Following their latest loss at home in their first game back after the All-Star break, the Philadelphia 76ers are now just less than a game above the teams currently in the play-in picture. But the most telling part about this is the fact that they are now on a three-game losing streak, highlighted by the absence of Joel Embiid.
In their post-game presser after dropping another home game to the middling Hawks, VJ Edgecombe was asked about the team’s struggles as of late. The rookie doubled down on the absence of Embiid as the main reason, and as one fan pointed out, he repeatedly mentioned the lack of Embiid as the primary cause of their recent skid.