CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It turns out that Joel Embiid injured the area near his left eye before.
The 76ers center’s previous injury happened during his lone season at the University of Kansas, according to the Kansas City Star. Brett Brown said he was unaware of that incident on Sunday.
But now, four years later, Embiid fractured his orbital bone and suffered a concussion while colliding with teammate Markelle Fultz against the New York Knicks on Wednesday. The all-star center had surgery on Saturday and is expected to be sidelined two to four weeks.
“To my knowledge, there is zero connection,” Brown said of the two incidents.