Since the All-Star break, a condensed and travel-heavy schedule has kept the Sixers from having much time for practice. In the two-and-a-half weeks heading into their win over the Hawks on Saturday, the team was able to do so just twice. But with three days off before hosting the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, the Sixers were able to hold a pair of sessions on Monday and Tuesday.

For swingman Glenn Robinson III, who was signed by Philadelphia on Saturday, the extra practices couldn’t come at a better time. The 21-year-old spoke to reporters, touching on his memories of being around the team during his father’s lone season with the Sixers in 2003-04 and how the tempo and offensive style of today’s team fit his skill set.

“This is a young team, looking to run, looking for layups and threes and fouls,” he said. “Those are things we really went over today and really were installed in my mind. And I love the fast-tempo game. It’s similar to what I did in college, getting spot-up threes and get-to-the-basket cuts.”

The 6’6” Robinson was drafted 40th-overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2014 Draft, but struggled to find playing time due to the presence of a handful veteran wing players. He was waived by the team on Thursday after logging 108 total minutes in 25 games as a rookie.

“I’ve learned a lot,” he said of his first year as a professional. “I’ve been spending 60 games sitting behind guys like Kevin Martin, Shabazz Muhammad, Kevin Garnett. I think I can bring a lot to this team as far as knowledge and energy that I can learn from the game.”

Head coach Brett Brown said on Tuesday that he doesn’t expect to play Robinson when the Sixers host the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, and that he’ll try to bring him along slowly because of the team’s abundance of wing players.

Coach Brown Provides Update On Embiid

This week, reports surfaced that Joel Embiid was set to travel to Los Angeles for a visit with his doctor to re-examine his injured right foot on Tuesday. The visit, Brett Brown told reporters, is one that has been scheduled for some time and is unrelated to soreness that the rookie center has felt in recent days.

“I get why we all can [overreact], but it’s not a situation at all that people need to overreact to,” said Brown. “I think when you speak to doctors and people that do this all the time and give assessments, they say it’s quite normal. They say it’s part of the history, it’s part of the recovery of an injury, that you will experience some soreness from time to time.”

For precautionary reasons, Embiid has worn a protective boot since the Saturday night.

“It’s so precautionary. It’s not overreacting to anything,” Brown told reporters. “When he said, ‘I feel a little soreness,’ our first reaction is to go back to square one and go back to the boot… We just wanted to stay on top of it.”

Noel Back At Practice; Canaan Still Out With Illness

On Monday, rookie big man Nerlens Noel missed practice to rest a strained left shin that has been bothering him as of late. On Tuesday, he returned as a full participant and is expected to play Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls.

Isaiah Canaan missed his second consecutive practice due to an upper respiratory infection. He is expected to play on Wednesday, but the second-year point guard may come off the bench to begin the game.