Joel Embiid gets imaging on knee; 76ers mull options - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — After Joel Embiid was ruled out for Monday's game against the Chicago Bulls following the completion of imaging on his troublesome left knee, 76ers coach Nick Nurse said that the superstar center will continue being looked at on Tuesday as both sides determine what the next steps will be.

«He did have some testing earlier today, which ruled him out for tonight's game,» Nurse said during his pregame media availability. «There's still further testing tonight even yet today and continuing tomorrow, and that's where we are.»

Nurse did, however, say that he and the 76ers aren't ready to say Embiid's season is over.

«Not at that point at all,» he said. «Just, again, we are playing and testing and trying to figure it out and go from there.»

Embiid was at Monday's shootaround, sources said, and had been questionable with left knee injury management before going to get imaging done. His left knee has been a constant issue all of this season and for large portions of last year — particularly after Jonathan Kuminga accidentally fell on it in a game in Golden State on Jan. 30, 2024.

Embiid has been openly frustrated about the lack of progress he's seen with the knee, which hasn't responded in the way he, and the team, have hoped it would this season. After last Thursday's blowout loss to the Boston Celtics, Embiid said he would need to «fix the problem» in his knee to return to the elite level of play he's shown in the past, including winning the 2023 NBA's Most Valuable Player award and averaging more points than minutes played last season before the injury — something no one has done over a full season besides Wilt Chamberlain 60 years ago.

Then, in Saturday's last-second loss to the Brooklyn Nets, Embiid didn't