{"id":126242,"date":"2025-06-26T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/126242\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:46:09","slug":"sixers-morey-discusses-embiids-recovery-edgecombe-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/126242\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers’ Morey Discusses Embiid’s Recovery, Edgecombe Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening after using the No. 3 overall pick to select<\/a> Baylor guard VJ Edgecombe<\/a>, Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey provided a positive update on star center Joel Embiid<\/a>, writes Dan Gelston of The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to Gelston, Morey indicated that Embiid \u2013 who underwent arthroscopic surgery<\/a> on his left knee in April \u2013 is on track to be recovered \u201cright around\u201d the time training camp opens in late September, suggesting the team is encouraged by the big man\u2019s recovery progress so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very engaged, attacking rehab,\u201d Morey said. \u201cDoing everything he can to be out there. He had a meeting with (the surgeon) this week. All things, to use a NASA term, are nominal. Things are going well and expected and we expect that to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Embiid\u2019s left knee has been an issue since midway through the 2023\/24 season, when he underwent surgery to address a meniscus injury. He was able to return that spring and played in the Olympics during the summer, but he continued to deal with swelling in the knee in the fall. The injury delayed his season debut until November 12 and prevented him from ever getting fully comfortable during the \u201924\/25 campaign.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more highlights from Morey\u2019s media session:<\/p>\n

The Sixers already have rising star Tyrese Maxey<\/a>, promising 2024 first-rounder Jared McCain<\/a>, and restricted free agent Quentin Grimes<\/a> in their backcourt, but didn\u2019t hesitate to add another young guard to the mix on Wednesday when they drafted Edgecombe. \u201cI think we now have one of the best backcourts in the league,\u201d Morey said, per Tony Jones of The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cWhen you look at some of these teams that are successful, they all have multiple guards.\u201d
\nWhile Edgecombe\u2019s athleticism and defense figure to get him on the court in his rookie year, he intends to do all he can to help out the Sixers\u2019 stars on the offensive end of the court too, as Jones relays. \u201cI\u2019m really focused on trying to shoot the ball at a high level,\u201d Edgecombe said on Wednesday. \u201cMy job is going to be trying to release pressure on Joel, Paul (George)<\/a>, and Tyrese.\u201d
\nHere\u2019s more from Morey on Edgecombe, per Jones: \u201cWe\u2019re super excited about V.J. and that we got the chance to draft him. He\u2019s a dynamic athlete. We think he\u2019s one of the best athletes in the draft. We think he has a chance to be a potential All-Star, and he\u2019s going to be a two-way player coming into the league. He has a lot of winning qualities, and we think he is going to be a really good fit. We think he is going to be a great teammate.\u201d
\nEdgecombe appeared to become the favorite for the No. 3 pick after Ace Bailey<\/a> cancelled a scheduled workout with the Sixers, but Morey said on Wednesday that Bailey\u2019s refusal to work out for Philadelphia didn\u2019t factor into the club\u2019s draft decision, tweets<\/a> Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening after using the No. 3 overall pick to select Baylor guard VJ…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,224,7,1332,936,6,678,207,3817,971],"class_list":{"0":"post-126242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-ace-bailey","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-daryl-morey","12":"tag-joel-embiid","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","16":"tag-philadelphia76ers","17":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114749740637387491","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}