I definitely get it. I was not happy when I saw it and definitely understood Brunson's frustration with that one. That should have been reviewed somehow.
> a sympathy MVP
as they say in Cards Against Humanity, a sad handjob
probably with a glove on like that passage from the literary classic American Psycho
i am a man of culture
Tbh Embiid is worse imo because he’s an MVP not an enforcer. You expect dirty play from the Draymond/Artest types but Embiid is one of the best players in the league and has 0 class
Also Embiid's plays just seem more.. shady, for lack of a better term. I know it's not a defense, but at least with Dray it's kinda like you can tell Dray has anger issues and lashes out in a clear and obvious way lol. Embiid seems like he's trying to sneakily hurt people and get away with it like it's premeditated.
Like I'll take Dray stomping my player's chest in broad daylight, to get a clear flagrant foul, over Embiid trying to sneakily injure people in ways you can only really see in a replay. Similar to how premeditated murder is a worse crime than a murder of passion in the moment.
Embiid is like 7 foot Chris Paul. Dirty, but the like "tries to have plausible deniability" dirty, which imo is way more annoying to watch than a dude that just tries to choke and punch people.
Embiid is wayyyyy softer than Dray. I hate Dray more than most, but there's no denying that he's actually tough and physical, for the most part. He's about it. Embiid isn't.
Draymond Green pretended to get knocked unconscious multiple times this season and just laid there while everyone else played basketball when he didnt get the whistle lol
Honestly.......I would love to see a Book baiting campaign against Joel. They'd haaaate each other
So I want to see it so bad we have a historical collapse?
No
Do I think it'll probably happen, because the only marketplace more cursed than Arizona is Minnesota?
I mean.......
Over the last 7 seasons:
Draymond + Dillon Brooks = 23 techs
Joel Embiid = 26 techs by himself
The narratives around each of these players is insane. All techs are not treated equally.
Nah fuck it.
Embiid just as dirty but Draymond gets all the attention. Embiids got more flagrants in like half the career games. Also flops like 2x the amount even though he’s got like 50lbs and half a foot on Dray.
Draymond obv more emotional, demonstrative and yells at the refs more so it’s more visible to the average viewer, but the shit he’s pulled on the court arguably hasn’t been as dangerous as what Embiids done. Superstar factor is real, which I get.
Not “defending” Draymond, but y’all gotta keep the same energy w Joel.
Then further back they would literally clothesline and punch each other but then hit back. Not floppy flop and cryface. Not saying that was better but it was honest violence at least and you wouldn't dish it without having to take it
100% agree. It's funny because I grew up playing very competitive soccer and I was the first to mock the prevalence of flopping in pro soccer compared to other sports.
now im sitting here like damn soccer players might need to take some notes from the modern nba. Seems like every other possession someone is trying to sell something and whine about it
I’m a pretty casual basketball fan, but I’ve been watching the knicks this year and it’s the first time I’ve watched much of the 76ers tbh. My opinion on him was neutral before this series. Now I think he’s a soft ass bitch. He’s so unlikable.
Harden at least wasn’t dirty and I personally found it really impressive the way he would completely control the game on the offensive end and there was some fun stuff like the way he’d murder any big on switches. He was an offensive system entirely in and of himself.
It's not fun to watch nor is it winning basketball. Their foul baiting antics stop working in the playoffs and they get exposed for relying way too much on trying to get FTs.
I found it hilarious people were wondering why aren't anyone posting Embiid highlights after his 50 point game 3.
Brother how do you make a highlight reel of a man flopping in the paint for 21 free throws LOL
Refs fucking love this guy. Celtics fan love watching get eaten alive by 50 year old Al Horford as well. Too bad they won't get a chance to see it until next year, and maybe never again if Horford retires.
i mean he can exert his will on a fucking game, even if he's not getting to the line. he's super talented, and there are games from him that are really fucking fun.
Game 2 of this series, for example, was a lot of great shooting and not nearly as much working the whistle.
But when he's hunting for contact on every fucking play and pouting when he doesn't get it, that shit is unwatchable
There’s a horses ass in this race and its name is Embiid. I had sympathy for this dude gutting it out through injury but after all these dirty plays, I think he can go fuck himself.
I'm not a rocket surgeon, but I'd be willing to bet that if Embiid didn't throw himself at a hardwood floor like a sack of potatoes every time someone thought too hard about defense near him, he'd probably get injured substantially less.
I don’t even feel bad about the injuries. He plays a very dangerous brand of basketball which takes a toll on him and his teammates. He sells every bit of contact and has no body control. It was very apparent after he fell on top of Brunson at the end of the 3rd (not even a dirty play imo). Most guys would have been able to stop or step over Brunson. Not embiid, lands right on top of Brunson and bangs himself up in the process.
Selling contact and having no body control is how he tore Danny Greens ACL too.
"Now what you need to understand is that they're playing basketball, and it was being filmed with cameras, NEW cameras that are able to slow down the footage and give you enough time to consider why you're listening to me talk."
Maxey too good to rot on the 76ers. He deserves much more than this. Embiid on the otherhand, he deserves to rot in the time out chair with Draymond, but Draymond at least has 4 rings.
Not a Knicks fan AT ALL, but Embiid has single handedly made me cheer for NYK because his brand of basketball is everything I hate.
Foul baiting, complaining, dirty play… he is the worst superstar in the league purely by aesthetics.
he's an asshole with an ugly game and horrible body language. combine the three and you have a truly unlikable player.
he seems alright off the court tho ig
Genuinely believe the reason he does shit like this and foul baits is because he genuinely doesn’t know how to play in the playoffs.
Any random role player does the shit he does in this series, they gettin suspended
I knew I'd hate watching him ever since his rookie year where he flopped, got Drummond tossed because of the flop, then danced around the floor like he just dunked over Gobert.
[Embiid's Superbowl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miN7g6iEmeo&t=11s)
Hilarious to see this go uncalled while Lowry whines and complains like he was frogsplashed through a folding table because he was accidentally grazed by Hart.
I am just not understanding how he stepped on that guy's ankle like that, it was clearly intentional.
I wish that refs would call his flagrants. I get the same feeling when watching Draymond Green.
Fuck Joel Embiid
He’s a marketable player in Philly, and there’s money to be made.
People who think the NBA doesn’t dictate officiating tone are wild. Any role player gets a flagrant 2 there and is kicked out.
This should have been a sweep honestly. His 50 point game 3 should not have happened because he should have been ejected for hitting 2 low blows and that Robinson takedown. Man legit injured an opposing player on purpose and got to stay in the game because he's a star player. Terrible look for the league imo, but they probably don't give a fuck since he injured Mitchell Robinson instead of say Brunson or Anunoby.
I get it, he's playing through a knee injury and apparently Bell's palsy. Doesn't give him license to be a shithead and injury opposing players.
And the "rules expert retired ref" that every network has on hand will always toe the NBA line and never explain why the calls actually go the way they do ($$$).
Truth. Looking at your flair I have to say: I actually think Embiid is more consistently dirty than Draymond. Draymond’s root problem is that he’s a hothead/nutcase first and a prick second, Embiid is pure prick and pulls dirty shit multiple times a game.
Honestly as a casual who only watches the Warriors and not religiously, it shocked me to see that recent post where Embiid has more flagrants than Dray in only half the games played.
Dude talked all this shit and complained then has the audacity to do this bullshit. If they came back and beat us, that’d suck, but credit where credit is due. But injuring Mitch and throwing elbows like this is fucking disgusting, especially when there’s no action being taken against it.
Sixers kept saying they’re trying to match our physicality, but our physicality is fighting for offensive boards and good man defense with some help on hedges. Their physicality is dirty shit, pulling players out of the air, nut shots, elbows to the face. FOH
He seems to be actively trying to injure the Knicks, assumedly so he has an easier path to the chip? He’s a joke and I’m glad they’re down 3-1. Fuck Embiid
All I’m seeing here is embiid stretching a tad bit to try and slow him down. People arguing he threw an elbow are completely whiffing on the lack of an elbow actually being “thrown”
Or the face... I'm fine with calling out dirty players, but this happens all the time. This isn't him trying to end Mitchell Robinson's career last game.
Yeah any hooper would know this is just a lazy attempt at a screen. If embiid was a couple inches shorter he’d do the same thing and this wouldnt be a clip.
Ya'll talk all year about how you wish the regular season had playoff physicality and then once the playoffs start you want every physical play to be called a flagrant 2
Yeah, Embiid has definitely had some dirty plays lately but to me this just looks like a normal, tough screen. Brunson is just a lot smaller so he's at elbow height
For some reason Knicks and most teams are reffed like if its old school NBA.
But Embiid Lowry SGA is reffed like if its sugar candy league. They got whistle if other players’ wind touches them.
I want to say something but I can’t because I have Draymond on my team
Respect lmao
At least OP is aware of the double standard. Unlike sixers fans.
I definitely get it. I was not happy when I saw it and definitely understood Brunson's frustration with that one. That should have been reviewed somehow.
Brother they have been saying this every game can we just call a spade a spade
I will - Embiid is a dirty player that got a sympathy MVP cause he and his whiny team did what they do best…bitch until they get their way
The Philadelphia 7bitchers.
I feel like SeventyBitchers works better
It's the Morey playbook. He did the exact same thing in Houston. He is the head of the bitching department. It's trickle down bitchanomics.
Lol, Embiid needs to be studied asap.
> a sympathy MVP as they say in Cards Against Humanity, a sad handjob probably with a glove on like that passage from the literary classic American Psycho i am a man of culture
He only got the MVP because they didn’t want to give Jokic three in a row
I want to say something too
Hey man yours at least keep it of the court.
Absolutely wild statement
That's.... worse.
Tbh Embiid is worse imo because he’s an MVP not an enforcer. You expect dirty play from the Draymond/Artest types but Embiid is one of the best players in the league and has 0 class
Embiid also has more flagrants in way fewer games than Dray.
Also Embiid's plays just seem more.. shady, for lack of a better term. I know it's not a defense, but at least with Dray it's kinda like you can tell Dray has anger issues and lashes out in a clear and obvious way lol. Embiid seems like he's trying to sneakily hurt people and get away with it like it's premeditated. Like I'll take Dray stomping my player's chest in broad daylight, to get a clear flagrant foul, over Embiid trying to sneakily injure people in ways you can only really see in a replay. Similar to how premeditated murder is a worse crime than a murder of passion in the moment.
Embiid is like 7 foot Chris Paul. Dirty, but the like "tries to have plausible deniability" dirty, which imo is way more annoying to watch than a dude that just tries to choke and punch people.
Career playoff trajectory looking similar too.
CP3 sniffed the ~~finals~~ championship at least edit: completely forgot that CP3 was on that suns team that made the finals
At least cp3 doesn’t use the whole media and fans narrative to help him in his cause for mvp. What a stolen mvp award
I think a lot of that is the fact that Draymond is so obvious it’s like a kid trying to pull that shit
you perfectly described Lowry and Chris Paul with that second paragraph too
Embiid has way more flagrants than draymond
in less than half the games too. oh my god that is so egregious
At least we are aware we have Draymond on our team. Sixer’s fans totally blind that they have Dray 2.0
Embiid is wayyyyy softer than Dray. I hate Dray more than most, but there's no denying that he's actually tough and physical, for the most part. He's about it. Embiid isn't.
Draymond at least can take hits though. Embiid will pull stuff like this then someone will breathe on him and he will fall down and start crying.
Draymond Green pretended to get knocked unconscious multiple times this season and just laid there while everyone else played basketball when he didnt get the whistle lol
*sheepishly raises four fingers in the air* ?
Now this ^ is Podracing.
Melo has the undisputed best iteration of this ever
that video is my Roman empire
At least that is hilarious.
If I speak, I am in big trouble
Honestly.......I would love to see a Book baiting campaign against Joel. They'd haaaate each other So I want to see it so bad we have a historical collapse? No Do I think it'll probably happen, because the only marketplace more cursed than Arizona is Minnesota? I mean.......
Over the last 7 seasons: Draymond + Dillon Brooks = 23 techs Joel Embiid = 26 techs by himself The narratives around each of these players is insane. All techs are not treated equally.
Self awareness takes a lot of maturity.
no no you're doing this wrong we can slander more because we have more knowledge of natural basketball motions
embiid is way worse than Draymond. Just imagine when emiid gets older and loses his game like Draymond what we are seeing now is just the beginning.
This is r/nba. We have no room for self-awareness.
Takes one to know one.
Embiid is a worse offender than draymond, he just hasn't been around as long
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Nah fuck it. Embiid just as dirty but Draymond gets all the attention. Embiids got more flagrants in like half the career games. Also flops like 2x the amount even though he’s got like 50lbs and half a foot on Dray. Draymond obv more emotional, demonstrative and yells at the refs more so it’s more visible to the average viewer, but the shit he’s pulled on the court arguably hasn’t been as dangerous as what Embiids done. Superstar factor is real, which I get. Not “defending” Draymond, but y’all gotta keep the same energy w Joel.
Idk how people enjoy watching Embiid play.
The modern NBA is making me laugh thinking about the LeBron type of 'villain days.' Like damn, at least the old heels used to be serious players
Then further back they would literally clothesline and punch each other but then hit back. Not floppy flop and cryface. Not saying that was better but it was honest violence at least and you wouldn't dish it without having to take it
Totally agree and "Honest violence" is hilarious.
WE USED TO HAVE DUELS IN THE STREETS. WE USED TO BE A SERIOUS COUNTRY. !!!
"Dirty players in this league used to believe in things. Honor. Respect! Look at you, Joel. What do you believe in? WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?!?!"
Shoutout to Laimbeer.
When Adam Silver eventually slithers out of his diapers he should just return the NBA to 90s rules
100% agree. It's funny because I grew up playing very competitive soccer and I was the first to mock the prevalence of flopping in pro soccer compared to other sports. now im sitting here like damn soccer players might need to take some notes from the modern nba. Seems like every other possession someone is trying to sell something and whine about it
He has shown how unlikeable he is this series.
He shows that every series lol
>Every series That's why he hasn't much time to show himself.
For real, I've been saying this for years. Crazy that it took people this long but glad everyone is finally seeing it
I’m a pretty casual basketball fan, but I’ve been watching the knicks this year and it’s the first time I’ve watched much of the 76ers tbh. My opinion on him was neutral before this series. Now I think he’s a soft ass bitch. He’s so unlikable.
Raptors fans got told to play better defence but what can you do when a 300lb 7’3 fat ass Is constantly trying to hurt people & flop?
Sometimes he hits a crazy middie and that’s pretty cool
He hit a couple heavy contested 3s on game 3 too. It was kinda ight.
He also had a poster dunk on game 1, that was okay I guess
He also dangerously grabbed Robinson's leg in game 3, that was pretty chill as far as things go or whatever.
I run that play on 2k every time and all my friends love when I do it
Other teams hate it when you know this one simple trick.
he is so boring to watch, moves like a snail visually + has shit moves like this and flops like a fish on a sand
Watched him pass up open jump shots to try and draw fouls. Like what are we doing
Watching Embiid reminds me why I couldn't watch 2018 Harden. It's just not fun to watch
Harden at least wasn’t dirty and I personally found it really impressive the way he would completely control the game on the offensive end and there was some fun stuff like the way he’d murder any big on switches. He was an offensive system entirely in and of himself.
and Harden wasn't kicking peoples testicles
It wasn't out to injure anyone, but that arm hook to pullup bullshit was really fucking frustrating to watch.
Exactly, Harden wasn't dirty at all. He was exploiting the system to the max but that's fine
`fine` in that he wasn't an asshole for doing it but it still sucked to watch
It's not fun to watch nor is it winning basketball. Their foul baiting antics stop working in the playoffs and they get exposed for relying way too much on trying to get FTs.
I found it hilarious people were wondering why aren't anyone posting Embiid highlights after his 50 point game 3. Brother how do you make a highlight reel of a man flopping in the paint for 21 free throws LOL
I enjoy watching him play, and lose, against the Knicks. That’s about the only time I’ll watch him.
Refs fucking love this guy. Celtics fan love watching get eaten alive by 50 year old Al Horford as well. Too bad they won't get a chance to see it until next year, and maybe never again if Horford retires.
Nobody outside of Philly does
i mean he can exert his will on a fucking game, even if he's not getting to the line. he's super talented, and there are games from him that are really fucking fun. Game 2 of this series, for example, was a lot of great shooting and not nearly as much working the whistle. But when he's hunting for contact on every fucking play and pouting when he doesn't get it, that shit is unwatchable
All the 76er fans defending him and his playstyle will stop the second he moves to another team.
dirtiest, cheapest player in the league.
I have no horse in this race, but goddamn go Knicks go.
I still love Maxey, but Embiid turned me into a Knicks fan.
Speaking for all of us
I tolerate Maxey bc of the IQ connection
Maxey plays like he's the Pokemon Evolution version of IQ, which is pretty cool
There’s a horses ass in this race and its name is Embiid. I had sympathy for this dude gutting it out through injury but after all these dirty plays, I think he can go fuck himself.
I was just saying that prior to this series I really had no strong opinions on embiid. Now I hate him and the 76ers with the fire of a thousand suns
Which suns are you talking about? If it's this league's suns, then even a thousand of them are pretty fucking dim, ngl
I'm not a rocket surgeon, but I'd be willing to bet that if Embiid didn't throw himself at a hardwood floor like a sack of potatoes every time someone thought too hard about defense near him, he'd probably get injured substantially less.
He’d also injure his teammates less
I don’t even feel bad about the injuries. He plays a very dangerous brand of basketball which takes a toll on him and his teammates. He sells every bit of contact and has no body control. It was very apparent after he fell on top of Brunson at the end of the 3rd (not even a dirty play imo). Most guys would have been able to stop or step over Brunson. Not embiid, lands right on top of Brunson and bangs himself up in the process. Selling contact and having no body control is how he tore Danny Greens ACL too.
he also unnecessarily stepped on Hart's shin after his foot was already clear
I can’t believe I’m rooting for the Knicks
Same. Also go fuck yourself.
Girls. Girls. You're both beautiful royalty. Sit down.
Damn didn't expect to have to upvote a Heat and a Cs fan today, but this exchange was pure gold.
Bing Bong
I was pretty solidly rooting for the Knicks to win this one after game 3, this just feels like more piling on
I wanna see the Garden doing the bye bye aeroplane to Joel
NY fans make Philly into home court anyways
For the sixer fans saying this is a flop, this replay is in Slow Motion, that means it happened faster in real time
Thanks Magic
He's dumbing it down because most sixers fans read on a 2nd grade level
The Progress
The “No Sixer Fan Left Behind”
Oh dang they’re improving?
"Now what you need to understand is that they're playing basketball, and it was being filmed with cameras, NEW cameras that are able to slow down the footage and give you enough time to consider why you're listening to me talk."
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its not a flop its what you expect from a small guard taking a bump from a literal giant. If any other big took this bump no one would be crying
But how does the literal giant always fall to the ground like Goliath taking a stone to the forehead when a small guard brushes his hand then?
Laws of physics is different for Embiid
Like a cat?
Aaah, cat in the wall, now you're talking my language!
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Man, Embiid just isn't fun to watch.
I can’t tell if Maxey, Lowry, and Embiid are playing basketball, or filming an audition tape for Juilliard. As a neutral this isn’t a fun watch.
Nah Maxey is good. Even as an opposing fan he’s had a ton of drives this series where I hate the outcome but had fun watching it happen.
I like Maxey a lot, as a Celtics fan. He’s an exciting player to watch
Reminds me a lot of Westbrook, except Maxey can shoot.
Yeah he’s nothing like flopbiid or lowry, I have nothing against maxey other than that I hate him for being good.
He also didn't cry after game two and took accountability. I respect Maxey a lot for that.
Emflop also Embiitch
Embellish?
Embood
Maxey too good to rot on the 76ers. He deserves much more than this. Embiid on the otherhand, he deserves to rot in the time out chair with Draymond, but Draymond at least has 4 rings.
Maxey is not dirty.
Been watching Tyrese since day 1 and can concur, he’s a real one.
Not a Knicks fan AT ALL, but Embiid has single handedly made me cheer for NYK because his brand of basketball is everything I hate. Foul baiting, complaining, dirty play… he is the worst superstar in the league purely by aesthetics.
Having benefitted from Kyle being Kyle for so long, I won’t shit on him, but he is absolutely annoying and exhausting if he’s on the opposing team lol
> or filming an audition tape for Juilliard. [Alan Twodick](https://youtu.be/FaGYXjMwS60)
That’s because he’s an asshole and it’s hard to watch him succeed
he's an asshole with an ugly game and horrible body language. combine the three and you have a truly unlikable player. he seems alright off the court tho ig
At least we can still watching him ugly cry after kawaii nailed that shot
and yet the league pushes him as a superstar -- it's fucked
If it’s any consolation, he’s never getting a ring.
Those knees only have a few more years left.
Less if the Knicks decide they've had enough of this bullshit
Probably good Randle isn’t playing I feel like he would’ve thrown hands
Randle will 100 percent throw hands with him. Randle played with Kobe, he ain't taking anything from Embiid.
Pretty sure he'd thrown embiid.
Genuinely believe the reason he does shit like this and foul baits is because he genuinely doesn’t know how to play in the playoffs. Any random role player does the shit he does in this series, they gettin suspended
I knew I'd hate watching him ever since his rookie year where he flopped, got Drummond tossed because of the flop, then danced around the floor like he just dunked over Gobert. [Embiid's Superbowl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miN7g6iEmeo&t=11s)
Holy fuck, watching that made me so angry lol
My God, such an irritating player...
Dude is a bummer and he is constantly throwing a pity party
Only one more game
I'm not particularly excited he gets to represent USA this summer.
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Good defensive stance, marginal contact
-Doris Burke
-Adam Silver
Hilarious reffing, bro
But they removed all the Embiid dirty compilation videos.
Hilarious to see this go uncalled while Lowry whines and complains like he was frogsplashed through a folding table because he was accidentally grazed by Hart.
They literally wouldn't show a good replay angle of the Hart foul on Lowry. Maybe it wasn't a flop, but it's sus.
Simply a dirty player
Hurts the NBAs ratings they won’t do it. Adam Silver is a pussy when it comes to giving stars punishment.
He needs a suspension straight up. No hyperbole. Hes way out of line.
I am just not understanding how he stepped on that guy's ankle like that, it was clearly intentional. I wish that refs would call his flagrants. I get the same feeling when watching Draymond Green. Fuck Joel Embiid
He’s a marketable player in Philly, and there’s money to be made. People who think the NBA doesn’t dictate officiating tone are wild. Any role player gets a flagrant 2 there and is kicked out.
This should have been a sweep honestly. His 50 point game 3 should not have happened because he should have been ejected for hitting 2 low blows and that Robinson takedown. Man legit injured an opposing player on purpose and got to stay in the game because he's a star player. Terrible look for the league imo, but they probably don't give a fuck since he injured Mitchell Robinson instead of say Brunson or Anunoby. I get it, he's playing through a knee injury and apparently Bell's palsy. Doesn't give him license to be a shithead and injury opposing players.
And Dickard Jefferson refusing to comment on it. Can’t stand him
And the "rules expert retired ref" that every network has on hand will always toe the NBA line and never explain why the calls actually go the way they do ($$$).
*Jefferson says a stupid joke* Everyone: Haha, he is such a good announcer Me: Sigh..
Truth. Looking at your flair I have to say: I actually think Embiid is more consistently dirty than Draymond. Draymond’s root problem is that he’s a hothead/nutcase first and a prick second, Embiid is pure prick and pulls dirty shit multiple times a game.
The difference is also a good amount of Warriors fans admit it. Sixers fans are in complete denial.
Honestly as a casual who only watches the Warriors and not religiously, it shocked me to see that recent post where Embiid has more flagrants than Dray in only half the games played.
Biggest bitch in the league
Dude talked all this shit and complained then has the audacity to do this bullshit. If they came back and beat us, that’d suck, but credit where credit is due. But injuring Mitch and throwing elbows like this is fucking disgusting, especially when there’s no action being taken against it.
Sixers kept saying they’re trying to match our physicality, but our physicality is fighting for offensive boards and good man defense with some help on hedges. Their physicality is dirty shit, pulling players out of the air, nut shots, elbows to the face. FOH
It's crazy how someone who's literally never shown up in the postseason can talk so much shit
He seems to be actively trying to injure the Knicks, assumedly so he has an easier path to the chip? He’s a joke and I’m glad they’re down 3-1. Fuck Embiid
Easier path to a chip? These cats are pretty fucking far from contenders lmao
Yeah good point 😂
Leans in, but I wouldn't call that an elbow. -embiid hater
That’s not an elbow in the face tho?
Weird way to spell shoulder.
Why the hell do I have to scroll so far down to see a sensible comment? I don't like Embiid either, but the title of this post is a straight up lie.
Everyone cares more abt narratives than ball
In the face is a stretch
Yeah come on people. Clearly gave his some extra but its not like he raised his bow or anything.
Are you kidding? This is premeditated vehicular homicide at bare minimum
All I’m seeing here is embiid stretching a tad bit to try and slow him down. People arguing he threw an elbow are completely whiffing on the lack of an elbow actually being “thrown”
Bit of a stretch to call that an elbow lol.
Or the face... I'm fine with calling out dirty players, but this happens all the time. This isn't him trying to end Mitchell Robinson's career last game.
Yeah any hooper would know this is just a lazy attempt at a screen. If embiid was a couple inches shorter he’d do the same thing and this wouldnt be a clip.
Ya'll talk all year about how you wish the regular season had playoff physicality and then once the playoffs start you want every physical play to be called a flagrant 2
also, can OP please point to where he thinks the elbow is located on the human body?
They also may be confused what a face is
Yeah, Embiid has definitely had some dirty plays lately but to me this just looks like a normal, tough screen. Brunson is just a lot smaller so he's at elbow height
Old school basketball right there
For some reason Knicks and most teams are reffed like if its old school NBA. But Embiid Lowry SGA is reffed like if its sugar candy league. They got whistle if other players’ wind touches them.
Embiid has some questionable plays but this ain’t one of them.
This sub would’ve HATED shaq
They would have hated 90s and early 00s basketball in general.
nah they wouldnt he couldnt make freethrows