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The Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid are one defeat away from being eliminated in the playoffs, as the Toronto Raptors lead the Eastern Conference semifinals, 3-2. If the Sixers do lose the series, NBA analyst Colin Cowherd believes it will be time for the franchise to trade talented but often-injured center Joel Embiid. "Joel Embiid […]

The Philadelphia 76ers had seemed to gain firm control of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Toronto Raptors following a 116-95 win in Game 3 that saw Joel Embiid break out of his series slump to score 33 points to go along with 10 rebounds and five blocks. But things were not quite as they […]

After scoring 33 points and looking like the most dominant player in the league in Game 3, Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid really struggled over the last two games of their second-round series against the Toronto Raptors. Embiid scored just 11 and 13 points in Games 4 and 5, respectively, as he played through […]

Joel Embiid was clearly a ghost of his former self in Game 5 against the Toronto Raptors, mustering only 13 points and six rebounds while coughing up a game-high eight turnovers in a 125-89 loss for the Philadelphia 76ers. The 7-footer noted he must regain the joy for the game coming into the next tilt, […]

Despite being on the brink of elimination, Philadelphia 76ers forward Jimmy Butler is standing up for teammate Joel Embiid. The big man had yet another disappointing outing, posting only 13 points and six rebounds while committing a game-high eight turnovers in a 125-89 rout at the hands of the Toronto Raptors. Embiid was bothered by […]

The Philadelphia 76ers now find themselves on the brink of elimination after losing Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Toronto Raptors, 125-89. A large part of the Sixers’ struggles has been Joel Embiid, who had an underwhelming performance once again. He finished with just 13 points, six rebounds, and an assist. After […]

The Toronto Raptors managed to make a statement with their dominant win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5. Home fans then added insult to injury by mocking Sixers center Joel Embiid with his own airplane celebration on his way out of the game. Philadelphia pulled out Embiid early with the game out of reach. […]

Kawhi Leonard is showing why the Toronto Raptors made the right decision when the team traded for him despite the chance of losing him for nothing in free agency. Leonard has been on a tear for the Raptors in their 2019 Eastern Conference Semis series against the Philadelphia 76ers. The 27-year-old superstar was a highlight […]

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers has not been performing up to par and has received criticism for it. Head coach Brett Brown defended the big man by tagging the criticisms as ‘grossly unfair.’ After their embarrassing 125-89 Game 5 loss to the Toronto Raptors, Brown addressed the criticisms thrown at Embiid. For Brown, negative […]

Canadian rapper Drake mocked Joel Embiid on Tuesday night, and the Philadelphia 76ers superstar vowed that he will make up for his performance. While walking out of the arena after losing in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semis series with the Toronto Raptors, the Sixers superstar told Drake that he will be back. Several […]

Canadian rapper Drake trolled Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid when he exited out of Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Eastern Conference Semis on Tuesday night. Drake mocked Embiid by doing the Sixers center’s favorite plane flying gesture while the superstar was heading to their bench. Not only that, Raptors fans saw what Drake was […]

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star small forward Jimmy Butler wants you to know he’s not a doctor and he’s staying as far as possible from Sixers star Joel Embiid. Embiid is still dealing with an upper respiratory infection. Butler loves Embiid, but admits he’s not trying to get sick and doesn’t know the severity of the illness […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been marred by injuries this postseason, but he is listed as probable for Game 5 against the Toronto Raptors after recovering from an upper respiratory infection, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Embiid did not attend shootaround on Tuesday morning and is resting back at the hotel, hoping to save […]

Outspoken basketball analyst Colin Cowherd is the latest to get on the Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s hate train, as the broadcaster flat out labeled the Sixers star as a “liability” for the team. "Joel Embiid's reality is he didn't play for 2 years because he was hurt. He needs 6 treatments a game because […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown has no update on star center Joel Embiid, who played sick in the Sixers’ Game 4 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Embiid played 35 minutes in Game 4, but didn’t look like himself at all. The Sixers’ best player finished with just 11 points while shooting 2-of-7 […]

Joel Embiid just couldn’t get it going on Sunday night for the Philadelphia 76ers, as his team fell to the Toronto Raptors, 101-96. The 24-year-old struggled with his shot in Game 4 of their second-round playoffs matchup against the Raptors, going only 2-of-7 from the floor for 11 points. Following the contest, it was revealed […]

Joel Embiid’s status for Game 4 was highly questionable, as the Philadelphia 76ers center dealt with an illness that kept him from displaying his full potential in a close 101-96 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Following a monster 33-point, 10-rebound, five-block effort in Game 3, Embiid didn’t feel fit to play on Sunday, […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid struggled once again in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semi-finals bout against the Toronto Raptors. The 25-year-old center managed to score only 11 points on 2-7 shooting. This is coming off the heels of his 33 point performance in Game 3, where he took 18 shots, and for Sixers […]

Joel Embiid was not his usual self in Game 4 of the Philadelphia 76ers’ second round series with the Toronto Raptors. And as it turns out, the Sixers center was feeling under the weather way before the crucial showdown. The Sixers lost to the Raptors 101-96, allowing the second-seeded Toronto to tie the series at […]

A couple of days ago, Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid said his game is better when he’s having fun. Well, that seems to be the case in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinals against the Toronto Raptors. Embiid had a good first half against the Raptors, highlighted by this defense-to-offense play late in the […]

Jimmy Butler has a reputation of being a difficult person to work with, but he’s made a name for himself these playoffs as a clutch performer. Leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 2-1 series lead over the Toronto Raptors, Butler has been most dominant playing point guard. When All-Star point guard Ben Simmons goes to […]

The Philadelphia 76ers managed to earn a split of their first two games against the Toronto Raptors in their Eastern Conference semifinal thanks in part to a wonderful Game 2 performance by Jimmy Butler and a bench that has made the necessary contributions on both ends. Sixers center Joel Embiid, however, did very little to […]

After logging a total of 28 points and a block during the first two games of their Eastern Conference semi-finals matchup against the Toronto Raptors, Philadephia 76ers’ All-Star center Joel Embiid erupted for 33 markers and five rejections in Game 3, leading his team to a 116-95 victory in Game 3. Embiid has been the […]

Philadelphia basketball legend Sonny Hill has a warning for the rest of the NBA, saying Sixers superstar big man Joel Embiid is just halfway to realizing his full potential as a basketball player. Embiid started playing basketball at 15-years-old, modeling his game after Houston Rockets legend Hakeem Olajuwon. Now 25, Embiid has turned himself into […]

Philadelphia 76ers veteran big man Greg Monroe sees some Hakeem Olajuwon in Sixers superstar center Joel Embiid. During his playing days with the Houston Rockets, Olajuwon was one of the most dominant players in the league on both ends of the court. He still has a long ways to go, but Embiid appears to be […]

Joel Embiid shined in Game 3 after two subpar games shooting under 30% through the start of the Eastern Conference Semifinal series against the Toronto Raptors. The Philadelphia 76ers big dipper poured in 33 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and five blocks in an all-around effort that stomped the Raptors’ quest for a series lead. […]

Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers’ injury-prone center, has been a thorn in the side of Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, who now finds his team trailing 2-1 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The 7-foot Goliath had his best game of the series with 33 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and five blocks, showing the […]

As expected, things started to get chippy between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers in Game 3. The evening was highlighted by Toronto’s Pascal Siakam tripping Philadelphia center Joel Embiid. Pascal Siakam was called for a flagrant 1 after blatantly tripping Joel Embiid following a botched layup attempt. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports, he […]

The numbers are certainly impressive, but they still don’t do Joel Embiid’s Game 3 performance justice – and not just because he only played 28 minutes in the Philadelphia 76ers’ blowout win over the Toronto Raptors. After Embiid dropped 33 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and five blocks on 18 shots Wednesday night, Sixers coach […]

Coming into Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers’ starting five had taken the floor together in just 16 games between the regular season and playoffsa. In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Ben Simmons, J.J. Redick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris, and Joel Embiid made it easy to wonder just how differently the basketball world might […]

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers utterly dominated in Game 3 of his team’s series against the Toronto Raptors. After a tough, stomach bug-addled performance in Game 2 of the series, Embiid bounced back in a big way in Game 3 by producing a stat line that had not been since Kevin McHale in 1990. […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid had a nightmarish performance in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Toronto Raptors. Of course, that was due to the fact that the Sixers big man was suffering from a stomach ailment that limited his mobility and affected his endurance. Fast-forward to Thursday night and Embiid looked like […]

Game 3 between the Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors turned out into a chippy affair, and that was made even more evident when Pascal Siakam tripped Joel Embiid in the fourth quarter of the contest. After getting his shocked brutally erased by Embiid, Siakam fell to the ground and then stuck his leg out to […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid can do it all. The Sixers All-Star center is off to a hot start to the 2019 postseason and looks dominant on both sides of the ball. In their second round matchup, the Sixers are tied with the Toronto Raptors at a game apiece. The two faced off for a […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have always been a team full of personalities. Unfortunately, those loud personalities in the Sixers don’t always get along. But this season, everything seemed to click just fine. The team has had its usual bit of drama, but two of its biggest stars — center Joel Embiid and forward Jimmy Butler — […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has struggled mightily in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Toronto Raptors. The two-time All-Star only managed to score 16 points in Game 1 and 12 points in Game 2, way below his season average of 27.5 points per contest and 24.8 points per game […]

Philadelphia Sixers center Joel Embiid is easily one of the best big men in the game. The two-time All-Star is coming off the best season of his young career and is off to a strong start to the postseason. But could Embiid get even better? Kendrick Perkins thinks so. On Tuesday, the former NBA center […]

Joel Embiid managed to suit up for Game 2 against the Toronto Raptors, despite his status being murky after dealing with symptoms of gastroenteritis before Monday’s tip-off. The Philadelphia 76ers big man told teammate Jimmy Butler to get the win, given that he was doing all he could to be out on the floor: “He […]

It was just revealed that Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers suited up for Game 2 against the Toronto Raptors while nursing a stomach flu. However, the big man never doubted his status and was going to play no matter what. Per Josh Lewenberg, Joel Embiid knew he was going to suit up despite his […]