Joel Embiid is averaging 26.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists over 38 games this season.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo surgery Thursday afternoon in Houston, the team announced.
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) April 9, 2026
The 76ers are scheduled to play at the Rockets on Thursday night. The team said further updates will be provided as appropriate.
The 76ers are currently eighth in the Eastern Conference and on track for a spot in the SoFi Play-In Tournament, though they are only one game behind sixth-place Toronto.
Embiid has been limited to 38 games this season, sidelined primarily by injury management in his knees.
He was held out against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday with “right oblique; injury management; (and) illness.” He has not played in both games of a back-to-back all season.
After missing Saturday’s game, Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds in Philadelphia’s 115-102 loss at San Antonio on Monday night.
Embiid, 32, is averaging 26.9 points and 7.7 rebounds this season after playing in only 19 games in the 2024-25 season. He hasn’t appeared in as many as 40 games in a regular season since 2022-23 when he was named MVP after averaging a career-high 33.1 points.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
