Joel Embiid returned to Philadelphia after seeing his doctor in Los Angeles with good news on his surgically repaired right foot.
"Everything is right on track at the rate that we expected," Sixers head coach Brett Brown said before the Sixers hosted the Bulls. "He is allowed to dunk."
After Embiid's between-the-legs dunk that went viral last Friday, it was reported that the big man suffered a setback. Embiid went back to a walking boot after experiencing soreness, which the team said was for precautionary measures.
That raised questions about whether the dunk was the cause of soreness in the foot and whether Embiid's rehab schedule was still on track.
Embiid returned to Los Angeles to see his doctor on Tuesday for a checkup that the team admitted was scheduled prior to the dunk.
Now with a positive report from the doctor, the Sixers can add to Embiid's workout routine.
"He can go for 60 straight minutes," Brown said. "There will be some discretion that we use when we decide how long we work him out. We have to be smart about it. We want to get his conditioning up and his weight down.
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"The bottom line is he has come back from Los Angeles with the news we all expected -- he's progressing to the point where they have allowed us to increase his minutes on the floor."
Brown understands there were concerns that the dunk potentially caused more damage to his prized center's right foot.
"We understood when there was the dunk and then the boot that people connect the dots," Brown said. "We appreciate the sensitivity of that given what this city has been through with big men. We are moving on as expected."
Brown took the court with Embiid before Wednesday's game and went through a rigorous workout that included the 7-footer shooting jumpers from various spots on the court. Embiid thrilled the crowd when he went in and dunked the ball a couple times as well.
It's OK. He's allowed to do that.