Anyone hoping to see the Sixers’ new Big Three this preseason was a dealt a big blow Sunday.
The team announced that while Embiid is “progressing well” with his left knee, he will sit out the entire preseason. Take that update how you will. The Sixers open the regular season in nine days at home against Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks.
You should expect to see everyone else get some burn tonight — unlike what we saw in Boston Saturday night. The Celtics, playing most of the rotation that won them a championship last season, crushed a Sixers team that more closely resembled a summer league squad.