Embiid felt he needed surgery. The team thought he needed to play and better conditioning. He ended up getting the surgery.

Joel Embiid will undergo arthroscopic surgery next week on his left knee, the latest attempt to make the All-Star center healthy enough to play next season.

The Philadelphia 76ers are having one of the more disappointing seasons in the league this year after all of the high expectations they had coming in. Paul George was arguably the biggest free agent signing last offseason, and on top of that, the 76ers added several more players to the team such as Caleb Martin, Andre Drummond, and Eric Gordon.