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Four words. That’s all it took for the NBA to take $25,000 out of the pocket of Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid. Following the Sixers’ 112-109 loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, Embiid spoke with reporters and ended his press conference by saying, “the referees f**king suck” before walking out. On Wednesday, the league fined Embiid […]
The Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 on Tuesday (Feb. 12), and Joel Embiid wasn’t happy about it. As USA Today reports, Embiid expressed his frustration with how the game went afterwards, stating that the “referees fucking sucked.” In fact, that’s how he ended his time at the post-game press conference, leaning into the microphone to deliver his […]
All is not right in Philadelphia. New addition Jimmy Butler has clashed with coach Brett Brown over his role in the 76ers‘ offense, league sources tell ESPN. The insiders say Butler “aggressively challenged” Brown about his role in the offense, where Butler would prefer to play in a more pick-and-roll and iso-heavy offense, rather than the free-flowing one Brown […]
It’s best to not take Joel Embiid entirely seriously. More than most MVP candidates, and he’s in that discussion this season, Embiid realizes the unimportance of most off-the-court matters. When most everything can be construed as a joke, the tension inherent to contests of athleticism lessens. That’s likely why he got in a dig at Jazz big man Rudy […]
The Philadelphia 76ers have gone 8-3 since they pulled Jimmy Butler out of a tense situation in Minnesota. Things may look fine, but according to Sixers big man Joel Embiid, adding Butler to the offense has thrown a wrench in his game. After being benched on Friday so that he could rest, Embiid expressed concerns […]
Jimmy Butler is (hopefully) heading to greener pastures with the Philadelphia 76ers after forcing his way out of Minnesota. On Saturday, the Timberwolves dealt Butler to the 76ers in exchange for Robert Covington and Dario Saric, ending the four-time All-Star’s nearly two-month push for a trade. On Monday, NBC Sports Philadelphia caught up with the newest member of the 76ers shortly after his plane landed […]
Jimmy Butler is known for being a bit…passionate about his teammates’ mistakes. Markelle Fultz is currently known for shots like this: So when NBA Twitter learned that Fultz would have to work on his jumper in front of Butler, they couldn’t help but joke about being a fly on the wall of those tense, […]
Most NBA heads remember Joel Embiid‘s attempted online wooing of Rihanna. While a relationship never materialized, it cast the perpetually injured Sixers big in a youthful glow, one that helped the notoriously fickle Philly sports crowd grow to embrace the Process Truster. Once he finally did get on the court, that Philly love blossomed into outright adoration, and now—after […]
Joel Embiid enjoys poking fun at his opponents. It’s part and parcel of a personality that’s tailor-made for an NBA Twitter audience that revels in #pettywarz. So fans should have been prepared when Embiid’s preseason foil, Mo Bamba, came to Philadelphia Saturday night when the Sixers faced the Magic. When Embiid burned the rookie baseline for a jam, the opening notes […]
You spend all offseason practicing. You hype yourself up in the locker room. You go out on opening day and… you get caught by someone on the other team and turned into a poster or worse, Twitter fodder. It can happy to any of us, provided that “us” is “some of the best basketball players in […]
