GALLOWAY -- Joel Embiid wasn’t about to miss the 76ers' first training camp practice.
The center didn't travel with his teammates here Monday night due to being in bed with a cold and virus. The Sixers even scratched in from Tuesday’s morning workout at Stockton University.
But Embiid had other plans when he woke up.
“I was like I waited too long for this time to come,” said the 2014 third overall pick, who missed his first two seasons due to right foot surgeries. “So I got to go and try to put some work in.