Another day, more discouraging news for Sixers fans.

Brett Brown said at Monday’s practice that the team plans to limit Joel Embiid to just 20 minutes or less to start the season:

“I don’t really know if there’s a solid number. I can tell if you were to choose a number, it’s somewhere in the teens.”

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“There will be some minutes restrictions, but it’s also a judgment of how is the game being played, not just looking at rote, rigid number,” Brown said.

H/T CSN Philly

Embiid, who apparently found out about this minute restriction from the media, reacted to the news:

Joel Embiid's reaction to learning Brett Brown's estimate of a minutes limit in the teens to start the season. pic.twitter.com/4jbDPHvcUj

— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) October 16, 2017

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Today’s Friday is more enjoyable. The Eagles are 5-1. The Nationals are out of the NLDS, again. But we’ll stick with the Eagles for now.

Catch up or relive some of the best parts of the game in our live thread. There were some great moments, but also plenty of bad ones, especially when EVERY PENALTY EXCEPT ONE WAS AGAINST THE EAGLES. How this is possible I still don’t understand, but the Birds defeated the Panthers and Pete Morelli’s old ass last night.

This was the first time in NFL history one team had over 120 penalty yards while the other had fewer than 10.

— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) October 13, 2017

The Panthers had one penalty for one yard. That was on the two-point conversion on which the refs never gave the option for Pederson to go for two in the first place.

And we did it without Lane Johnson.

Also, Nigel Bradham played out of his mind on defense. He made plenty of big tackles that stopped drives for Carolina, and Mychal Kendricks played a big role when Jordan Hicks left the game in the second half.

Leading tacklers:

Mychal Kendricks 17
Nigel Bradham 12

Wow pic.twitter.com/JGW6ZuJWAn

— John Clark NBCPhilly (@JClarkNBCS) October 13, 2017

Meanwhile, Jimmy Kempski gives out his 10 awards from the game, Paul Domowitch lists five quick observations, and Les Bowen on the offensive line improving after a very rough start.

But isn’t this such a sweet feeling?

Yo Malcolm Jenkins was going off after the game 😂 pic.twitter.com/wiY7TVxXeF

— Drew Corrigan (@Dcorrigan50) October 13, 2017

Jalen Mills was getting it too, I love this team pic.twitter.com/x4jjHop5ZQ

— Drew Corrigan (@Dcorrigan50) October 13, 2017

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Joel Embiid. My goodness.

The new $100 million+ man took to the court last night against the Brooklyn Nets for his preseason debut, just days after inking a new contract extension with the Sixers. Embiid had quite the night, dropping 22 points, to help Philly earns its first win this preseason, 133-114.

Wednesday night’s game was a landmark moment in the history of The Process, but you almost didn’t see it.

Embiid also made a near half-court shot. Of course it was after the whistle:

😂 pic.twitter.com/k6q33hkFSY

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) October 12, 2017

Markelle Fultz did not play, but he was hammered by one NBA exec yesterday:

“Honestly, I don’t know where to start,” one NBA executive told Bleacher Report. “This is mind-boggling. Who in the world told him to do anything like that? In college, he just shot 65 percent [on free throws]. It needed minor adjustments. This new thing is crazy, and a few weeks ago, he had an entirely different technique. Why change every time for the worse?”

The Sixers will “host” the Miami Heat on Friday for their next preseason contest.

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The Flyers went down three goals early, then scored five straight, just to give up three more goals in the third period to lose 6-5. How freaking lovely.

At least Nolan Patrick scored his first goal of his NHL career! But it doesn’t cancel out a stinging loss like this.

Anthony will have a recap of this game later this morning. It’s the fourth of the season, and Flyers Twitter has already reached the point of ending their existence on Earth because the Flyers blew a lead. Also, Dave Hakstol appears to not be a popular guy amongst the Flyers fan base.

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The Process just got a lot more expensive.

A Woj Bomb was dropped last night as the new ESPNer reported that the Sixers, and Joel Embiid agreed to a max contract extension worth up to $148 million.

Before you go crazy on the Andrew Bynum-esque nonsense, this could be a smart deal:

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