Sixers center Adem Bono The team announced in a press release that he was diagnosed with a sprained left foot following an MRI and is expected to be re-evaluated at the start of training camp in a couple of weeks (Link to Twitter via Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports).
According to Tony Jones of The Athletic (Link to Twitter), Bono was injured in a World Cup qualifier while playing for Turkey. The 6’10” big man is expected to be back on the court within the first two weeks of training camp, sources tell Jones.
Bono, 23, averaged 4.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 17.4 minutes per game in 71 games during the 2025/26 regular season. The former second-round pick will compete with Ariel Hookporti to be Philadelphia’s top backup center Joel Embiid.
Here’s more from across the Atlantic Division:
- with Jaylen Brown and LeBron James now members of Art Sixersthe guard VJ Edgecombe likely to be asked to play a more complementary attacking role in 2026/27, PhillyVoice’s Adam Aaronson writes. According to Aaronson, further improvement as a defender and three-point shooter will be key for the 21-year-old in his second year.
- In a story for New York Post subscribers onlyJared Schwartz compares and contrasts the latter Nix applications John Kanchar, Drew Eubanks, Bruce Brown, James Wiseman and Broken blackall of which signed non-guaranteed Schedule 9 provides training camp and may compete for one roster spot, excluding other roster moves. Schwartz thinks adding a third center is “the most pressing need” for the Knicks right now, but notes that the team could leave one of the wings (Kanchar, Brown, Agbaji) and go with a third center later in the season.
- Veteran forward Michael Porter Jr very bullish on Networksforecast for this season (Link to video on Twitter). Appearing on a recent live stream (Kick the link), Porter said the trading supplement Julius Randle should help take some of the offensive pressure off him, adding that all of the team’s 2025 first-round picks “got a lot better” this offseason. “I don’t know what the expectations are for our team, but we will definitely exceed them” he said. When asked if he thought the Nets would win more than 50 games this season, Porter said, “Yes, I am.”
