Photo Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

JoJo’s eating some Ho Hos. Photo Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Joel Embiid is officially listed at seven-feet-tall and weighing 250 lbs., but I don’t think he’s stepped on an official scale in a while. While Embiid’s foot injury has kept him off the court and restricted him to only light basketball activities, it looks like it’s also contributed to a bit of a weight gain. In a picture Tom Moore of the Intelligencer took, he looks downright chunky.

Brett Brown is aware of the weight gain, and the team has sent Embiid home from their long road trip so he could “come home and focus on his conditioning.” But is there another way?

Brown said he jokingly told Embiid they’re “going to rub our head on Hollis (Thompson’s) pillow at home and get going where we both need to go.” Thompson has lost 20 pounds due to an upper respiratory infection.

Okay, first off: Holy shit that is one hell of an upper respiratory infection. What the hell is going on with Hollis Thompson? And secondly: Joel’s got time to get into shape and lose some pounds, let’s not just go give him whatever weird disease Hollis has just yet… because we need more of this [about LeBron after Sixers’ win last night]:

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