Joel Embiid has not played a single game in his first two NBA seasons. Embiid — the Philadelphia 76ers’ third-overall selection in 2014 — has dealt with back-to-back foot surgeries, but NBA minutes are finally on the horizon for the promising seven-foot 22-year-old. Sixers coach Brett Brown told the 94WIP Mike & Ike Show on Tuesday that it is his “strong belief” that Embiid will be on the floor for game one of the 2016-17 season. “I feel like he’s coming along tremendously,” Brown told Michael Barkann and Ike Reese. “I feel like, from a maturity standpoint and the reality of the professionalism that is required for him to be money and just perfect with the rehab, pre-hab, nutrition, all of that with his foot is ever present in Joel Embiid. “I think that he is all over the place, on track, to have just a solid first-year. There could be minute restrictions on his first-year where we start of the season slowly with him. But in general, I know he’s just so excited to get out there and play basketball again.” Brown, accompanied by his son, will represent the 76ers at next Tuesday’s NBA Draft lottery. The Sixers are hoping for four first-round selections, including the No. 1 overall pick. Worst case scenario, they’ll have three picks: four, 24, and 26. Best case scenario equals four picks: one, four, 24, and 26. - See more at: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/05/10/brett-brown-joel-embiid-game-one/
