Brown personally expects Embiid to play this summer

CHICAGO  –  Brett Brown said he "personally" would be disappointed if Joel Embiid didn't play in the summer league.

"Personally, I expect him to play in the summer league," Brown said.  "But if I guessed any of this wrong, I want to make sure that the club is on record not being definitive. We are not in the position to say that now."

Brown raised a few eyebrows Wednesday when he would not commit on whether the 7-foot rookie center would play this summer.  Embiid has missed the entire season as he recovers from right foot surgery.

Brown continues to say that former Kansas standout is making progress.

But …

"I just feel like it's too definitive if we come out and say he's definitely playing now," he explain on Friday. "It's not so much any trepidation I have to 100 percent declare it. I don't feel like it's responsible to say that now. He's heading in that direction."

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