Joel Embiid

Jayhawks: No change in goals with Embiid out for Big 12 tourney

Kansas City, Mo. ? Injured Kansas University freshman center Joel Embiid stood behind the three-point line and lofted a series of three-point shots during a low-key 45-minute shootaround on Wednesday afternoon in Sprint Center.The 7-footer from Cameroon, who has been ruled out of the 2014 Big ...

Prep coach: Embiid had back pain last year, too

Kansas University freshman center Joel Embiid has experienced back discomfort off and on during the early stages of his still-young basketball career.“He had that a little bit last year. He tried to fight through it, mostly after the season,” Embiid’s high school coach, Justin Harden of ...

KU coach Self outlines timeline of Joel Embiid’s back injury

Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self took the time Tuesday night in a telephone conversation to clarify any confusion as to when freshman center Joel Embiid suffered a stress fracture of the lower back and how he and his family were informed.Self shared a “medically documented” time ...

Column: Kansas can spin its fate into fuel

Sitting on the throne strips kings of the advantage of using the effective Rodney Dangerfield motivational device.“Nobody thought we could do it.”“Nobody believed in us.”“Everybody picked somebody else to win it.”The Kansas University basketball team never gets to pull that club out ...

Joel Embiid ruled out for Big 12 Tournament

Kansas University freshman center Joel Embiid, who has a stress fracture in his lower back, will miss the upcoming Big 12 basketball tournament and is a “longshot” to play the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, coach Bill Self said Monday night.A spine specialist in Los Angeles ...

Joel Embiid to miss next two KU games

A lower-back strain will keep Kansas University freshman center Joel Embiid off the court the final two games of the regular season.The 7-footer from Cameroon, who was injured with 41/2 minutes left in Saturday’s loss at Oklahoma State, will sit out Wednesday’s Senior Night game against ...

Column: Freshmen duo’s KU stay short, sweet

I hate the one-and-done rule, wish it could be replaced by the baseball system that allows high school athletes to either sign out of high school or make themselves eligible three years later. The NBA will never go for that, so maybe it’s time to relish the gifts the one-and-done rule ...

Embiid set to break KU freshman block mark

One blocked shot against Texas on Saturday would give Kansas University’s Joel Embiid a school freshman record 63 rejections.The 7-footer from Cameroon is primed to pass Californian Eric Chenowith, who will be sitting in the Allen Fieldhouse stands during the 6:30 p.m., game and also will ...