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Sixers star Joel Embiid undergoes surgery on thumb, index finger

tom moore, bucks county courier times
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Joel Embiid underwent surgery Monday to repair his sprained right thumb, according to the 76ers.

Embiid, who in 2021-22 became the first center to lead the league in scoring since Shaquille O'Neal in 1999-2000, also had another procedure to repair an injury to his left index finger.

Embiid, the runner-up in the NBA MVP balloting for the second straight season, is expected to be ready for training camp in mid-September.

Sixers center Joel Embiid wipes his face during the Game 5 playoff loss to the Heat in Miami.
Sixers center Joel Embiid wipes his face during the Game 5 playoff loss to the Heat in Miami.

Embiid missed the first two games of the Sixers' second-round playoff loss to the Heat due to a facial fracture and concussion he suffered when he took an elbow from the Raptors' Pascal Siakam late in the Sixers' clinching opening-round Game 6 victory. He doesn't need surgery on the facial fracture.

The thumb injury occurred in Game 3 against Toronto and was initially deemed torn ligaments.

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It's unclear when Embiid hurt his left index finger.

Tom Moore: tmoore@couriertimes; @TomMoorePhilly

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