Joel Embiid will miss his 8th consecutive game with knee tendinitis when the Sixers visit the Houston Rockets tomorrow at 8pm. The news was revealed this evening by Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. After playing 23 minutes in the All-Star game back on February 23rd, the team declared that week Embiid would be out for a time and re-evaluated in a week.
Embiid has suggested that this absence was one he originally suggested; it’s a sentiment that contrasts from past narratives that he gets frustrated when the team tries to manage his work-load. If this is true it represents some maturation on his part.