They will not see Joel Embiid who is currently not with the team as he works his way back to the floor. With the Sixers in the preseason, it wouldn't make much sense for Philadelphia to push him at this point.

Embiid participated in training camp but stopped short of scrimmaging. "Ramping up is one thing to get them to a point. Overdoing it is another thing you are trying not to do," Nick Nurse said.

Paul George will take the court for the first time as a Sixer in Friday’s preseason game against the Timberwolves in Iowa. Joel Embiid did not join the team on the trip.