Joel Embiid

NBA’s one-and-done rule draws mixed reviews

Dallas ? Donnie Nelson didn’t waste much time voicing his displeasure about players who join the NBA after playing just one year of college ball.“We’re not in the babysitting business,” the Dallas Mavericks’ president of basketball operations said.Under terms of the collective ...

NBA Draft to have Kansas flavor

Joel Embiid won’t be in the NBA Draft Green Room, impeccably dressed in a new $20,000 suit Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 7-foot former Kansas University center from Cameroon has been ordered by doctors not to fly for 10 days to two weeks following Friday’s ...

Self optimistic about Embiid’s NBA future

News that former Kansas University center Joel Embiid had successful foot surgery Friday morning certainly brightened the rest of Bill Self’s day.“I’m glad the doctors said surgery went well. It’s obviously an injury that he should be able to recover from,” Self, who coached the ...

Joel Embiid’s injury could prove costly

Joel Embiid, who missed the 2014 NCAA Tournament because of a stress fracture in his back, today will undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture in the navicular bone of his right foot.News of the foot fracture shook the NBA on Thursday, just seven days before the 2014 Draft in Brooklyn, New ...

Joel Embiid has stress fracture in foot, will undergo surgery Friday

Former Kansas University center Joel Embiid is scheduled to have surgery Friday to repair a stress fracture in his right foot, a stunning development that could affect the top choices in next week's NBA draft.Embiid, one of the top three candidates the Cleveland Cavaliers were considering for ...

Possible top pick Embiid kills lyin’ once and for all

Basketball notes. ...ESPN the Magazine’s five-person “ESPN NBA Front Office” predicts former Kansas University players Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins will be selected 1-2 (in that order) in the June 26 NBA Draft, while Duke’s Jabari Parker will be tapped third overall.The panel consists ...

Self confident Embiid’s back healthy

Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self assured a pair of Philadelphia radio talk show audiences last week that Joel Embiid’s once-injured back is healed.“I would have worries if the doctors and experts said there should be worries,” Self said on the Jon and Sean Show on 97.5 The ...

‘Sir McLemore’ brings slam to Lawrence

Former Kansas University basketball standout Ben McLemore of the Sacramento Kings will hold his first “Sir McLemore Summer Slam” from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in Lawrence.The Slam, which will include a variety of events, in McLemore’s words, “will help me raise awareness ...