76ers' Embiid: 'I feel 100 percent'
After a two-year wait, Joel Embiid should be on track to make his NBA debut this season.
"I feel 100 percent," the 22-year-old center told reporters Saturday at the Philadelphia 76ers' Beach Bash event. "I'm ready to get started, and my summer has been great."
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Embiid was cleared by the Sixers in June to scrimmage in 5-on-5 settings, and he's looked impressive in footage that has leaked out from his workouts. The Cameroonian 7-footer hasn't played a minute of NBA basketball since being picked third overall in the 2014 draft, the victim of a severe foot injury and two subsequent surgeries. He expects to have a minutes restriction when the preseason rolls around.
Embiid said he'll "probably" have playing restrictions but they'll be because he hasn't played in years, not because of re-injury concern.
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How the Sixers will fit Embiid into a rotation that currently also features fellow bigs Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel remains to be seen. Trade rumors have circulated regarding both.