Joel Embiid is done with Philadelphia’s latest process.

Listed as doubtful in the morning Mitchell Trubisky Jersey Youth , Embiid was upgraded to probable and eventually put in the starting lineup by the 76ers for Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series against the Miami Heat on Thursday night.

Embiid participated in the team’s morning shootaround, and apparently coach Brett Brown saw enough from his All-Star center to approve his return.

”We like what we have seen over the past few days,” Brown said.

Embiid has missed Philadelphia’s last 10 games while recovering from a concussion and surgery to repair a fractured orbital bone around his left eye. He’s no longer in the NBA’s concussion protocol, and took to social media after Philadelphia’s Game 2 loss to Miami to announce that he is ”sick and tired of being babied.”

Translated: Embiid was declaring himself ready to play, and now the 76ers agree. So does the NBA, in the sense that the league needed to approve the style of mask that Embiid will wear to protect his face. It’s composed of both polycarbonate and carbon-fiber material and is shaded dark but still is translucent enough to meet league guidelines.

The 76ers’ medical staff collaborated with the league’s independent medical experts on the makeup and design of the mask, all that work done with the hope that Embiid won’t be re-injured if struck in the face.

”We’re just trying to move forward in a positive way,” Brown said.

Embiid wore the mask and went through practice Wednesday Cheap Kolton Miller Jersey , getting used to contact again. His initial playoff appearance this year will be the first postseason game of his career.

”I want Joel Embiid in this mix,” Brown said. ”He has a chance to make us different. … He is as driven and as competitive as any player that I’ve been around.”

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Miami was prepared for the possibility that Embiid would play Thursday.

”You can’t spend too much time on an uncertainty,” Spoelstra said. ”But you have to spend a little bit of time.”

Embiid averaged 22.9 points and 11 rebounds in 63 games this season.

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More NBA basketball: After one difficult season, the Browns threw DeShone Kizer away.

Cleveland traded its starting quarterback on Friday to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for cornerback Damarious Randall, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The teams will also swap late-round picks, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because league rules prohibit teams from announcing any trades until next week.

Kizer, who went 0-15 as a starter and led the NFL with 22 interceptions during a straining rookie season, will compete for Green Bay’s backup job behind star Aaron Rodgers.

Kizer’s trade capped a dizzying few hours on the final Friday of the league year for the Browns Cheap Armani Watts Jersey , who also pulled off deals to acquire quarterback Tyrod Taylor from Buffalo and star wide receiver Jarvis Landry from Miami.

Cleveland selected the rifle-armed Kizer in the second round last year, and after a strange training camp in which he passed both Cody Kessler and Brock Osweiler on the depth chart, the 22-year-old was named the Browns’ starter by coach Hue Jackson.

Kizer showed flashes of potential and promise, but not enough and the Browns decided it was time to move on.

The Toledo, Ohio, native completed 255 of 476 passes for 2,894 yards and 11 touchdowns. He rushed 77 times for 419 yards and five TDs.

However, Kizer rarely looked comfortable in the pocket Buccaneers Authentic Jerseys , partly because teams were constantly blitzing him, and he was sacked 38 times.

In truth, Kizer’s days appeared numbered in Cleveland as the team was expected to target a veteran in free agency – before getting Taylor, that is – and the Browns will likely use the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft on a QB.

Kizer was going to have to earn a spot with the Browns, and he’ll be in a similar situation with the Packers, who were forced to start Brett Hundley nine games last season after Rodgers broke his collarbone.

Jackson fully expected Kizer to struggle in his first year and those fears played out week after week. Just as he did at Notre Dame, Kizer had accuracy problems and after he threw nine picks in his first five games, Jackson benched him in favor of Kevin Hogan.

Kizer was stung by the demotion Youth Leighton Vander Esch Jersey , but he regained Jackson’s trust and won over his teammates by showing toughness and grit while trying to stop the Browns from joining the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams to go 0-16.

He failed, but while he and the Browns slid toward ignominy, Kizer never complained, pointed fingers or made excuses. He vowed to improve and come back a better player and person.

Kizer will get the chance, elsewhere.

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