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Joel Embiid (right knee injury management) will miss his 10th consecutive game when the Sixers host the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday evening, according to the team's initial injury report for the game unveiled on Saturday. VJ Edgecombe (left calf injury management) and Andre Drummond (right knee contusion) are listed as questionable:
Embiid had missed the past nine games. The Sixers had not reported any structural issues or setbacks with his knee, calling the injury "day-to-day," although head coach Nick Nurse had acknowledged that Embiid was dealing with soreness.
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The Sixers improved to 10-8 on the season Friday night, but they lost one of their stabilizing forces. It could be a brutal loss.
Maxey seems like a hardened veteran compared to the 21-year-old McCain and the 20-year-old Edgecombe. The trio of first-rounders — Maxey is not only an All-Star but surging toward All-NBA status — give the Sixers the type of fresh talent they could build a perennial playoff contender around.
Philadelphia 76ers center Andre Drummond had to be taken to the tunnel in a wheelchair after suffering an injury during the Nets game.