To best understand the injury in general terms, 97.3 talked to Dr. John Salvo, MD. Dr. Salvo is a Sports Medicine Surgeon at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. He's also one of Rothman's team physicians for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Either regular-season play matters (and Embiid's MVP season in 2022-23 should get its due respect), or it's all about the playoffs.
But, you can't have it both ways.