Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain provide peek into Sixers’ future | Sixers vs Nets notebook

Throughout most of the day, and even through much of the game, the primary storyline surrounding the Philadelphia 76ers was focused on the player who was not on the court: Joel Embiid.
Embiid, who had played in each of the last three games, and who wasn't on the injury report for Wednesday's loss to the Grizzlies, was listed as doubtful with "left knee injury management" earlier on Friday after not taking part in shootaround leading up to the clash with the Nets. When we got to the Wells Fargo Center, head coach Nick Nurse said during his pregame media availability that Embiid would go through his pregame warmup routine before they determined his availability. About an hour later word came d...