76ers’ Ariel Hukporti Out for Season After Rupturing Right Achilles Tendon in Preseason Opener

Philadelphia 76ers center Ariel Hukporti will miss the entire 2026-27 NBA season after rupturing his right Achilles tendon less than five minutes into the team’s first NBA preseason game against the New York Knicks on Monday, the team announced Tuesday. Hukporti, who left the Knicks to sign a one-year, $3.4 million deal with the 76ers in free agency this summer, got the start in Philadelphia on Monday in place of Joel Embiid, who joined LeBron James and Tyrese Maxey among several other Sixers who didn’t suit up for the preseason opener. With the score tied at 10 and just over…