The Sixers will host the Magic again on Friday which makes one wonder if Embiid will be ready to go for that one. If he can, it would potentially be only the second game where Phi

Joel Embiid's endless injury updates read like this for the week — he sat out Wednesday night against Orlando, there's a chance he could play Friday against the Magic and, no, the 76ers haven't yet considered shutting own the All-Star center.

Sitting at 3-13 on the season after Sunday night's blowout home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Sixers continue to desperately search for answers as a season they entered with so much optimism has turned into a total catastrophe. Predictably, the tenor of Sixers discourse around these parts has taken a turn for the worse.