They will not see Joel Embiid who is currently not with the team as he works his way back to the floor. With the Sixers in the preseason, it wouldn't make much sense for Philadelphia to push him at this point.

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Embiid participated in training camp but stopped short of scrimmaging. "Ramping up is one thing to get them to a point. Overdoing it is another thing you are trying not to do," Nick Nurse said.