Sixers

Joel Embiid has Appendicitis

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Apr 9th, 2026 · 3:50 PM EDT

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From the Sixers:

Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo surgery this afternoon in Houston.

Further updates will be provided as appropriate.

The man is cursed. Finally they get the knees in a manageable condition and then he misses 13 games with a strained oblique before coming down with appendicitis.

Presumably this would/could explain the illness that had been affecting him in recent games, since the Cleveland Clinic says that “up to 40% of people develop a fever… this means your immune system is kicking into a higher gear.“ Other symptoms that go along with the typical abdominal pain include nausea, vomiting, and malaise, which is what one suffers when watching a recent Sixers playoff series.

The team is 8th in the Eastern Conference with three games remaining – at Houston, at Indy, and home to Milwaukee. They can beat the Pacers and Bucks without Embiid, but Houston is going to be a challenge. It would SEEM as though this is a multi-week recovery, so we will await word, but his season could be done.

We add appendicitis to an Embiid injury/affliction list that includes:

• Navicular bone
• broken face 1
• broken face 2
• sinus fracture
• Bell’s Palsy
• torn meniscus (left knee)
• torn meniscus (right knee)
• torn thumb ligament
• oblique strain
• gastroenteritis
• foot sprain
• etc