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Had surgery last week for a stress fracture in his right foot and will be out for 4-6 months. BY ED BARKOWITZ [email protected]

Also missed the fi nal six games of his college career with About this series a stress fracture in his back. Kansas was 3-3 in those games. The Daily News will look at the most interesting prospects leading up to Thursday’s NBA Draft. The Sixers are slated to pick third, behind Cleveland and Embiid thought he was going Milwaukee. to redshirt his fi rst season at KU, but he played 28 games and set Monday: Joel Embiid the school record for freshmen with 72 blocked shots. Freshmen Tuesday: weren’t permitted to play when Wednesday: went to Kansas (1955), and blocked shots weren’t Thursday: a recognized stat anyhow. Archive: PhillyDailyNews.com and Philly.com

Tweeted by Embiid on June 12: “Cameroon is gonna win the The list: World Cup.” Assuming they don’t move down, the Sixers will have a top-3 pick for the ninth time in franchise history. Embiid was 16 when he start- Here’s a look: ed playing in earnest. Up until then, he played volleyball No. 1 overall and futbol. Ye ar PlayerGPPts. 1973 Doug Collins 415 17.9 According to Basketball- Big shot 1996 Allen Iverson722 27.6 reference.com, two Cameroon Embiid has drawn natives have played in the NBA: No. 2 overall comparisons to Hall of Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (2001- Famer , 1974 Marvin BarnesDNP -- 04) and current Timberwolve Luc another late-blooming Mbah a Moute. 1993 Shawn Bradley143 9.7 native African who 1997 Keith Van Horn 74 15.9 played mostly soccer Mbah a Moute discovered as a youngster. 2010 Evan Tu rner 27911.5 Embiid at his basketball camp No. 3 overall back in the homeland. Otherwise, Embiid might have continued on 1988 Charles Smith DNP -- his original path of becoming a 1995 Jerry Stackhouse175 19.5 professional volleyball player. Games played and points are Sixers statistics only … Barnes opted for the ABA, instead of playing for the Sixers … Van Horn was traded to Yaounde’, Embiid’s hometown, New Jersey 2 days after the draft. He returned 5 years later and played is the capital of Cameroon. At 70 ASSOCIATED PRESS one season here … Smith was dealt right after the draft for Hersey square miles, it’s about half the Hawkins. size of Philadelphia, with about a million more people (2.4 million JOEL Full name: Joel Hans Embiid Height: 7-0. Weight: 250. College: Kansas vs. 1.5 million). Pronounced: jo-ELL, em-BEED Age: 20 : @JoelEmbiid EMBIID Position: Born: March 16, 1994 in Yaounde’, Cameroon Played his junior year in high school for Kevin Boyle, who College Stats/2013-14 coached Samuel Dalembert. GP-GS Min. FG Pct. 3FG Pct. FT Pct. Reb. Ast.TOStl. Bl. Pts. Embiid’s father, Thomas, is a Joel Embiid (Kansas)28-2023.162.620.0 68.5 8.11.4 2.40.9 2.611.2 colonel in the Cameroon army. He Jabari Parker (Duke) 35-35 30.7 47.3 35.8 74.8 8.71.2 2.3 1.1 1.2 19.1 played for the national handball team. Andrew Wiggins (Kansas)35-35 32.844.8 34.1 77.5 5.91.5 2.3 1.01.2 17.1

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