Paul George’s drug suspension latest fiasco for 76ers franchise flailing since run to 2001 Finals

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had missed yet another game with an injury in a lost season where he struggled with his health and performance for the Sixers.

Paul George offered advice to Embiid last year on how to handle the grind of playing through so many injuries; insight from one All-Star to another on persevering when the bad days outweighed the positives and it seemed like only darkness loomed at the end of the tunnel.

“ Drugs help me,” George said in late February 2025. “That’s kind of what gets me over the hump.