Joel Embiid could miss his entire rookie season with the Philadelphia 76ers following surgery on his foot.

"I've seen reported by some 4 to 6 months [for Embiid to be sidelined]," Sam Hinkie said. "I don't know where they came from. That's not the number that I heard from the surgeon himself; it's 5 to 8 months. Guess what our approach will be? We will focus on the health of the player. We've had this discussion before. I don't want that to sound glib, because it's not. It is all that matters, the long-term health of the player. Will we be smart about that? Of course. Will we be thoughtful about that? I hope so. Will we be patient? Yes, yes. We will focus on giving him a chance to be as healthy as he can be, to have the kind of career that he can have. If he can be healthy - and we think there is a very, very good chance - if he can be healthy he can have a very productive NBA career."

The Philadelphia 76ers would have likely drafted Andrew Wiggins had Joel Embiid not suffered a foot injury that will require surgery.

"I sniffed opportunity the moment it happened, the moment it happened," Sam Hinkie said on Friday. "The moment he got hurt, we thought we might get him, and we might be the organization with just the set of owners, and we might be the one to do it."

Embiid could miss his entire rookie season, just as Nerlens Noel did for the 76ers last year.

"I've seen reported by some 4 to 6 months [for Embiid to be sidelined]," Hinkie said. "I don't know where they came from. That's not the number that I heard from the surgeon himself; it's 5 to 8 months. Guess what our approach will be? We will focus on the health of the player. We've had this discussion before. I don't want that to sound glib, because it's not. It is all that matters, the long-term health of the player. Will we be smart about that? Of course. Will we be thoughtful about that? I hope so. Will we be patient? Yes, yes. We will focus on giving him a chance to be as healthy as he can be, to have the kind of career that he can have. If he can be healthy - and we think there is a very, very good chance - if he can be healthy he can have a very productive NBA career."

Hinkie will continue to take the longview in building the 76ers.

Joel Embiid was projected by media reports to miss four to six months due to a stress fracture in his right foot, but the Philadelphia 76ers expect a five-to-eight month recovery timetable.

"I've seen reported some four to six months [for Embiid]," Sam Hinkie said. "That's not the number I heard. The number I heard from the surgeon himself was five to eight months.

"We will focus on the long-term health of the player. That's all that matters. Will we be smart about that? Of course. Will we be patient? Yes. If he can remain healthy, he can have a fantastic NBA career."

Embiid went to the 76ers with the No. 3 overall pick in Thursday's NBA draft.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are asking for the No. 3, No. 10 and No. 32 overall picks from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the No. 1 overall pick.

The 76ers are widely believed to want to draft Andrew Wiggins.

Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the 76ers could select Joel Embiid if they keep the pick.

Wojnarowski reported approximately one hour before the draft that the 76ers are no longer pursuing a trade with the Cavaliers to move up.

The Philadelphia 76ers are making one final push to move up to the No. 1 overall pick via trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers to draft Andrew Wiggins.

Wiggins will almost certainly be off the board when the 76ers are scheduled to draft third overall.

The Cavaliers were previously expected to draft Joel Embiid, but his foot surgery has eliminated that possibility.

"They really, really, really want Wiggins," said a source.

With concerns about his health, Joel Embiid is expected to fall out of the top two slots of the NBA Draft.

The Philadelphia 76ers at No. 3, Boston Celtics at No. 6 and Los Angeles Lakers at No. 7 are his three most probable destinations.

The Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz are unlikely to draft Embiid at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.

Embiid's agent has also been reluctant to share his medical information with particular teams.

Noah Vonleh didn’t work out against the other top power forward prospects in this year’s draft such as Aaron Gordon or Julius Randle, but he still believes he proved to teams that he's worthy of a high pick.

"I just tried to go in there and show teams how hard I work, my versatility and teams were impressed with how I could switch it up, play inside-and-outside and face up,” Vonleh told RealGM of what he focused on.

Vonleh, who left Indiana after his freshman season, has been moving up draft boards over the past few months. Teams like his physical tools, rebounding and commitment to improving his game. He said multiple times Wednesday that he likes to be compared to Chris Bosh and that his outside shot has been a point of emphasis since the season ended.

"In high school and college I thought I was a combo four, but at Indiana I played the five,” Vonleh said. "I’ll probably start out as a stretch four in the NBA.”

Vonleh is rumored to be in play for the Philadelphia 76ers, who have the third pick. They also possess the 10th overall selection, but the Massachusetts native is unlikely to still be on the board when they make their second pick.

"They have a couple of guys from the Boston area -- Michael Carter-Williams and Nerlens Noel -- it wouldn’t be bad to go there and play with those guys,” Vonleh said when asked about the prospect of playing for Philadelphia where he would roam the paint with Noel.

"I think we could definitely complement each other," he added. "He would play the five and I could play the four. I think we’d work out good together."

Joel Embiid is currently slotted to go third overall to the Philadelphia 76ers in the most recent mock draft by Jonathan Givony at Draft Express.

The 76ers are planning a slow rebuild, so selecting Embiid with the possibility he sits out his entire rookie season as Nerlens Noel did in 13-14 is not an issue.

Draft Express reports that the Orlando Magic also represent a viable option to select Embiid with the No. 4 pick and the worst case scenario are the Sacramento Kings at No. 8.

The Philadelphia 76ers have added a secondary logo for the 14-15 season featuring a dribbling Benjamin Franklin.

Joel Embiid has suffered a stress fracture in the navicular bone in his right foot, Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski has confirmed.

Embiid will not attend next week's draft in New York.

Embiid had already been dealing with health concerns regarding his back.

Embiid averaged 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks this past season as a freshman at Kansas.