A devastating update on Joel Embiid's injury could have a major impact on the Oklahoma City Thunder's offseason.

The writing on the wall finally became official. The Philadelphia 76ers have ruled Joel Embiid out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. This dropped after the former MVP winner met with medical consultants about his knee injury.

As far as what’s next, the Sixers have 24 regular-season games to go and Andre Drummond, Guerschon Yabusele and rookie Adem Bona as healthy centers. They’re 12th in the Eastern Conference, 2.5 games back of a play-in tournament spot, and any sort of playoff success would qualify as shocking at this point.

Joel Embiid could have been one of the all-time greats of his era. The 7-footer who anchored the 76ers' laborious rebuilding plan known as the Process sure flashed his dominance at times through his injury-riddled career.

Joel Embiid is done for the season, at last shut down following the lingering effects of knee surgery. Uncertainty, however, remains in Philadelphia.

With Joel Embiid ruled out for the season, the 76ers are officially back in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes (if they ever left).

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As initially reported on Friday by ESPN's NBA insider Shams Charania, the 76ers have ruled Embiid out for the rest of the season. The 30-year-old big man has played in just 19 games this season, and has been plagued by a left knee injury that the team felt was serious enough at this point to shut him down.