Philadelphia is the hardest team to project in next season’s Eastern Conference. If healthy, they are legit title contenders — but “if” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. Paul George has had offseason knee surgery.

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The Philadelphia 76ers had a team meeting last season in November in Miami. During the meeting, Tyrese Maxey called Joel Embiid out for being late to team events.

Joel Embiid's career faced many injuries. Nicolas Batum revealed Embiid's struggles with pain and physical sacrifices. Embiid dealt with knee issues, vision problems, and insomnia. His health impacted the Sixers' performance.

The Philadelphia 76ers had an intern oversee Joel Embiid's rookie season injury recovery process, according to ESPN. Embiid spent two years waiting to play for the Philadelphia 76ers because he required surgery in his right foot in 2014 and 2015. According to ESPN, Embiid had a hard time getting his frustrations at the time heard by the team.

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was distraught after watching Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton suffer a torn Achilles in Game 7 of last season's NBA Finals, recalling his emotions in an exclusive interview with ESPN's Dotun Akintoye.