Joel Embiid's ongoing knee issues should alter the Sixers' strategy heading into the NBA trade deadline, as they now have far less incentive to make a win-now move.

The Philadelphia 76ers will look to get back in the win column on Tuesday when they play host to the Western Conference's No. 1 team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sixers are sitting at 15-22 and need a win in the worst way possible.

The center's contract becomes more of an albatross with every game he misses, every night that he happens to suit up and ends up hobbling from one end of the court to the other.