This changes the entire thinking of any team selecting high in the draft next week. All their planning could basically be null and void and have them all re-thinking who they want to pick. Kansas big man Joel Embiid, expected by most people to be taken with the first pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers is expected to miss up to six months after having surgery on his foot today. The surgeon, Dr. Richard Ferkel, said that Embiid “tolerated the surgery without difficulty” and claimed that the 7-foot center should “be able to return to NBA basketball.”