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The following companies are expected to report earnings after hours on 10/27/2016. Visit our Earnings Calendar for a full list of expected earnings releases.
Amazon.com, Inc. ( AMZN ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The internet company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 15 analysts that follow the stock is $0.85. This value represents a 400.00% increase compared to the same quarter last year. AMZN missed the consensus earnings per share in the 4th calendar quarter of 2015 by -37.89%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for AMZN is 140.37 vs. an industry ratio of 18.40, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Alphabet Inc. ( GOOGL ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The internet services company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 9 analysts that follow the stock is $6.64. This value represents a 15.88% increase compared to the same quarter last year. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for GOOGL is 30.60 vs. an industry ratio of 14.80, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Amgen Inc. ( AMGN ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The biomedical (gene) company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 12 analysts that follow the stock is $2.79. This value represents a 2.57% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year AMGN has beat the expectations every quarter. The highest one was in the 2nd calendar quarter where they beat the consensus by 3.65%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for AMGN is 14.02 vs. an industry ratio of -1.40, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Baidu, Inc. ( BIDU ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The internet services company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 3 analysts that follow the stock is $0.87. This value represents a 30.40% decrease compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year BIDU has beat the expectations every quarter. The highest one was in the 2nd calendar quarter where they beat the consensus by 11.7%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for BIDU is 48.14 vs. an industry ratio of 14.80, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Stryker Corporation ( SYK ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The medical products company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 16 analysts that follow the stock is $1.37. This value represents a 9.60% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year SYK has beat the expectations every quarter. The highest one was in the 2nd calendar quarter where they beat the consensus by 2.21%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for SYK is 19.08 vs. an industry ratio of 16.20, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
McKesson Corporation ( MCK ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The medical/dental supplies company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 10 analysts that follow the stock is $3.05. This value represents a 7.85% decrease compared to the same quarter last year. MCK missed the consensus earnings per share in the 1st calendar quarter of 2016 by -18.94%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2017 Price to Earnings ratio for MCK is 11.73 vs. an industry ratio of 3.90, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Aflac Incorporated ( AFL ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The insurance company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 10 analysts that follow the stock is $1.74. This value represents a 11.54% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year AFL has beat the expectations every quarter. The highest one was in the 2nd calendar quarter where they beat the consensus by 1.79%. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for AFL is 10.19 vs. an industry ratio of -3.50, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
LinkedIn Corporation ( LNKD ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The internet services company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 3 analysts that follow the stock is $0.27. This value represents a 550.00% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year LNKD and beat the expectations the other three quarters. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for LNKD is 187.42 vs. an industry ratio of 14.80, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Republic Services, Inc. ( RSG ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The waste removal company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 9 analysts that follow the stock is $0.58. This value represents a 9.43% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the past year RSG has met analyst expectations twice and beat the expectations the other two quarters. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for RSG is 23.64 vs. an industry ratio of 14.20, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Expedia, Inc. ( EXPE ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The internet company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 7 analysts that follow the stock is $2.24. This value represents a 40.88% increase compared to the same quarter last year. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for EXPE is 33.04 vs. an industry ratio of 18.40, implying that they will have a higher earnings growth than their competitors in the same industry.
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ( HIG ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The insurance company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 7 analysts that follow the stock is $0.95. This value represents a 10.47% increase compared to the same quarter last year. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for HIG is 13.24 vs. an industry ratio of 13.90.
Principal Financial Group Inc ( PFG ) is reporting for the quarter ending September 30, 2016. The finance/investment management company"s consensus earnings per share forecast from the 6 analysts that follow the stock is $1.12. This value represents a 5.66% increase compared to the same quarter last year. Zacks Investment Research reports that the 2016 Price to Earnings ratio for PFG is 12.10 vs. an industry ratio of 13.90.
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Anthony Davis 50 Pts Highlights | Nuggets vs Pelicans | October 26, 2016 | 2016-17 NBA Season
Davis drops 50 on Nuggets | Golden 1 Center debut nears | Young Lakers shine in opener | Embiid delivers solid first game
No. 1: Davis dominates in loss to Nuggets-- Just one year ago, New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis was picked by more than 80 percent of NBA GMs to build a team around. However, last season didn"t play out as expected for Davis or the Pelicans as injuries to both he and the team at large led to a 30-win season. Davis came out like a man possessed in the season-opener last night, dropping 50 points on the Denver Nuggets in a loss. Justin Verrier of ESPN.com has more on Davis" monstrous performance:
In his first game since last March, when he was shut down with a month left to play to undergo a left knee procedure, Davis turned in a masterpiece: 50 points (17-for-34 from the field, 16-for-17 from the free throw line), 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals and 4 blocks.
With it, he becomes only the fourth player in NBA history to score 50 points or more in a season opener. You might have heard of the other three: Michael Jordan (twice), Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor.
"He"s a h**l of a player," Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said of Davis. "He"s one of the best players in the league. It doesn"t surprise me that he has the night like he had. It"s not like this is the first time he"s ever done it."
No, but it"s only the second time Davis has scored 50 or more, the first being a 59-point, 20-rebound stunner last season in Detroit.
This time, the celebration -- if there was one -- was muted. After the game, Davis sat slumped in his chair at his locker and lamented that his big night came in the midst of 107-102 loss at home to theDenver Nuggets.
"It would have been more satisfying if we would have won," he said. "The way I played, I"m gonna have to ... probably not 50 every night, but try to get somewhere along those lines every game to give ourselves a chance to win. That"s the bottom line. We just got to go, keep finding guys and trust those guys that they"re going to make shots."
While Davis" performance shook the outside perception like a snow globe, the production of his supporting cast only seemed to reaffirm that there isn"t enough of one to properly take advantage of his special talents.
The 10 other Pelicans who played Wednesday finished with only two points more than Davis and shot 14 percentage points worse from the field.Solomon Hill, who signed a four-year, $50 million deal this offseason, adequately fulfilled his role as lead defender but finished 1-for-7 on the night.Buddy Hield, the No. 6 overall pick in the draft, had a very rookie-ish four points on 2-for-8 shooting.
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While most teammates noted their awe of their superstar and what he"s able to accomplish, the vibe permeating the locker room after the game was one of disappointment, even shame.
"I would say it"s a double-edged sword," Hill said of Davis" big night. "Because, yeah, he"s gonna go off. But other guys have to just find a way to affect the game. I think we get into a watch mode, and that"s kind of how I was in the first one, just watching AD go. I"ve got to do certain things, whether it"s defensively, whether it"s on the offensive glass, whether it"s on the defensive glass -- I"ve got to do something to affect the game.
"For the first -- probably -- half, we were just watching him when we should be making the job easier. We should be feeding off that. Yeah, if they"re doubling, now there"s opportunities for everybody else to get themselves going and assert themselves as well."
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Davis, for his part, has fully embraced the burden of his predicament.
"I"m just trying to be aggressive," he said, "just knowing this team goes as I go."
But when 50 points don"t get you far enough, it"s reasonable to wonder where the Pelicans can go from here.
"That"s the way it goes in this league," Gentry said. "We have to count on you more than you would expect, but he"s fine with it. That"s the one thing that I like about what AD has done this summer and the work that he put in this summer and his attitude coming back. This didn"t bother him at all. This is who he wants to be."
No. 2: Sacramento readies for Golden 1 Center debut-- Yes, we know that the Sacramento Kings have technicallyalready played some games at their new arena, the Golden 1 Center. But, those were preseason games and tonight (10:30 ET, NBA LEAGUE PASS) marks the truedebut of the building that helped keep the team in town. As Andy Furillo of The Sacramento Bee writes, this is the moment Sacramento has waited a long time for:
They broke the champagne bottle across the bow of Golden 1 Center for the Paul McCartney concerts a few weeks ago. Now comes the reason they built the joint, which is to house an NBA team that will play its first regular-season game in the arena Thursday night against the San Antonio Spurs. But the creation of the most important building to go up in this town since the state Capitol isnt so much about rock n roll or the Kings. The story instead is about a city long renowned as a sleepy state government outback that has embarked on creating a new identity.
Developmentally speaking, Sacramento had become a cant-do town, probably because in recent decades it botched some of the bigger projects it undertook. It screwed up a chance to create its own French Quarter when it built a freeway along the historic riverfront. Meanwhile, it turned its grand entrance coming in from the Tower Bridge into a dead zone of cracker-box state office buildings.
If the city quit on itself, it took the near-loss of the towns only professional sports franchise to get back in the game. Now the gales of dynamism are blowing across the grid, and the fun will be in watching what the city becomes.
Chris Granger is the president of the Kings, and hes been appointed wheelman by principal owner Vivek Ranadive to drive this thing. Granger is a terrific guy, and in that capacity he refuses to take credit for the success now upon us. He shares the celebration of basketball opening with everybody the kids who sold lemonade to keep the Kings in town when it looked like the team was headed to Seattle, the construction workers who hoisted steel and poured concrete, the designers who qualified the place as the only green-certified LEED Platinum professional sports building in the world, the mayor of Sacramento who made the politics work, and his boss at Kings Inc. who came up with the vision that caught fire.
Granger, a former NBA executive vice president, had been the leagues point man in solving the Kings arena problem for nearly a decade before he joined the team three years ago. He saw the citys failures, its reticence to act. Now, he sees a new ambition in Sacramento .... a new confidence. The rest of us can see it exploding everywhere the new arena, in new restaurants and bars and breweries that open almost every week, and where you see young Untuckits discuss new ventures over coffee at Temple, and where you hear homegrown singers and songwriters creating a Sacramento sound every Wednesday during happy hour at the Torch Club.
There are very few cities in the United States whose future is being written as we speak, Granger said. Thats not the case in Sacramento. We have a real chance as a community to create the city we want. You hear Vivek talk about it all the time we talk about the next great American city, or about the communal fireplace and wanting to create a place that is full of diversity and art and music and sports and a place where people can gather and come together and have a real sense of community.
That community spirit exists in Sacramento, and I think what the Golden 1 Center proves is that when you layer that with new ambition and a new sense of what is possible, I think we can create a city that is different and better and is something that is more future-focused or aspirationally focused than what weve had in the past, and I think we all as a community are recognizing that moment is right now.
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Sacramento, of course, did not need an arena to become a great American city. But it got one anyway.
Like all sports arenas, this one will wear out someday, and you sure hope it wont be outdated before its paid off. Ultimately, its legacy in Sacramento will not be found in itself, or even if it kick-starts an era of winning by the Kings. Instead, this project will be remembered for what it sparked in the city that embraced its own transformation.
No. 3: Small step forward for Lakers in opener-- As we mentioned in this space yesterday, the Los Angeles Lakers aren"t putting win-total aspirations, playoff hopes or other lofty goals on this season. Progress will be measured instead by the development of the team"s young core players and in various intangibles, too. Still, wins are nice and part of the NBA game and the Lakers got exactly that on opening night by stunning the Houston Rockets. Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical writes about how the Lakers are emerging from their post-Kobe Bryant haze to enter a new era:
Most of these young Lakers had grown accustomed to the Staples Center cheering on Kobe Bryants farewell, a separate season within the franchises most lost year of all. They had grown accustomed to the cheering of wayward, contested shots on the way out the door, on a young team trying to say hello when a legend was saying goodbye.
As the final seconds bled awayon a 120-114 opening-night victoryon Wednesday over Houston, something had changed here. Everyone was cheering an ambitious young coach molding an ambitious young group. These are a long, long way from the Showtime Lakers, but everyone could see: Finally, theyve started on the way somewhere now.
Ill tell you what it felt like: It felt like a home game, guard DAngelo Russell told The Vertical outside his locker on Wednesday night. Last year, we had Kobe and the fans. We had some diehard Lakers fans, and Kobe fans. But we had so many guys who didnt have identities for the fans to recognize. But today, it felt like ahomegame.
You go to Utah, or Houston and theyre rooting for their team. Here, this is the home of the NBA. People come to the see the show, too. Dont get me wrong: Theyre all Lakers fans, theyre incredible, but they want to see the show too.
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On the first full night of the leagues schedule, there were superstar performances everywhere.Anthony Davis dropped 50 points. DeMar DeRozan had 40. Russell Westbrook closed out the 76ers in the final minutes, with 32 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists. And here at Staples Center, in Mike DAntonis souped-up Rockets offense, Harden had gone for 34 points and 17 assists.
Commissioner Adam Silver was watching courtside at Staples, fully aware of this unmistakable NBA truth: The league is always stronger, always more vibrant and relevant, when the Los Angeles Lakers matter. Now, they have two years to develop this young core of Russell and Julius Randle, Brandon Ingram and Jordan Clarkson, for the free-agent class of 2018.
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There are no easy fixes, no saviors to rescue them. Those days are long gone. They played tough-minded ball in the final minutes, made stops and found a way to make the Staples Center loud again, found a way to inspire a noise for something bigger than a one-man show, a farewell tour.
We have the talent, Russell told The Vertical. We have the coach. We can do some things this year.
This is how a franchise starts again, how it hits the reset button and starts the long journey back to relevance. There will be a lot of losses at Staples Center this season, but these wont be wasted nights. The Lakers have a coach, young talent and a roadmap to start on the way to mattering again. Its been too long here, and the franchise has a long, long way to go. Anyway, this felt like the start of something on Wednesday night, not the end.
For the Los Angeles Lakers, thats progress. For the Lakers, no more endings, no more goodbyes. Somethings started here again. Yes, this was progress.
No. 4: Embiid impresses in debut-- The hype surrounding Joel Embiid"s season debut was immense, especially when you consider the long, difficult path he"s endured just to get to this point. At the end of last night, Embiid"s Philadelphia 76ers had absorbed a hard-fought 103-97 home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Still, the feeling from most Philly fans was that Embiid seems to have been worth the wait and Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer has more on Embiid"s debut.
"I try to make it a regular day," Embiid said before the season opener against the Thunder at the Wells Fargo Center. "It"s hard. You think what you"ve gone through the past two years, the loss of my brother and having to get another surgery and all of the ups and downs."
Oklahoma City escaped, 103-97, in a thriller thanks to Russell Westbrook. The NBA all-star point guard finished with a game-high 32 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists in the come-from-behind victory.
But it can be argued that this expected loss didn"t matter to a portion of fans in the Philadelphia area. To them, this was Joel Embiid Night.
The 22-year-old finished with 20 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks in his first real game - not counting preseason exhibitions - since a lower-back injury derailed him in March 2014 while at Kansas. Two and half years and two foot surgeries later, he is back on the court, seemingly better than ever.
"For a city to be rewarded for a player that we all understand has special gifts," Sixers coach Brett Brown said, "and play like he played, the city deserves it. Most importantly, he deserves it."
So Wednesday was a fitting scenario to make a debut. The 7-foot-2, 276-pounder faced the Thunder and their brute of a center, Steven Adams, in an ESPN game.
The self-proclaimed "Process" showed Adams and a national television audience that he just might be worth the two-year wait.
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Throughout the game, the crowd was chanting "Trust the process" or "MVP" when Embiid went to the foul line.
And, feeling it in the fourth quarter, he gave his opinion of Adams" defense to no one in particular.
Embiid was fouled by the Thunder center with 10:17 left while going to the basket. He yelled, "He can"t guard me" while standing at the foul line. Embiid said the same thing on the Sixers" ensuing possession, when Adams hacked him again while going to the basket.
Embiid made 6 of 16 baskets and made 7 of 8 foul shots in his 22:25 of action.
"He"s hard to guard," OKC coach Billy Donovan said. "He"s herky-jerky. He"s got a lot of [Hakeem] Olajuwon in him."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES:The Chicago Bulls have agreed to a deal with recently-waived shooting guard T.J. Hunter ... The Orlando Magic dedicated their opening night to the Pulse night club shooting victims... Jeremy Lin has donated $1 million to his alma mater, Harvard ...
Voted early at one of the additional polling places opened this morning in Guilford County. Check it out.
Jessica Mensch, WFMY9:28 AM. EST October 27, 2016
There was merely a trickle of early voters in Dallas. (Getty Images)
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. -- Long lines at the polls could soon be a thing of the past. Twenty-four additional early voting locations will open Thursday morning.
Crews have been working all week to get the new locations ready.
Long-time poll worker, Jimmy Maness, spent Wednesday afternoon setting up20 different polling machines at Craft Recreation Center on Yanceyville Street.
"Each election has its own challenges," Maness explained. "But after 16 years working at the polls, you know how to adapt."
The Board of Elections has some measures in place to make sure these new sites stay secure.
"When we deliver the machines and set them up, we close these up and do tamper evidence seals," Elections Director, CharlieCollicut, said. "That way if someone were to tamper with the machines overnight the election workers would know because the seal would break."
They alsorecalibrate each machine every morning. This ensures the machine can read a voter"s touch.
CLICK HERE for the full list of early voting locations.
In 2004, Ciara hit us with her fire single "1, 2, Step." Now, she"s got a Revlon beauty contract and 14 million Instagram followers. But it"s the Ciara beauty evolution that we"re here to appreciate today.
More than a decade ago, the Grammy-winning singer and mother of two-year-old Future Zahir, instantly stole our hearts with catchy dance tracks like Goodies, and Oh, among a ton of others. Like a true die-hard fan, I had the lyrics to all of her songs memorized and even performed to the song "Get Up" with my college hip-hop dance group Bodacious. (And no, this personal highlight is not archived on YouTube.) Off the dance floor, I tried to emulate her effortless cool-girl stylea phase that basically consisted of me only wearing crop tops hoodies, jeans, and Nikes. (I could not emulate her killer sick pack.) And now that I"m thinking about it, Ciara was a style pioneer, making athleisure chic way before the fashion set accepted it.
Whether on stage or on the red carpet, Ciara is also fearless when it comes to changing up her hair and makeup. Who can forget her epic gender-bending music video (and superfeminist anthem), Like A Boy, where she wore men"s jeans, a beanie, and no-nonsense hair and makeup in one shot, and big hoops, lush waves, and glittery eye shadow in the next.
Over a decade later, Ciara is a bonafide beauty icon. The Ciara beauty evolution is real! From honey-blonde curls to a jet-black bob to waist-length waves, the Princess of Crunk&B is never afraid to experiment with different lengths, textures, and hairstyles. And of course, her makeup has also ranged from soft and natural to bold and smoky, all with a signature blend of glamour and attitude. With her recent nuptials to NFL player Russell Wilson and an IMG modeling contract (not to mention being Riccardo Tiscis muse), Ciara is having one h**l of a year. We cant wait to see what else the megastar has in store.
Now, watch the video below to see Ciara"s best beauty moments from 2004 to today.
Kevin Gates Goes To Jail For 180 Days! SENTENCED TO HALF A YEAR FOR KICKING GIRL IN THE FACE!"
Looks like Kevin Gates will be spending the holidays in jail.
The rapper has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after a jury found him guilty of misdemeanor batteryon Wednesday.The charges came from an August 2015 incident in which the 30-year-old rapper was filmed kicking a woman in the chest during his concert in Lakeland, Florida.
During his trial, Gates plead not guilty and insisted he was simply defending himself against an aggressive fan under Florida"s "Stand Your Ground" law, claiming the victim, Miranda Dixon, was trying to pull him off stage. When his attempts to get her to stop failed, he used necessary force to protect himself. His attorney Jose Baez even went as far as to claimGates" foot didnt actually touch Dixon, and that she was simply attempting to gain damages in an upcoming civil trial.
The jury, made up of six white women, didn"t buy it and found Gates guilty. The judge wasn"t on Gates" side, either, and rejected the state"s request for 60 days in jail, with one year of probation and mandatory anger management classes, opting instead to triple the sentence.
Joel Embiid Gets Philly on Its Feet with First Basket and Block
Tim Casey, Special for USA TODAY Sports 11:19 a.m. EDT October 27, 2016
These players opened the season with monster games statistically. USA TODAY Sports
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) looks good coming out of the gates.(Photo: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports)
PHILADELPHIA After Joel Embiids NBA debut on Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers center sat in the teams locker room next to Sonny Hill, a local legend. Hill, 80, grew up in the city and was longtime friends with Hall of Fame center Wilt Chamberlain. He now runs a league for amateur basketball players and serves as an executive adviser for the 76ers.
Since the franchise drafted Embiid with the third pick of the 2014 draft, Hill has helped mentor Embiid. Hill was there as Embiid worked through two surgeries on his right foot and missed his first two NBA seasons. And he was at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday when Embiid finally had a chance to play his first game.
Embiid, who grew up in Cameroon and only started playing basketball five years ago, had one of the most memorable performances in the franchises recent history. He finished with a team-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds in 22:45 during the 76ers 103-97 season-opening loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
He has a chance to be the most dominant big man in the game today, Hill told USA TODAY Sports. Quote me. Quote me.
The hometown fans were just as enthusiastic. They greeted Embiid with chants of MVP, MVP, MVP when he shot free throws in the second half. And with 9:47 remaining, they screamed Trust the Process, a reference to the term that former 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie used to describe the teams strategy of losing games to gain high draft picks who could help them in the future.
That was great, Embiid said. Thats my motto Trust the Process.
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Embiid didnt have much problem offensively or defensively in his first regular season game since March 1, 2014 when he sustained a back injury during his freshman season at the University of Kansas. That June, he underwent surgery on his right foot. He had another operation on the same foot last August.
And so, its understandable that the 76ers are proceeding with caution. During the preseason, Embiid averaged 11.4 points and 6.0 rebounds in only 14.7 minutes per game. For now, the 76ers are restricting Embiid to 20 minutes per game in five, four-minute segments. They are also working with him on his footwork and his strength in the post.
We talked a lot about just trying to play slower, 76ers coach Brett Brown said. He thinks quick. His feet sometimes cant catch up with his mind. Hes in sort of real time where he can slow down a little bit. I hope that he did do that. He made some plays, and all of a sudden he really didnt look that nervous.
No, he didnt. He played like an NBA veteran, although he understands theres more to learn. Hes been a student of the game since he took up basketball after playing soccer and volleyball as a kid.
Justin Harden, Embiids high school coach at the Rock School in Gainesville, Florida, remembers Embiid watching DVDs and YouTube videos of NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon. Like Embiid, Olajuwon grew up in Africa and didnt start playing basketball until later in life.
I dont know if h**l ever be Hakeem Olajuwon, Harden told USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday night. Thats a big, tall task for any person to try to live up to. But I think h**l have a good, solid career.
USA TODAY Sports" Michael Singer gives us three rookies to keep an eye on with 76ers" Ben Simmons sidelined to start the season. USA TODAY Sports
