Joel Embiid is shocking the NBA. Even though the Philadelphia 76ers star will miss the opportunity to land another All-Star appearance for the second season in a row, he has slowly but surely been returning to a dominant version of himself. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is in shock about it.

Joel Embiid put up a 32-point triple-double vs. the Rockets on Thursday. More importantly, he played 46 minutes -- the most he had played in a regular-season game in more than three years.

How does the national media feel about these Sixers with more than three months of the regular season complete?

Green thought back to his days with the Sixers, when Embiid suffered setbacks amid postseason runs, where the Sixers were favored to get over the hump. In 2021, Embiid suffered a knee injury during the first round. He played in recovery, as the Sixers lost Game 7 against the Atlanta Hawks in round two.

The Philadelphia 76ers were hit with a $100,000 fine from the NBA on Wednesday for violating injury reporting rules last week, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The fine is due to the Sixers’ failure to properly report an injury to center Joel Embiid ...

The early season hype surrounding the Western Conference now seems to be spilling over into the East as well, with several teams that were counted out before the season surprising the league.