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Joel Embiid has Appendicitis (UPDATED)
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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.
UPDATE – Sixers say “Joel Embiid underwent a successful appendectomy today in Houston.”
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
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com