Sixers Notebook: ‘Progress Being Made’ by Joel Embiid 2 Weeks After Appendectomy

Sixers Notebook: ‘Progress being made’ by Joel Embiid 2 weeks after appendectomy

Sixers Notebook: 'Progress being made' by Joel Embiid 2 weeks after appendectomy

Sixers' Nick Nurse on Joel Embiid: 'He wants to play, and we want him to play'

The 76ers are saying the right things. The question is when it turns into something real. Coach Nick Nurse offered a hopeful update on Joel Embiid on Thursday, suggesting progress is being made as the Sixers star works his way back from an early-April appendectomy. “He wants to play, and we want him to play,” Nurse said, via Gina Mizell of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I don’t know how close we are to that at this point, but I think there’s some p…