The 76ers are close to making a decision that will dictate center Joel Embiid's immediate and long-term future, general manager Sam Hinkie said in a news conference Friday morning.
Hinkie said that another surgery has not been ruled out as an option, and that he can't see Embiid playing in either of the Sixers' two summer league teams.
Embiid, 21, missed all of what would have been his rookie season after surgery last June to repair the navicular bone in his right foot.
In March, nine months after his injury, Hinkie said Embiid had a CT scan that "looked right on schedule.