Hope is not a strategy. It is a lack of options. Right now, it is all the Sixers have. They can hope that Joel Embiid is back for good. They can hope that his knee responds to its latest test. They can hope that he is still a player who makes a team a contender.

Here is the full injury report for Paul George and the Philadelphia 76ers as they take on the Detroit Pistons on the road on Friday.

Nick Nurse says that while Paul George and Joel Embiid remain out today against the Boston Celtics, the hope is that both will be back by the end of this week after going through an