It appears potential No. 1 pick Joel Embiid has hit a stumbling block as the draft approaches:
NBA Countdown analyst Bill Simmons confirmed the report:
Goodman believes that the injury will certainly push the Kansas center out of the top spot in the draft:
While it remains to be seen how serious the injury actually is, undoubtedly this is a huge setback for Embiid. Given his back problems, he already needed to prove to teams he was healthy enough to be worthy of the No. 1 overall pick. This is certainly not a good start.
UPDATE: According to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, Embiid his a stress fracture in his right foot and will require surgery on Friday:
This will spell the end of Embiid's participation in any pre-draft festivities, as well:
This situation obviously has huge ramifications for the draft, and has left a lot of teams scrambling:
We'll update with more details as they develop.
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