In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I talk about, I mean, what else we're going to talk about?

We talk about Joel Embed's shoulder sprain, which will be re-evaluated in a week.

We talk about how the Sixers will manage without not only Embedde, but also with Simmons on the shelf.

We talk about how these Sixers will fare in this upcoming four-game West Coast road trip,

and we spent a few minutes talking about Glenn Robinson III, not knowing his role.

And with that out of the way, welcome, everybody.

This is Derek Bodner, joined by Rich Hoffman on the Sixers Beat, a part of the

Athletics Podcast Network.

How you doing, Rich?

I ask these questions, but I know the answer.

I know the answer. I know the answer.

It's somewhere between bad and good, I would say.

So we were talking before the podcast, and I couldn't remember if our lad pot last podcast was when Joel was healthy or not.

No, just one All-Star was her.

Only one All-Star.

We're losing them so quickly we can't even remember who was available in our last podcast.

But at that point, it was only Ben Simmons with the nerve impingement in his lower back.

That was injured.

Now we have a second.

Jewel Embed, who has a left shoulder sprain, and he has no significant structural damage,

which the fact that they said significant is in itself, at least of minor significance,

and his progress will be symptom-based, and he will be re-evaluated in approximately one week.

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