Rivers spent three seasons navigating the NBA gauntlet peppered with Embiid health issues. The former MVP has only played in 13 of the Sixers’ 41 games.

The Philadelphia 76ers received some more tough news on Friday when they found out Joel Embiid will miss the entirety of the upcoming 3-game road trip which begins Saturday against the Indiana Pacers before facing the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday and concluding with the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.

Nick Nurse didn’t spend much time trying to reconcile a timeline of Joel Embiid’s foot injury that doesn’t appear to make much sense.

The last time Embiid played in Denver, Tom Brady was still the Patriots’ quarterback and the United Kingdom was still part of the European Union. Nuggets coach Michael Malone, who played part of his high school career at Seton Hall Prep, underscored how Jokic’s availability compared to Embiid’s.

One of the most anticipated player matchups in the NBA is when Nikola Jokic faces off against Joel Embiid. Among the current crop of modern players, it's arguably the biggest matchup of them all. Unfortunately,