Overview

• Team-released footage appears to show Joel Embiid taking part in 5-on-5 work, offering a tentative positive sign following his April knee surgery.
• Daryl Morey publicly praised Tyrese Maxey for being an “extremely vocal” organizer of offseason group runs in Philadelphia, Dallas and Los Angeles.
• ESPN’s season-only NBA Rank placed Tyrese Maxey at No. 28 and Joel Embiid at No. 47, with Paul George previously listed at No. 54, reflecting wide uncertainty about their 2025–26 impact.
• Training camp opens Saturday, with key rotation decisions set to be contested at shooting guard (Jared McCain, VJ Edgecombe, Quentin Grimes) and backup center (Andre Drummond facing challenges from Adem Bona, Jabari Walker and Dominick Barlow).
• After a 24–58 season in which Maxey, George and Embiid shared only 15 games, national analysis flags their on-court fit as a major question that camp and early practices must begin to answer.