{"id":502714,"date":"2025-10-17T12:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=502714"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:17:17","slug":"joel-embiid-cleared-to-make-preseason-debut-for-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/joel-embiid-cleared-to-make-preseason-debut-for-philadelphia-76ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid cleared to make preseason debut for Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief \u2014 Joel Embiid is back.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning MVP is set to make his preseason debut for the 76ers after being officially cleared to play, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes.<\/p>\n<p>The news ends weeks of speculation about Embiid\u2019s fitness heading into the new campaign and his return is a massive lift for Philadelphia as they look to build back their chemistry and regain momentum before the regular season tips off.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Joel Embiid is BACK tonight, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ChrisBHaynes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GFUYIcZWwY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GFUYIcZWwY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1979207478102327625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Embiid, one of the league\u2019s most dominant two-way forces, has been the focal point of the Sixers\u2019 success for years. His combination of elite scoring, rim protection, and leadership will once again anchor a roster determined to make a deep postseason run in a fiercely competitive Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief \u2014 Joel Embiid is back. The reigning MVP is set to make his preseason [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":502715,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16841,17837,16840],"news_category":[16706,16715],"gn_keywords":[18479,17913,1067],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Philly's big star is ready to play again and bring back excitement in Wells Fargo Center","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/502714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/502714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502716,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/502714\/revisions\/502716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502714"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=502714"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=502714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}