James Worthy on Tyrese Maxey: "When I knew he was solid it was when he spoke up. I think Embiid was kind of late for practice sometimes, didn't show up. And the young kid was like dude you need to show up and lead us. And that's when I knew he had the quality and the mental… pic.twitter.com/YwdiBbmniC

Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers could be without multiple key players in Sunday night's matchup.

After upgrading Joel Embiid on Thursday morning, the Philadelphia 76ers have finalized the star center's status.

In Thursday's win over the Golden State Warriors, the Sixers didn't have Paul George, as it was the first night of a back-to-back, and Joel Embiid played 25 minutes with 17 coming in the first half. The big fella finished with 12 points and six rebounds as he continues to try and find a rhythm on the floor.

Joel Embiid scored 18 points and played a season-high 30 minutes for the 76ers against Atlanta after he missed the last nine games in large part because of a sore right knee.

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid recently talked about the frustrations he's had with his recent knee injury.

Sixers center Joel Embiid met with fans at Lapstone & Hammer to promote his new signature sneaker with Skechers, the SKX JE1, which are now for sale globally.

The NBA has fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for violating the league's injury reporting rules on Sunday against the Atlanta Hawks.