Rivers spent three seasons navigating the NBA gauntlet peppered with Embiid health issues. The former MVP has only played in 13 of the Sixers’ 41 games.

Lately, the Philadelphia 76ers have been waiting on the return of their seven-time All-Star center, Joel Embiid. Once again, the big man is battling an injury t

The center's contract becomes more of an albatross with every game he misses, every night that he happens to suit up and ends up hobbling from one end of the court to the other.

Joel Embiid has only played 13 out of a possible 39 games thus far and that number isn't going to increase for at least another 7-to-10 days as the Sixers will re-evaluate him then amid his knee troubles.

After a loss to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, the Sixers are now 15-25 on the season and still on the outside looking in at the play-in tournament. Embiid has played in only 13