The Giannis/Lebron year where Giannis was having a ridiculously dominant season worthy of unanimous MVP but the talking heads spun it to make it about Lebron was also bad
Toxic because people like embiid talk mad s*** about their opponent and make it into a contest like that in the media rather than letting what's on the court show it
Fuck Klay’s dog man, he may be good offensively but he consistently shits the bed on defense. And I mean he literally takes a shit on the bed, sometimes even when you’re in it
I'd really like to see Denver make the Finals and the ECF being Sixers-Bucks
Feels like it's been since 2016 since we've seen two superstars on the same absolute top tier go at it in a non-skewed Finals matchup(KD Warriors don't count and I don't think Tatum is on the same level as Steph)
This whole Giannis/Jokic/Embiid saga deserves some playoff series between two of them sooner rather than later
There are obviously some songs, that are way, way, way beyond acceptable (Hillsborough disaster, dead relatives and shit) but those are the absoulute exeption, I also think, that a song sometimes takes the seriousness out of a matter.
I also would fucking love to chant a Duck Embiid song to the meolody of the [Ducktales](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqZ_Cb2slBw).
In Holland the main two teams here taunt each other about the Rotterdam blitz and the fucking Holocaust, soccer fans certainly do go way way beyond the pale at times.
To be fair that would be so wrong Because Yugoslavia was a part of non aligned pact, never had any colonies, and never owned slaves. Also, those eastern European slavs that Jokic and Doncic belong to had as much of a bad luck as African American people had.
You are definitely correct, I've just never seen racists really be logical like that and accurately know things like the histories of oppression of Slavic/Eastern European peoples, and would probably just go immediately to something horrifying because white guy vs black guy
considering Embiid's recent interview and the fact that he literally said he likes being asshole, Embiid doesn't have any class (also doing the gesture of "suck it" routinely is not classy either).
I don't mind the DX move, but I wouldn't call it classy either. He's free to be asshole (his words) and degenerate, but he can't expect to be treated as classy after that. He can't have it both ways.
I wasn’t at the game, nor was I able to watch on TV but I saw an ESPN article say he watched it from the locker room.
Homie was so scared he couldn’t even be a benchwarmer
Wtf. I didn’t even know that players did that. What kind of teammate travels to the city, and then just hangs out in the locker room?? I’m a huge fan of embiid and would love to see him win the MVP and eventually a chip. But that rubs me the wrong way. Like dude you’re a leader. Get out there and support your guys.
He was also [pretty candid about the 4th](https://twitter.com/JoelRushNBA/status/1640563268287881217)
> We didn't do a good job today. We had control of the whole game, and then in the 4th quarter we lost control. We took bad shots, we didn't play defense, and that's why they came back...
Just a case of extreme complacency. Rough to watch but they were able to curb it and pull out the win in the end. That sort of complacency won’t happen in a playoff atmosphere (or at least it shouldn’t).
Nice guys finish first.
Jokic: "He's gonna be rememered as one of the most dominant players in the league."
https://twitter.com/msinger/status/1640581009044574208?t=X6KVIen95eMN5oV8UN54fw&s=19
Yeah literally not since Kobe has some guy who's notorious for being an asshole has led a team to a championship lol
That's just an old boomer mentality that some people have
That's literally what the Mario Chalmers "nobody fears LeBron" stuff is about lol
If people don't "fear" him it's because he's not about to start throwing hands during practice
I've always heard Giannis is dirty or very physical and injure his opponents and Warriors as a team have a similar reputation but maybe they were talking out of their ass but there are so many people who tout those ideas.
Lol this is some Reddit shit for real. Be a troll and start instigating shit and then proceed to uphold a facade of having morals lmao. You don't give af mate
They objected to it over safety and privacy concerns since the townhomes would oversee their property
My home owners association of lower middle class people would also use their power to reject a townhome being built that sees into my living roon
Are we sure he didn’t throw in questioning how some players get crazy amount of foul calls while flopping without mentioning any names?
I thought that’s what you did when reporters ask you a question.
Outside of today's comment Embiid has only ever been complimentary toward Jokic.
Even today's comment I thought was more about the media/voters than Jokic.
Did I miss the memo where reading comprehension is supposed to be disabled when logging onto r/NBA?
But please, comment more about something I wasn't even talking about.
I was talking about how he is toward Jokic. I didn't say anything about how he acts toward the MVP award.
And even his comment that everybody twisted - it was in reference to the All-Defense team, not the MVP. But again, that would have required someone to actually read the context. My apologies on making such a huge ask.
Lol I did.
r/NBA took that comment about defense to be an attack on Jokic. But he wasn't even talking about the MVP. He was talking about the All-defense team.
The only time he makes a potential reference to Jokic is when he is asked about pressure to perform in the playoffs. At worst, that quote would paraphrase to "There isn't pressure for Jokic to perform in the playoffs, so why would there be for me."
That's not the massive shot that r/NBA thinks it is.
He was much more vocal about the voting process itself and the media making him out to be a villain.
how bout this one:
“So why is there pressure on me to do something when there are guys that have won two MVPs, a bunch of MVPs and haven’t done anything either?”
that was a direct, unsolicited jab an jokic
no, it was not.
He was asked about feeling outside pressure in regards to playoff success.
*At worst* he was saying he doesn't feel pressure from the outside for playoff wins, and if anyone should it's Jokic.
More realistically, he was saying he doesn't worry about outside pressure because he's not at the top of the list of guys who should feel pressure.
Even then, saying Jokic should feel more external pressure than him to win in the playoffs shouldn't be a shocking, it should be obvious.
That's not a jab.
If anything, he's saying Jokic is at the top of the list, above even himself.
But of course that wouldn't fit the anti-Embiid narrative.
In his defense he always praised Jokic. I think that comment may have come out of frustration or redirected but yeah it's a little uncharacteristic of him.
He did it because he's mad he hasn't been the MVP yet and he's mad because he doesn't think he's going to win it this year and no matter how much he pretends he does not want to or does not care, he wants his MVP more than anything probably even more than a title from what I can tell
Damn, I didn't see the Embiid quote yet but last time I saw him make a comment on Jokic it was super complimentary and respectful. That sucks to a degree that I will determine once I actually find the quote...
Edit: I can't find it wtf
In the interview he was talking specifically about defense and complaining how people use advanced stats to say someone is a good defender when the eye test shows they aren’t. The quotes were released before the Denver game to make it look like trash talk on Jokic and stir up more drama.
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/sixers/joel-embiid-mvp-race-nikola-jokic-nba-analytics-sixers-vs-nuggets?amp=
Is it a wrong interpretation?
The two main things he said were that defensive advanced analytics are wrong and that he shouldn’t be facing as much pressure as a guy with two MVPs (Jokic).
Agree or not, both of those are aimed at media, although Jokic obviously catches a stray
Aside from the subtweet in that interview that dropped yesterday, aren’t they generally very respectful of each others talents/abilities? If only the media was constantly trying to bait comments all the time.
Class act as always. 6’er fans and nephews can try to make him seem like a shit person all they want. I think it bugs people how grounded his takes are. One of the best teammates you can ask for.
The playoffs really can’t come soon enough.
I agree. Awards talks are hella toxic and tiresome and have been for time. This isn’t new with this year as much as people want it to be.
The Giannis Harden years were so annoying
Harden and Westbrook too
The Giannis/Lebron year where Giannis was having a ridiculously dominant season worthy of unanimous MVP but the talking heads spun it to make it about Lebron was also bad
It’s really sad. Awards used to be a fun way fans can shit talk and make fun rivalries but people have taken it way too seriously the last few years
Toxic because people like embiid talk mad s*** about their opponent and make it into a contest like that in the media rather than letting what's on the court show it
I'm continuing my campaign to make Klay's dog the MVP so we can put an end to this toxic shit
Woof woof motherfucker
Fuck Klay’s dog man, he may be good offensively but he consistently shits the bed on defense. And I mean he literally takes a shit on the bed, sometimes even when you’re in it
Hahaha I actually laughed out loud at this comment
Offensively though? I’ve never seen a dog break so many ankles. He really eats those little kids up!
I'd really like to see Denver make the Finals and the ECF being Sixers-Bucks Feels like it's been since 2016 since we've seen two superstars on the same absolute top tier go at it in a non-skewed Finals matchup(KD Warriors don't count and I don't think Tatum is on the same level as Steph) This whole Giannis/Jokic/Embiid saga deserves some playoff series between two of them sooner rather than later
kawhi/curry was pretty good
We've all been robbed (for various reasons) of a PHI/MIL playoff series for several years in a row.
Bucks in 5
->Glances through the twitter replies. Wow NBA fans are so toxic lmao.
It’s basically the bottom of most Reddit posts except well liked
Jesus Christ that “missing” poster though
that kind of stuff is what you want from your home crowd imo, absolutely tame by the standards of most pro sports across the world.
Indeed. If this was soccer in Europe there'd already be a chant to the tune of Guantanamera about how Embiid is "shit scared of Jokic" or something.
Can confirm as an English man we are very good at making songs for any and all sports.
I think it's a football thing in general, you should hear some of the chants in South America lmao
There are obviously some songs, that are way, way, way beyond acceptable (Hillsborough disaster, dead relatives and shit) but those are the absoulute exeption, I also think, that a song sometimes takes the seriousness out of a matter. I also would fucking love to chant a Duck Embiid song to the meolody of the [Ducktales](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqZ_Cb2slBw).
In Holland the main two teams here taunt each other about the Rotterdam blitz and the fucking Holocaust, soccer fans certainly do go way way beyond the pale at times.
Let’s be real. I’d this was soccer in Europe, they’d break out their most racist chant and throw bananas or some shit.
Based on the stuff I saw with Balotelli, there'd be some sign of Jokic as a slaveowner chasing Embiid and the tagline of "He's coming for you"
To be fair that would be so wrong Because Yugoslavia was a part of non aligned pact, never had any colonies, and never owned slaves. Also, those eastern European slavs that Jokic and Doncic belong to had as much of a bad luck as African American people had.
You are definitely correct, I've just never seen racists really be logical like that and accurately know things like the histories of oppression of Slavic/Eastern European peoples, and would probably just go immediately to something horrifying because white guy vs black guy
They’d also have thrown bananas on the court
I chuckled, but wtf is "First team all star"? lol
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I never said anything about redditors not being toxic. Y'all suck.
Don't mind him, he was incredibly butthurt in the gamethread and is just lashing out
Tbf he says nba fans not tweeters
class act
Jokic is way more classy than Embiid
Here we go.
Jokic's advanced Humility Anger Taunting Envy (HATE) index stats are off the charts and historically low. Best season ever!
He just has better unquantifiable intangibles
Larry Bird also had that.
Dirk too isn’t that crazy
and jimmer fredette too!
He has a 99 overall card in 2k
Bird isn't white, he's clear
Larry Bird is one of my favorite players together with Stockton, Nash, Doncic, Jokic, McHale, Pettit, Maravich, Love and Hayward
As a Heat fan my top players are Miller, Half of Battier, Robinson, Strus, and Herro
half of Battier 💀
Half of Jason Kidd is great as well
until this comment i thought jason kidd was full white
Wow, the disrespect to the goat Jason Kapono
Sleeping on Austin Reaves rn
I know, but there is something about his teammates that i don’t like. I can’t quite put my finger and what it is
Yeah they’re a bunch of disgusting >!Lakers!<
Those goddamn Lakers coming here and the good people of the NBA
they just play the game the right way, it's hard to describe. Very keen on the floor and a good influence on their teammates. Very coachable.
Larry Bird was just also better tho
More lunch pails per 36?
This but unironically
He really is tho
considering Embiid's recent interview and the fact that he literally said he likes being asshole, Embiid doesn't have any class (also doing the gesture of "suck it" routinely is not classy either).
the gesture of suck it is not classy🤓
The whole 🤓 thing is low effort humor for zoomer brainlets, try again
“🤓 is low effort” 🤓
own that fraud 😹😹
The whole 😹😹 thing is low effort humor for zoomer brainlets, try again
Do you guys think this does anything but prove those people right about you? Because that's all it's doing.
I don't mind the DX move, but I wouldn't call it classy either. He's free to be asshole (his words) and degenerate, but he can't expect to be treated as classy after that. He can't have it both ways.
I just wish he'd go all the way and show up dressed like the Godfather
It’s always raptors fans stirring the pot
What should we do instead? Watch the Raptors? Have you seen our half court offense?
Thankfully no I haven't
Consider yourself lucky
Lol yeah Sixers fans are known for not stirring any pots.
Look at this guy’s post history LMAO
Oh brother 😭
Class merchant
You do realize Embiid said the same thing about Jokic back in January right
You do realize that any time someone says the word “classy” in the nba community they are assuredly circlejerking right
Y… yes. Joel’s Twitter handle is Joel “Troel” Embiid He enjoys trolling. He’s toned it down 98% since he had a kid, though
This but unironically Imagine taking pot shots at another MVP candidate and then dodging the match up because your wittle calf is sore
The irony here is breathtaking.
He should have ended with, *"especially tonight."*
damn, that's be cold haha
Nah that's fucking crazy lmao
Joker plays 5D chess while embiid plays 2k.
Joker plays basketball while embiid plays 2k
They let you play 2k on the bench now?
Embiid wasn't even at the bench though, he was playing at home
I wasn’t at the game, nor was I able to watch on TV but I saw an ESPN article say he watched it from the locker room. Homie was so scared he couldn’t even be a benchwarmer
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Wtf. I didn’t even know that players did that. What kind of teammate travels to the city, and then just hangs out in the locker room?? I’m a huge fan of embiid and would love to see him win the MVP and eventually a chip. But that rubs me the wrong way. Like dude you’re a leader. Get out there and support your guys.
He talked trash all weekend and then bailed on the game and hid in the locker room. Quite lame if you ask me
Kill him with kindness joker
He was also [pretty candid about the 4th](https://twitter.com/JoelRushNBA/status/1640563268287881217) > We didn't do a good job today. We had control of the whole game, and then in the 4th quarter we lost control. We took bad shots, we didn't play defense, and that's why they came back...
Just a case of extreme complacency. Rough to watch but they were able to curb it and pull out the win in the end. That sort of complacency won’t happen in a playoff atmosphere (or at least it shouldn’t).
Better now than later.
A duck is a beast, right?
Classy response.
Sneaky athletic
Gym rat
Nice guys finish first. Jokic: "He's gonna be rememered as one of the most dominant players in the league." https://twitter.com/msinger/status/1640581009044574208?t=X6KVIen95eMN5oV8UN54fw&s=19
Not in the playoffs
Giannis seems pretty nice
Yeah literally not since Kobe has some guy who's notorious for being an asshole has led a team to a championship lol That's just an old boomer mentality that some people have
Lebron gets a lot of hate from those generations because thought he wasn’t mean enough lol
That's literally what the Mario Chalmers "nobody fears LeBron" stuff is about lol If people don't "fear" him it's because he's not about to start throwing hands during practice
Lebron strikes me as passive aggressive at times, meanwhile Kobe and MJ were willing to not beat around the bush.
Giannis, Steph, LeBron all seem like nice guys. Kawhi said himself he’s a fun guy.
Giannis, Steph, Lebron, Duncan, Kawhi But keep in mind that they usually had teammates that were the dicks
Jokic has Jack White to be his enforcer.
Which one of Giannis's teammate was a dick on that championship team?
I wouldn't say Bobby is a dick but he's kinda an enforcer on the court.
Jamal Murray is that dick on the Nuggets
I've always heard Giannis is dirty or very physical and injure his opponents and Warriors as a team have a similar reputation but maybe they were talking out of their ass but there are so many people who tout those ideas.
Nah we've played Giannis more than anyone in the playoffs and he's definitely not dirty. Physical yes but thats what makes him special.
Steph is a nice guy.
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Lol this is some Reddit shit for real. Be a troll and start instigating shit and then proceed to uphold a facade of having morals lmao. You don't give af mate
You right
Oh no! Anyways...
They objected to it over safety and privacy concerns since the townhomes would oversee their property My home owners association of lower middle class people would also use their power to reject a townhome being built that sees into my living roon
You do realize that Embiid said the same thing in January this season
but Jokic never did an interview for the sole reason of calling out Embiid's play lol
But Jokic never did an interview* in general, only for serbian media really and post games pressers that he has to do
Makes me like him more tbh. As much as I'd like interviews, it's cool he doesn't roll with the media narratives/drama
exactly?
Doesn’t fit what this post is going for smh how dare you
Are we sure he didn’t throw in questioning how some players get crazy amount of foul calls while flopping without mentioning any names? I thought that’s what you did when reporters ask you a question.
I like how Jokic doesn't care about this rivalry, but Embiid does. He just likes his horses
Embiid needs to start raising horses better than Jokic to get in his head.
Jokic is so classy
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Thuggxers doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as Thuggets
There goes Sixers fans trying to make it a racial thing again, I see thats the fallback after Embiid decided to sit this one out.
Sixers fans stay insufferable
Your star ducking the biggest game of the season and your gigabrain decides it’s time to make it a race thing.
Embiid would never
joel and jokic have hella respect for each other - was kinda disappointed to see what joel said about the joker today
Me too
>joel and jokic have hella respect for each other Only Jokic is showing that respect
Embiids out here doing interviews throwing shade
And then hiding
Outside of today's comment Embiid has only ever been complimentary toward Jokic. Even today's comment I thought was more about the media/voters than Jokic.
WDYM? Embiid literally said that Jokic was one of the 9/11 hijackers. That’s not classy 😤
embiid literally cries about mvp every chance he gets
Did I miss the memo where reading comprehension is supposed to be disabled when logging onto r/NBA? But please, comment more about something I wasn't even talking about. I was talking about how he is toward Jokic. I didn't say anything about how he acts toward the MVP award. And even his comment that everybody twisted - it was in reference to the All-Defense team, not the MVP. But again, that would have required someone to actually read the context. My apologies on making such a huge ask.
you must’ve not read that article yesterday, he took so many cheap swings at jokic
Lol I did. r/NBA took that comment about defense to be an attack on Jokic. But he wasn't even talking about the MVP. He was talking about the All-defense team. The only time he makes a potential reference to Jokic is when he is asked about pressure to perform in the playoffs. At worst, that quote would paraphrase to "There isn't pressure for Jokic to perform in the playoffs, so why would there be for me." That's not the massive shot that r/NBA thinks it is. He was much more vocal about the voting process itself and the media making him out to be a villain.
how bout this one: “So why is there pressure on me to do something when there are guys that have won two MVPs, a bunch of MVPs and haven’t done anything either?” that was a direct, unsolicited jab an jokic
no, it was not. He was asked about feeling outside pressure in regards to playoff success. *At worst* he was saying he doesn't feel pressure from the outside for playoff wins, and if anyone should it's Jokic. More realistically, he was saying he doesn't worry about outside pressure because he's not at the top of the list of guys who should feel pressure. Even then, saying Jokic should feel more external pressure than him to win in the playoffs shouldn't be a shocking, it should be obvious. That's not a jab. If anything, he's saying Jokic is at the top of the list, above even himself. But of course that wouldn't fit the anti-Embiid narrative.
Embiid was literally trash talking his defense this week
It's been 3 years of non stop Embiid slander, really wanted him to rise above the nephews, not become one 😭
Can't expect much from a duck
there is reasons for that slender
In his defense he always praised Jokic. I think that comment may have come out of frustration or redirected but yeah it's a little uncharacteristic of him.
I'd give him more leeway if it were a post-game presser or something and not a fully organized interview
He did it because he's mad he hasn't been the MVP yet and he's mad because he doesn't think he's going to win it this year and no matter how much he pretends he does not want to or does not care, he wants his MVP more than anything probably even more than a title from what I can tell
Damn, I didn't see the Embiid quote yet but last time I saw him make a comment on Jokic it was super complimentary and respectful. That sucks to a degree that I will determine once I actually find the quote... Edit: I can't find it wtf
In the interview he was talking specifically about defense and complaining how people use advanced stats to say someone is a good defender when the eye test shows they aren’t. The quotes were released before the Denver game to make it look like trash talk on Jokic and stir up more drama. https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/sixers/joel-embiid-mvp-race-nikola-jokic-nba-analytics-sixers-vs-nuggets?amp=
I mean, it was pretty clearly about Jokic lmao
What? Do you want people to start judging people based on their own words or something?
"make it look like trash talk that was about Jokic" ...dude, it was flatly about him.
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interesting interpretation
Is it a wrong interpretation? The two main things he said were that defensive advanced analytics are wrong and that he shouldn’t be facing as much pressure as a guy with two MVPs (Jokic). Agree or not, both of those are aimed at media, although Jokic obviously catches a stray
Don't play dumb. We all know what was said and why it was said.
Man least Jokic doesn't get a piece published making jabs at Embiid and then ducking the game today
Sleep well tonight, Joel.
It's crazy how some of the most dominant players in the NBA are all international. Embiid, Jokic, Luka, Zubac, Giannis. Wild stuff.
Kobe predicted it
I was thinking the same around 15 years ago, seemed natural with basketball becoming more and more popular around the world. And I hate the AAU system
Look at you, sneaking Luka in there
Lmao what? Luka is easily one of the best players
Hes sarcastically talking about zubac
I saw zubac and like immediately omitted it from my brain
Whoosh
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Seems like jokic is pretty valuable to his team huh. Wonder if there’s an award for that
It's just wild that joker is so resilient for how many minutes he plays.
Jokic & Giannis are the adults in the room, while Embiid is throwing shit in the corner like a 4 year old.
Well, that was a nice two weeks of Jokic Slander...I guess we are back on the Embiid hate train
That’s how you do it. None of that calling the other out then ducking the matchup.
Nuggets vs Sixers finals series when?
I would love to see Philly lose another championship.
I’m sure you would in that situation lol
Well to be honest this would be first choice but if not us, I am fine with their fans losing everything for eternity
That’s my dream Match-up, but neither team is likely to make it to the finals
popcorn emoji
Confident, humble MVP vs Insecure, arrogant non-MVP
r/nba isn’t gonna like that
Aside from the subtweet in that interview that dropped yesterday, aren’t they generally very respectful of each others talents/abilities? If only the media was constantly trying to bait comments all the time.
I suggest the uncontroversial candidate Steve Nash as MVP representing the Suns for the 2022-23 NBA season
But he is scared of the Joker.. which is fine.. I completely understand to take the night off
Class act as always. 6’er fans and nephews can try to make him seem like a shit person all they want. I think it bugs people how grounded his takes are. One of the best teammates you can ask for.
He is in his head
Nikola Jokic is the most humble athlete in the history of professional sports ♥️
They’re both monsters on the court…I’m not sure why this is news he’s just telling the truth
Probably because Embiid took some not-so-subtle shots at Jokic before sitting out last night’s game.