{"id":243018,"date":"2025-10-27T00:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/243018\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T00:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:22:07","slug":"sixers-notes-embiid-barlow-drummond-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/243018\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers Notes: Embiid, Barlow, Drummond, Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joel Embiid<\/a> will miss the Sixers\u2018 game against the Magic on Monday due to left knee injury management, reports Keith Pompey of the Philly Inquirer (via Twitter<\/a>). It\u2019s been previously reported<\/a> that Embiid and the Sixers would be cautious with his health, so the move isn\u2019t unexpected after playing in the first two games of the season.<\/p>\n

Embiid scored 20 points in 20 minutes in the Sixers\u2019 most recent game against the Hornets, after a disappointing season debut against the Celtics. Taking advantage of Charlotte\u2019s lack of big man depth, Embiid had added four assists and two steals, while scoring nine of the team\u2019s first 18 points, writes Pompey<\/a>. He is currently on a minutes restriction.<\/p>\n

Embiid is still trying to navigate how to be most effective in limited minutes, Pompey writes.<\/p>\n

\u201cLonger stints, you\u2019ll actually be able to let the game come to you,\u201d he said. \u201cBut then again, longer stints also mean you might be done by halftime. But I can\u2019t sit for too long\u2026 being in shape is one thing, but being in basketball shape is another thing. You need to play, and you need to play a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have more from the Sixers:<\/p>\n

Dominick Barlow<\/a> will miss at least the next two games with a laceration to his right elbow that wiill require a procedure on Monday to address, reports Pompey (via Twitter<\/a>). Pompey adds that Barlow will be reevaluated later in the week. Barlow has been one of the standouts of the Sixers\u2019 preseason, winning the starting power forward job in Paul George<\/a>\u2018s absence despite being on a two-way contract. In his season debut against the Celtics, he scored 13 points and added eight rebounds and five assists. He played just under 16 minutes against the Hornets before leaving the game due to the injury.
\nAndre Drummond<\/a> has been out of head coach Nick Nurse\u2019s rotation during the preseason, but played arguably his best game as a Sixer against the Hornets, writes Tony Jones of The Athletic (subscriber link<\/a>). He brought down 13 rebounds in 15 minutes and was instrumental in turning the Sixers\u2019 momentum around, according to Jones. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled that he was able to play so well,\u201d Nurse said. \u201cAnd now, I\u2019m kind of wondering why I didn\u2019t use him earlier. I knew that I would eventually have to use him again, because Joel was down to just a few minutes in the second half. I was trying to find some spark, and he gave it.\u201c
\nJustin Edwards<\/a> was hoping to build off a strong rookie season, but struggled to carve out a role for himself during Summer League or preseason, writes Kyle Neubeck for AllPhily (Twitter link<\/a>). After scoring nine points in the second half against the Hornets, Edwards revealed that Drummond has been a huge confidant, keeping him confident and ready for his opportunity. \u201cFor a guy like Justin who\u2019s young\u2026 who is used to playing big minutes off the year he had last year, coming back now and being out of the rotation\u2026 I have him sit next to me every game,\u201d Drummond said. \u201cI said bro, don\u2019t lose yourself in this. It\u2019s a game of runs; it\u2019s a game that changes often. Just stay ready, continue to work, and when your number is called, you\u2019re going to be ready to go.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid will miss the Sixers\u2018 game against the Magic on Monday due to left knee injury management,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[113499,64,63,726,144914,37975,144915,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-243018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-andre-drummond","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-dominick-barlow","13":"tag-joel-embiid","14":"tag-justin-edwards-kentucky","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}