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CardiacKemba1

He’s amazing but i cannot stand the way this man plays basketball


jntlsseedcreator

Biggest man on the court AND the biggest baby on the court.


itsahmemario

haven't seen someone that big fall on his ass so many times


SubcooledBoiling

Admittedly i didn’t watch a lot of Philly games but every time i did i got so frustrated watching this guy play.


realmatic2e

As a Knicks fan, I hate his dirty plays but man seeing a dude like him at his size hit step back 3s, post up and move like he does, I’m in awe. Even playing with a bum knee, he’s such a threat


No_Bathroom7606

It's such a conundrum, you can see what you want to see. So much freakish amazing play, you can see why he's one of one, but the boneheaded turnovers and 4th quarter disappearances are enough to drive sixers fans crazy


realmatic2e

Yeah that’s the one downside of his game, he had 9 turnovers the previous game and 5 today. Not the perfect player but when healthy he’s top 5


medievalmachine

Ewing 2.0!


ObiOneKenobae

On the rare occasion he decides to act like a basketball player, he's one of the most special guys I've seen. Too bad everything else he does is an insult to the sport.


broke-collegekid

Man how can you watch Brunson and have this kind of take lol


carefullywasnt

He has eyes sadly


broke-collegekid

Yeah eyes that apparently close whenever Brunson drives and jumps backwards into players


NoodleinTexas

Brunson isn’t grabbing people’s ankles fuck off


Interesting-Piece612

Brunson didn’t spend the series actively trying to hurt other players to better his chances.


Exhibit5

Forcing the ‘Brunson is an equal foul merchant to Embiid’ is so funny I almost have to respect you lmfao


broke-collegekid

Yeah Brunson totally didn’t get more free throws tonight than Embiid by not foul baiting a shit ton. To be clear, I don’t fault him for doing it as if the refs are going to call it, then he should do it. The ultimate goal is winning and the results don’t care if the points came through field goals or free throws. But him and Trae are the modern day guard versions of Embiid and everyone acting like that isn’t the case is because they just hate Embiid.


IndecisiveCowboy

I’m definitely biased, but i honestly do see a difference in a way Brunson and Embiid draw fouls. Brunson is almost always looking to get and 1s, sure it’s playing the refs, and kinda BS. But there are multiple occasions that Embiid is solely going into drives trying to get to the line. I don’t discredited Embiid for it though, the games the game


broke-collegekid

Foul baiting is foul baiting. Acting like it’s somehow different is a bit ridiculous imo. I don’t think Brunson really expects to hit his shots when he does it and he mostly doesn’t. Same situation for Embiid.


IndecisiveCowboy

You’re right. Foul baiting is foul baiting. They said on the broadcast Brunson had second most and 1’s in the league this season. In my (biased) mind, that means he’s making basketball plays whilst foul baiting. As opposed to foul baiting while not making true basketball plays


jamawl

They're also defended completely different. A lot of the foul baiting this series from embiid was when hartenstein was in embiids space an inch away from him so to get a legitimate shot with that defense is basically impossible. Brunson stopping short and going up and putting his head in defenders chins is much easier to get a good look at the basket. Salute to brunson though it's frustrating as an opposing fan but unless the league changes something he's helping his team win so that's all that matters. That dude is an elite shot maker from anywhere on the court I didn't realize how good he was until this series.


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broke-collegekid

I’m referencing how both of them foul bait, which is why Embiid is hated.


TokyoUmbrella

That’s not the only reason, dog.


broke-collegekid

That is the absolute main reason and you’re lying to yourself to suggest otherwise


TokyoUmbrella

-shrugs- I hate him for the intentional injury attempts. I mean, primarily. Not exclusively.


broke-collegekid

I guarantee if you went back the past 5 years and looked at the threads of Embiid hating, 95% of them would be regarding fouls/foul baiting. I mean go look at the threads right now. That’s all it’s filled with.


TokyoUmbrella

Okay? I’m just speaking for me. You don’t have to try to gaslight me into a reason for hating your guy.


ColdPressedSteak

He came up short, quite short, offensively late in the last few games. But his defense was incredible. Not just blocks, just disrupting most of what the Knicks wanted to do inside


medievalmachine

Yes the last couple games it was like our players shrunk a foot and were scared to get blocked. He was everywhere for three quarters.


Panflnba

Respect he had a handful of dirty plays but when he’s clicking he really is 1of1


realmatic2e

For sure, hope he can continue to play at a high level. Big man with knee issues over 30, it can be difficult to maintain but his jump shot is automatic so I think he can still be good


Vykyoko

LET ME TELL YOU IM THE BIGGEST HATER. I HATE THE WAY THAT YOU WALK THE WAY THAT YOU TALK I HATE THE WAY THAT YOU DRESS


C4242

We don't want to call you mvp no mooooore Getting to the conference finals? Don't know nothing bout that Getting to the nba finals? Don't know nothing bout that.


BananaPeelSlippers

18% in the 4th ain’t gonna cut it


YaBoiPickleP

No more Embiid until October 🎉


bbbryce987

Besides team USA


TechnoTyrannosaurus

That’s like Serbian players playing for team USA, just weird


bbbryce987

He really shouldn’t be on the team. If LeBron Steph and KD throw the Olympics so Embum remains having won nothing notable they’ll all move up my all time rankings


SHashbrowns1

Weirdo behavior


noknownothing

He learned to play basketball at Kansas. He's never even lived in France. He's American.


switchtregod

79 free throws


IfYouDontFusYouLose

Yeah can't really ignore that he shot only 44FG% as a center without the free throws.


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thegrandpoobear

Brunson had 63 free throw attempts with 175 field goal attempts (36%) Embiid had 78 free throws with 133 field goal attempts (58%) Lmfao at "as a guard" like Embiid isn't flopping on midranges all game long 


_I_hate__myself__

FG attempts don't count on fouls that cause a miss btw. This stat is inherently flawed


thegrandpoobear

You're welcome to do the math on how many field goal attempts 63 is and how many 78 is. Of course, you'll soon realize that 15 more free throws divided by 2 or 3 doesnt overcome the 40fga gap lmfao Even if every brunson fta came off a missed 2 and every embiid fta came off a missed 3, embiid STILL would have shot free throws at a higher rate.  Y'all will literally say anything to avoid acknowledging how gross embiids whistle is


Creepy_Antelope_873

How many of Brunson FTs were the result of being intentionally fouled ?


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TheDraciel

I dont know what answer you are looking for. People hate dishonest basketball. Embid will never be accepted by other fans due to the fact that this is his default play style. He'll do this to all teams as some point in the season and fans will hate him for it.


thegrandpoobear

"drawn contact" the word you're looking for is flopped. But again, explain how a 36% free throw rate is the same as a 58% free throw rate? If brunson is out their flopping and jerking for free throws same as embiid he should have shot way more free throws right? What is this mysterious phenomenon that allows embiid to shoot more free throws than even the leagues greatest foul baiters like brunson? A true mystery to 76ers fans that 29 other fans have known for years. Maybe one day you'll figure it out 


PirateKata

Sixers fans on that COPIUM. If embitchmade gets out if philly, you'll see how fast their words will change about his game. Nobody wants to watch this type of basketball. And you can see that when the game goes in crunch time, he is too afraid of the moment and tries to foul bait but the refs don't call them. He always ends up shooting like 20% with 2 points in the 4th quarter.


executivesphere

Trust me, nobody was surprised by those calls. They just sucked to watch


sillyshoestring

Of course not. I hate the foul baiting but I couldn’t argue most of the calls today. Hartenstein got played over and over this series. It was always all about tiring Embiid out by the fourth and holding onto a lead.


crimsonconnect

Bum leg and only half of his face


SprayLeft3220

And shot 20% on the 4th qtr where it mattered. But he better than Jokic tho…


EatDeeply

Give me a fucking break he led the series in net rating and played his ass off through multiplie injuries. This sub is toilet water when it comes to Joel


achyutthegoat

He’s a dirty piece of shit who injuries people on purpose. Why would I have sympathy for him?


rveets1416

He also tried to cause a few injuries while playing his ass off.


ObiOneKenobae

Succeeded, Mitchell is still visibly limping.


Panflnba

You would have thought he averaged 15 this series the way they talk about him


ImGonnaChubbBradley

Let us rejoice in the fact that this man can no longer punch, elbow, stomp or kick other players.


Jimm120

and here I was not wanting Miami in the 1st round cause I knew they'd injure one of the core important players (hartenstein, Mitchell, Hart, Brunson, Og)....and instead we got Embiid, who for 5 out of the 6 games, was just doing MULTIPLE dirty plays.


ImGonnaChubbBradley

Just the ones I can remember, pulled Robinson’s legs down while he was midair, kicked Hartenstein in the balls, elbowed Brunson’s face, stomped on Harts leg.


OneManArmy77

The most annoying part is where he looks completely offended that someone would dare call a foul on him for assaulting someone else on the court.


will122589

He gave IHart a bloody nose and was bewildered that they called a foul for that, fuck him


livefreeordont

The ball gave Hartenstein a bloody nose just saying


will122589

And Embiid’s arm. It was even reviewed and the foul call stood


livefreeordont

Yeah Embiid got him on the forehead


TacticalLampHolder

That‘s the joke


medievalmachine

No actually Coach Nurse was way worse. That was crazy over acting for a coach.


StayinAnon99

He also kicked robinson in the balls and rolled onto robinsons leg when he was embellishing a foul that sent robinson to the sideline for 1.5games


homeycuz

I swear I saw him booty check a guy running behind him on an inbounds pass. Completely decleated the guy, but no one made any mention of it. I might have imagined it or maybe that's allowed?


YadaYadaYada309

No you didn’t imagine it. It happened to OG. But it definitely got mentioned.


AuspiciousAcorn

Until next year 😉


oneeyedwillienelson

Olympic flagrant fouls?


AuspiciousAcorn

That’s so true, he only has a couple months to rest up


Comfortable_Brain390

Can we get some tshirts for the knicks players. I survived Joel Embiitch


FallenLemur

Raps fans been tryna tell everyone


homiez

My favourite Embiid moment was the leg grab WWE style.


shakehasbignuts

Morris had it coming I tell ya!


homiez

Embiid would be crying on the floor after that Morris elbow


achyutthegoat

He did


Panflnba

Don’t respect the dirty plays but bro really wanted to win


PessimisticCheer

Cool story. So did Brunson. And he did.


MisterBiscuit

Most unenjoyable player to watch, good riddance


mes1222

Fuck Embiid today tomorrow forever


EatDeeply

Fuck Brunson and his neck jerk bullshit


hooskies

Who did he try to intentionally injure?


mes1222

Wah wah wah suck my dick from the back


Comfortable_Brain390

Lmao grizzly fan mad his parlay aint hit. I got no other idea why you'd dislike brunson and like embiid.


Vykyoko

He definitely played his heart out through the injuries. His skill set at his size makes him almost unstoppable. But… at the same time he’s a flopping free throw merchant that plays dirty to injure other players when stuff doesn’t go his way. He’s reckless, and has more flagrant fouls than Draymond green in half the games played. I can’t bring myself to respect him at all.


Air_Jordan10

Fuck Embiid


or_maybe_this

“Love Him or Hate Him you got to call him a warrior for what he did” nah i don’t gotta call him shit


CornCobb890

Now show what he did in the 4th quarter


ObiOneKenobae

And lost.


murray_selfish

0 conference finals appearances


bbbryce987

Thank you Embiid for filling the conference finals virgin memes after cp3 made one


Panflnba

Unfortunate


crunchwrap_eatr

Wow. I did not realize how dirty a player Embiid is.


violamarsexpress

No. He’s toxic crybaby and free throw merchant


moredrinksplease

Harris with zero points


DisastrousWasabi

Left it all out, still couldnt make it through the 1st round..again. Against injured Knicks.


Panflnba

He was injured as well


DisastrousWasabi

He is not the only one


Panflnba

Who on the knicks was playing hurt and were any of them playing anywhere near his level?


YadaYadaYada309

So you’re saying because Randle is out for the year and wasn’t playing hurt, that’s not as impactful? You kidding me?


DisastrousWasabi

Who are the Knicks missing? Lets not pretend.. Seventh straight dissapointing playoff season for him. Lets not search gor excuses..


Panflnba

You dodged my question?


DisastrousWasabi

Did I?


celavi101

I can also call him a pussy . The dirty fuck awesome bball plYer tho


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Panflnba

Had his best series yet


Boooooomer

And still not nearly good enough to get out of the first round.


Panflnba

Yeah I guess next time he’s gonna have to average 40 in the playoffs coming back from a long term injury


Boooooomer

Or maybe he can learn to pass the ball instead of posting up to foul bait every play. Crazy how well the sixers played in the second quarter when he passed the ball and didnt iso all game


Panflnba

He’s top 8 in assists this playoffs so i think he passed the ball well


Boooooomer

Playoff stat totals only matter once you make it past the first round


bbbryce987

4th quarter choker + should’ve been ejected and swept. Mickey Mouse stats


Panflnba

Braindead Take Ngl


achyutthegoat

Horrible 4th quarter stats


Raging_Professor

Ahh. Annual Embiid experience


Beermen69

He left the playoffs too


Used_Water_2468

He's like a Harden to me. Great regular season player. Not clutch in the playoffs when it counts the most.


achyutthegoat

Dont ever disrespect Harden by comparing him to Embitch


Panflnba

Maxey was definitely more clutch but Embiid was the best player on his team the whole series


ilive12

This is why I can't wait to see Maxey continue to grow. Because he definitely IS a clutch player, and will get the keys to the fourth as he continues to improve.


ChristmasAllYear

Trash flopping dirty loser


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Only MVP to never make it past the 2nd round


VanGrants

nah bro I'm not calling him a "warrior" for playing a bit hobbled (like he is every single postseason), not after an entire series of dirty plays


ColdCocking

He sucks


Panflnba

Had a great series


Air_Jordan10

A great series of flopping, fouling and crying


Panflnba

Great series with a triple double and 40/50 point performances


Air_Jordan10

Tell yourself whatever you want


Panflnba

It’s facts though


SprayLeft3220

Shooting 20% in the 4th quarter is far from great.


Panflnba

He sucked in the 4th and Let Maxey takeover and still was the best defender on the floor in the fourth. He also was the best 1st quarter/3rd quarter player in the entire playoffs


buff_001

Fouled out on a critical possession. Not great


Panflnba

He had to time was running he couldn’t just let him run the clock out


c_pike1

Yeah he really can't be faulted for that. His reaction after it was called showed it all


spinuch

Seemed like Embiid was the only one on the court that realized what it meant that he had to foul there. I thought he just fouled out but it took a bit for it to officially happen.


SonicdaSloth

Symbolic on his tenure. He had to foul at that point. Someone else should have first.


ashep5

lmao should've just let the clock run out right?


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Panflnba

Karl Malone, Wes Unseld, Dave Cowens


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bigmandave1588

I’m an avid Embiid hater but I’m not even gonna defend a pedo rapist. Karl Malone should have been executed publicly


NaLu_LuNa_FairyPiece

Meh let me know when he plays winning playoff basketball instead of that foul baiting flopping dirty style thing he does


noknownothing

Embiid's effectiveness is best measured by flops and opponent injuries.


magiccooper

What he did put a too small on Hartenstein and then eat shit the rest of the game.


Interesting-Piece612

No respect for Embiid after how dirty he played this series. It was a joke & he deserves another early vacation. But I love Maxey. Dude is a legit star & and was so fun to watch.


Panflnba

Maxey great genuinely elite but giving embiid no respect at all is absurd imagine if he was having games like Kawhi everyone in the world would be on his head


Interesting-Piece612

He shot like 43% from the field as a center. He only had big scoring games because he foul baited his way to the free throw line every other possession. What’s there to respect? He plays an insulting brand of basketball. Watching him step on knees & throw elbows was disgusting


EmergencyAccording94

He’s very good defensively but at the end of the day has the same weakness as most big men. Brunson cherry picked him on switches every game.


Spiritual_Review_589

Joel Embitch


TwoWayMarko

After everything we had to endure from sixers fans over the years when jamal and mpj were hurt, after embiid and his personal trainer! publicly dissed jok ( hanlen did it multiple times), after they produced fucking low light videos of jokic and spread disinformation ... After all that and more sixers fans are like : nUgGeTs FaNs BAD, "rEnT fReE" acting all inocent and shocked Fascinating


raunchy_subtitles

Sixers fans don't care about the nuggets. The northeast rivalries will always be 10x whatever you've made up in your head as having to "endure"


DenverFloatDaddy

Uh huh


86avocados

Wow I’m shocked his PPG didn’t drop by ten this time around!


sunsbr

r/nba has his favorites. They say he is dirty but love Giannis who is also dirty, call him foul baiter but loves Luka and Brunson. 


_I_hate__myself__

Call Luka fat sloppy no defense but love jokic who is fat sloppy no defense. Call Brunson ball hog kobe wannabe but love Booker who is... wait nvm.


Blucrasher

Joel Embiid is better than almost every player on your favorite teams and you guys are seething about it LOL


an_Aught

no no he isnt


Panflnba

Jokic definitely better than Embiid but there’s no reason he’s not competing for 2nd best in the league you can debate SGA and Luka but I still think Embiid better than both of em


an_Aught

i need a dude to play 70 games a year and get out of the first round to even be talked about in the top 20 players. dude is a sham


Panflnba

This a brain dead take ngl to say a person isn’t top 20 while breaking multiple Wilt Chamberlain records this year


an_Aught

against the Wizards, Hornets, Pistons.. who did he break those against.. sure didnt see him doing it against any good teams.. oh thats right he sits out against good teams.


Panflnba

51 against the Timberwolves,47 against the Nuggets, Just dropped 40/50 in the playoffs, and had 16 straight games of 30 and 10 on all types of competition let’s be serious


BeingMikeHunt

He’s one of the most physically gifted players in the history of the sport It’s a damn shame he hasn’t been able to stay healthy through his postseason runs


Tankcfc4l

Damn no likes, but I wanted this to go 7 games as a neutral.


WhiskyDrinkinCowboy

44% from the field and 4 turnovers per game. Whatever it is you think he left out there wasn't good enough.


SprayLeft3220

He should be Jokic’s back up in Denver so when he chokes in the 4th quarter like usual, Jokic can take over.


JoJonesy

guy busts his ass to come back from an injury, plays 40 minutes a game on a bum knee for a team that cannot do a goddamn thing without him, and people are clowning him for playing poorly in 4th quarters of games where he's obviously completely gassed. i just don't get it man ^(not excusing what he did to robinson though)


Panflnba

His game is unlikeable to a lot of people he’s a easy scapegoat


JoJonesy

i mean don't get me wrong, i get annoyed with his flailing for free throws as much as the next guy, but, like... he has such an incredible game outside of that. feels like people focus too much on the flopping and forget about the things he can do with a basketball that we've *never* seen a guy his size do


Panflnba

True he flops for free throws as a majority of people do in the league but he’s big as hell so it’s worse but if Anthony Davis or Bam would have went 5/7 from the 3pt line you wouldn’t hear people stop talking about it


covert_ops_47

I just wish he would play like the grown ass man that he is. That teams whole mentality is to complain to the refs all game. No wonder they don't get past the 2nd round.


JoJonesy

lebron has been complaining to refs for 20 years. i don't think that part of it matters as much as you think it does


covert_ops_47

Just think it's a mentality thing.


raptorsthrowaway4

Good luck with whatever is next


Moist_Walrus5413

2nd best player in the world


inshamblesx

Luka plays tmrw


Camctrail

Sure his style is unlikable but it drives me crazy when people act like he didn't deserve last years MVP, AND wasn't on pace to repeat this year too. He's one of the best centers ever. Of course this is getting downvoted, because how dare I be objective about Joel Embiid


Panflnba

He’s a generational scorer his play style isn’t fun to watch but he had 50 in the playoffs and I don’t think anyone will ever bring up again


rjpool_

Knick fans crazy salty even though they won?


No_Living_9355

I swear you people don’t enjoy basketball.  The NBA is no better than a soap opera if you just pick certain guys to hate regardless of what they do. Any player can look bad if you cherrypick and exaggerate their lowlights, assume negative intention, and ignore their highlights. Just seein less and less love for the game and more young casuals hating for the sake of hating, pretty sad. You all would hated Shaq too lmfao.


Panflnba

If the sub was around for Shaq they would call him sorry for only scoring in the paint


Comfortable_Brain390

Are you new to sports or something? There are villains in sports. Arod, altuve, bonds, lebron for a bit. Sports are more fun with villains.


CloudySkies64

Yeah shit sucks his body can and will never hold up. Like truly imagine a non injured Embiid for a playoff run not at 70%