Sixers' Embiid to have surgery Tuesday

Fans of the 76ers finally know when Joel Embiid will have foot surgery.

Yahoo Sports reported early Saturday that Embiid will undergo surgery Tuesday. A source confirmed the Sixers' rookie center had acknowledged that on Friday.

Embiid was the lone Sixers player at the wedding reception Friday night for assistant coach Lloyd Pierce and Melissa Ghoston, a Philadelphia native. The 7-footer, selected third in the 2014 draft, was in good spirits and did not have a walking boot on.

This will be the second surgery on his right foot. Embiid will have bone graft surgery similar to the one Kevin Durant had in May. He is expected to miss all of next season, the team announced July 11.

In June, the team announced Embiid had a setback in his recovery. He missed what would have been his rookie season after undergoing surgery last June to repair a stress fracture in the navicular bone in his right foot.

A routine checkup two months ago revealed Embiid's foot was in worse condition than it had been in his previous evaluation. The bone wasn't as mended as it had been before.

The Sixers stated that Embiid's surgery would take place in seven to 10 days in their July 11 announcement. That time passed and Embiid didn't have the procedure.

But the 21-year-old remains pain-free and is outwardly jovial.

Other attendees at Pierce's wedding included his former Santa Clara teammates Steve Nash and Randy Winn. Nash was a two-time NBA MVP and an eight-time all-star during his 18-year career, and Winn played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball.

Former Sixer Anthony Parker and former Denver Nuggets interim coach Melvin Hunt were among Pierce's groomsmen. Some of the other notable attendees were Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie, Sixers scout Rod Baker, Brooklyn Nets coach Lionel Hollins, former NBA player Ekpe Udoh, Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach David Vanterpool, and Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jamahl Mosley.