Joel Embiid will have another surgery on the navicular bone of his right foot and miss a second consecutive season. The Sixers have confirmed this. You are processing it. Before we go further, I recommend to you the following articles, because their contents are important to understanding and contextualizing the whole situation, and because I will attempt to avoid their well-trodden territory.
Our friend Derek Bodner, for PhillyMag, reinforced his support for the Embiid pick. At Philly.com, Mike Sielski got into the personal elements of what this means for Joel himself.