Hope is not a strategy. It is a lack of options. Right now, it is all the Sixers have. They can hope that Joel Embiid is back for good. They can hope that his knee responds to its latest test. They can hope that he is still a player who makes a team a contender.

Here is the full injury report for Paul George and the Philadelphia 76ers as they take on the Detroit Pistons on the road on Friday.

Paul George reveals what is holding him back with his pinky injury after he made his return to the floor for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Paul George made his return to the Philadelphia 76ers’ lineup in their 108-101 loss to the Miami Heat. George injured a tendon in his left hand when his pinky got jammed in a previous game, leaving th