Austin Krell @NBAKrell
Nick Nurse said that Justin Edwards has had an ongoing rib issue and needs to be thoroughly examined after the one he suffered tonight.
Didn’t really suggest anything about future availability. – 9:46 PM

Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
Despite the Sixers starting tonight’s game with 10 players + Justin Edwards missing the 2H, Ricky Council IV played 2:39 in the 1Q & never returned to the game. Asked Nick Nurse about it:
“I think it just came down to some other guys playing well when they got their chances.” – 9:45 PM

Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
Fun game here tonight. Wrote about all 10 Sixers who were available in this game, including Justin Edwards’ battles with injuries reaching a tipping point, Adem Bona’s fouling issues, good stuff from Nick Nurse on Marcus Bagley and Colin Castleton + more:
phillyvoice.com/sixers-timberw… – 9:32 PM

Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
Quentin Grimes fouls out on a loose ball with 14.5 seconds left and the Sixers trailing by two points. He has had an insane scoring run in the second half to bring the Sixers within striking distance. Nick Nurse is challenging. – 9:26 PM

Austin Krell @NBAKrell
Nick Nurse says he expects Kyle Lowry to be available in an upcoming game but, given the injury bug this season, was extremely careful about his wording and said to take it with a grain of salt. – 5:25 PM

“… You tell my guy (James Harden) that you’re gonna do something for him, a guy that you brought from all these teams, and then you don’t. Like, did AI tell him not to pay James Harden this amount of money? Does the AI tell him to go get Paul George, hire Nick Nurse? “Does AI tell you to get the guy from Miami, Caleb Martin, because he played well in the Boston series? He can’t shoot the ball. You got three dominant guys that need the ball in their hands. Why is that the first guy that you go get? How did you come up with picking a team? Why do you want to start a brand-new team and try to win a championship? I haven’t seen any team that has 10 new guys be really good the following year. I don’t even know if any team has ever done that. “I’m just not a fan of how he goes about choosing players and flipping players in and out. It’s kind of like he’s trying to outsmart the game too much.” -via Hoops Rumors / March 19, 2025

In an appearance on ESPN’s “NBA Today,” Shams Charania reported that there has been “tension” between Embiid and the 76ers this season regarding the handling of his injury. According to Charania, Embiid has insisted that he needs surgery to correct his knee issue, while the Sixers pushed him to play through the injury. “There was some tension there between Joel Embiid and that front office, from my understanding,” Charania said. “The team believed he needed to play at some points of the season, that he needed to get his conditioning right through playing and getting better that way. He felt like he needed surgery. He ends up getting the surgery.” -via Larry Brown Sports / April 3, 2025