🚨JUST IN🚨Philadelphia 76ers Just Got Major Breaking News That Impacts Sixers vs. Celtics

🚨JUST IN🚨Philadelphia 76ers Just Got Major Breaking News That Impacts Sixers vs. Celtics

[Music] The 76ers open their season on Wednesday against the Boston Celtics. And on today’s show, we got some huge injury news on both the Sixers and the Celtics side that’s going to impact this matchup in Boston. But speaking of this game, do you want us to go live on the channel here for Sixers verse Celtics? We can go live during the game, live playbyplay analysis, pregame show, postgame show, break down the first game of the Sixers season. Only if you guys want us to, though. So, I want you to show me if you want us to go live here on the channel for that season opener. Hit that thumbs up icon, like the video, see if we can get to about 250 likes, we will go live for that game. And let’s get right into the injury news now. Starting on the Sixers side of things, Kai Carlin of Sixers wire with some notes here from today’s practice on Thursday, October 16th. Embiid did not participate today. That was planned. Do not panic. There has not been a setback with his injury. This is always a planned rest day for Embiid. But Paul George, this is really the notable p piece of information here. a full participant in today’s practice, including some five on five work for the first time since he had that knee surgery back in July. That is huge. And we’ll get to some more on Paul George from Nick Nurse and Shams Trannia in a second. But let’s touch on Embiid really quickly. Again, rested today, a planned rest day, nothing to worry about. I fully expect Embiid to be ready to go for that season opener against Boston. There’s a chance he plays tomorrow in the preseason finale against the Timberwolves. According to Nick Nurse, he had said that a couple days ago, there was a chance he could play in that game. I wouldn’t play him in the preseason, but good to know that he’s at least potentially available for that. Nurse was asked today if there is a definite answer on if Embiid will be ready for that game against Boston next week. And Nurse kind of, you know, played it cool a little bit. Didn’t want to give too much away. Said, “Well, I think we’re going to know tomorrow.” I mean, I think there’s still that same chance that he will, but we will know more tomorrow. If he does play in that preseason game tomorrow, that’ll obviously be a good sign, but did sound pretty optimistic and positive. I do expect Embiid to be ready for that first game of the season. Now, as it comes to Paul George, the question is, will he be ready for the season opener? Like, I’m more positive on Embiid. Will Paul George be joining him given that Paul George did participate in five on five today for the first time? Was participating in threeon-ree earlier in the week progressing to five on five. It all sounds good. But under a week until that first game of the season, is he good to go? According to Dick Nurse, probably not. In fact, he was asked, is he 100% going to be good to go? Nurse said no. I think look, yesterday was his first day of live. Today was I mean a small number of live and today was a short amount of five on five. He didn’t do a full five on five work. The the whole team as a whole didn’t. That’s why he was a full participant but they didn’t do full five on five. We just have to keep waiting. I really didn’t expect Paul George to be ready to go. In fact, I’m a little bit surprised he’s already participating in that five on five considering Wednesday was the first threeon-ree action he had. Prior to that, it was a lot of individual stuff, some one-on- ones. So, it’s good to see that he is progressing a little bit here and getting to a point now where he’s able to play more, you know, real five on five basketball. But, this isn’t a shocker or a disappointment to me. I was a little bit more on the side of it was going to take a little bit longer to get Paul George fully back up to speed until he was able to be out there on the floor. Shams Trania from the national angle also adding on to what Nick Nurse had to say. I’ve been talking to people in Paul George’s camp and I’m told it is not expected he will be suiting up for opening night next Wednesday. I am told though this is good he is making significant progress and a debut should be shortly into the regular season as opposed to last year when of course you know he got hurt and missed the start of the season a good chunk of it. The Sixers, of course, as I mentioned, open their season against the Celtics, but after that, they have a couple days off. They play the Hornets, one day off, then they have a back-to-back against the Magic and the Wizards, and then they round out October with another matchup against the Celtics. So, Paul George not going to play in the opener, but the fact that you have two days off after that first game, they don’t play again Wednesday till Saturday, good chance he does play in that home opener there against the Charlotte Hornets. if not definitely I expect by that second game against the Magic Pride though sits out one of these backto-backs as I imagine Joel Embiid will. So those are obviously the two big ones. As for some other injury notes, Jared McCain, if you missed yesterday’s show, was at practice, talked to the media, had a a brace on his hand and he said he will be getting re-evaluated in two weeks, progressing as expected after he had that surgery on the UCL in his thumb. In two weeks, they’re going to re-evaluate him, possibly replace the brace, which is pretty big and bulky, with a smaller one. So, on track, but obviously McCain will not be ready for the start of this season either. And then Trenan Watford, man, look, hamstring injuries are tough. These soft tissue injuries, you don’t want to push them too far because of the risk of reagravation. And if you do get a severe hamstring injury, could bother you all year that could have you out for months. So, I think they’re playing it a little bit safe here with Watford, who kind of similar to Paul George was just doing a lot of one one-on-one and a lot of individual drills. Hasn’t really progressed all that much. So, he doesn’t seem very close to returning, which is a shame because I think he can play a big role for this team. We will continue to monitor this, but I imagine Watford probably going to miss at least a week or two, if not more to begin the season. Hamstring injuries are just tough. So, that is the Sixers side of things on the injury front. Obviously, the big note that we know Paul George is not going to play in this game against Celtics, but we also have some huge injury news for Boston on Jaylen Brown. 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So Jaylen Brown got injured in the Celtics preseason game yesterday on Wednesday in the first quarter against the Toronto Raptors with hamstring tightness. Left early, did not return. And look, we talked about the hamstring injury with Trendan Watford. It can be a tricky injury to manage given the different severities of it, how you respond to recovery. So, we really do not know at this point what Jaylen Brown’s recovery is going to be, how long he’s going to be out for. There’s a good chance he’s not going to be ready for this game against the Sixers on Wednesday given again just under a week away and it’s a hammy. Just really unpredictable with these kind of injuries. And of course, we know the Celtics are already without Jason Tatum. So, there’s some talk he he could come back by by like February or March from his Achilles tear, which usually keeps you out for the entire season. you know, credit to him for attacking his rehab. We will see, but obviously not going to play in the early part of the season for Boston. So, look, there’s a chance Jaylen Brown does miss this game. Now, there’s no guarantee. They haven’t ruled him out at this point. So, as of right now, the potential opening night starters for Boston could look like this if Jaylen Brown is in there. Pton Pritchard, Derek White, Jaylen Brown, and then look at that front court of Chris Buché and Demias Kada. They obviously traded away Porzingis, Drew Holiday is gone. No Tatum in there. A little bit of a reset, retool year for Boston, but this lineup, you know, even if Jaylen Brun is in there, I wouldn’t say I’m very afraid of this lineup. I mean, if Joel Embiid is healthy and ready to go, you’re telling me Chris Buchche or Amias Kada is going to try to lock him up. Luke Cornet also not on this roster anymore. It’s just not a great looking Boston Celtics lineup. And if Jaylen Brown cannot go, Sam Hower, you imagine, is going to take that spot. So, you slide him in there. Peyton Pritchard, Dererick White, Sam Hower, Mias Kada, and Chris Buchet, who they just picked up off the straight just the other day. I mean, this could be a really, really big break for Philadelphia. It’s so important for this team, for the Sixers team to get off to a hot start. We know what happened last year, how awful that start was. They dug themselves into into a hole that they just really could not get out of, right? So, if Jaylen Brown does not play this game against the Sixers, all of a sudden, you know, you’re looking at this first five games here, right? It’s not just the first game, but you also play the Celtics again on October 31st. If it’s a more severe hamstring injury, which look, hopefully it’s not. Hopefully Jaylen Brown is good to go. Never want to, you know, wish injury on any player, there’s a chance he could miss this game, too. And so you have a game against the Hornets, very, very winnable. Magikar, tough team. That’ll be a really, really good game. Wizards, very winnable. So there’s a chance you could start the season off 4 and one if you could beat the Celtics twice. minimum, you know, three and two if Brown does come back for the second game. So, this is big for the Sixers. Again, have to get off to a hot start. They cannot start poorly like they did last year and try to play catch-up. It’s just not good for anybody on this roster. So, possibly a big break if this Jaylen Brown injury does keep him out for that first game of the season against the Sixers. Speaking of that game, who you got? I’m so glad I can start asking this question again because that means basketball is back. If you like the Sixers in this one, give me those PHIs. If you think the Celtics still win, type BOS for Boston down in the comment section. I know I’ll be spamming my PHIs. That’ll do it for today’s show. Make sure to hit that sub button and we’ll see you next time right here on 76ers Now. [Music]

76ers injury news and Celtics injury news headline today’s Philadelphia 76ers YouTube video ahead of Sixers vs. Celtics to open the 2025-26 NBA season for the 76ers on Wednesday, October 23rd. Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Joel Embiid injury news and Paul George injury news have dominated much of the offseason for Sixers fans and the Philadelphia 76ers. ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania and Sixers head coach Nick Nurse gave us an update on the status of Paul George ahead of the matchup vs. the Celtics. We also have some Jaylen Brown injury news after the Celtics star injured his hamstring in a preseason game against the Toronto Raptors.

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Philadelphia 76ers Injury Updates:
Joel Embiid did not practice today as planned. Paul George was a full participant in today’s practice including some 5-on-5.

Nick Nurse on Joel Embiid:
“I think we’ll know tomorrow. I mean, I think there’s still that same chance that he will, but we’ll know tomorrow. If he plays tomorrow, that’ll be good.”

Nick Nurse on Paul George:
“No. I think— yesterday was his first day of live. Today was, I mean, small number of live, and today was a short amount of 5-on-5. So we have to just keep waiting.”

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Shams Charania on Paul George:
“I’ve been talking to people in Paul George’s camp, and I’m told it is not expected that he will be suiting up for opening night next Wednesday. I am told, though, that he is making significant progress … and a debut should be shortly into the regular season.”

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– Oct. 22 at Boston Celtics
– Oct. 25 vs. Charlotte Hornets
– Oct. 27 vs. Orlando Magic
– Oct. 28 at Washington Wizards
– Oct. 31 vs. Boston Celtics

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