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Sixers star Joel Embiid to undergo procedure on injured left meniscus, is ‘expected to miss significant time’

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Philadelphia 76ers star and reigning league MVP Joel Embiid will undergo a procedure this week to repair the meniscus injury in his left knee, as first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

BREAKING: 76ers star Joel Embiid — the reigning MVP — will undergo a procedure this week to repair a left meniscus injury, a team official tells ESPN. A recovery timeline is expected after procedure, but expectation is that he will miss an extended period of time. pic.twitter.com/9c3ZqM7iT2

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 5, 2024

This was one of the two ways this was expected to play out after it was reported yesterday afternoon that the center had suffered a “displaced flap of the meniscus”.