back from a knee injury Monday and looked like he hadn't skipped a beat after missing two weeks with a knee injury. Then an illness derailed him as the Minnesota Timberwolves are scrambling for playoff seeding.
So far this season, Paul George’s journey has been anything but stable. It was only after the NBA handed the veteran a 25-game suspension for violating the league’s drug policy that he started to show up like vintage PG. Now that everything is at peace, at least for some time, and as he has started to realize it was actually his mistake.