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Embiid to shed cast in "few more weeks"

GALLOWAY, N.J. -- 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie said Wednesday that Joel Embiid will wear a cast on his right foot for ‘just a few more weeks."

The 7-foot center had bone-graft surgery in August to repair the navicular bone in his right foot. The third overall pick in the 2014 draft will miss a second consecutive season because of the injury.

Embiid was back in Philadelphia on Wednesday after spending a couple of days with the team here at the shore.

“He can’t do very much right now,” Hinkie said. “The things he can do, which are limited, are nutrition, medication, sleep and staying off [his foot.