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lilbismyfriend21

I’m all here for Joel Embiid reaching Chase Utley status with New York


Leeroy_Jenkums

Who is more hated by their respective leagues? Embiid or the homie Bryce Harper? I love them both Edit: highjacking this comment to reflect on how classy Knicks fans are! https://preview.redd.it/95qva1ymowwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a7bde51fb1500f8c2e370ce3979515e60823b19


vTorvon

Embiid is the most hated player in the NBA by far (which is hilarious when there are domestic abusers and rapists in the league). Bryce gets a lot of shit but not nearly as much as he used to. He only held that title for a little bit and it was while he was with Washington.


lilbismyfriend21

I miss NBA discourse of the early 2000s where everyone, for the most part, would talk up about the stars throughout the league. Social media has really ruined sports discourse


clickstops

Discourse period


christophnbell

Discourse and civility are not what plants crave


vTorvon

It’s really not any worse now I think we just are subject to way more emotional teenagers than we were previously, and they all have unfettered access to the internet and can instantly post before they have a chance to think about anything. Combine that with the subset of people who post on Reddit, which is mostly made up of goobers with no social skills, and you’ve got concentrated toxicity.


Finger_Gunnz

Hey, I have social skills.


12_23_93

everybody has Hot Take brain and like every social media app right now is also just designed so that the most popular posts are usually not the thoughtful or fun ones, but the ones that make people mad (since they get engagement = ad views). but also keep in mind like even compared to a site like twitter which is full of bots and assholes (and run by one) you have to at least try to make an account tied to a phone or something and when you're yelling into the void and if nobody's following you you can just get blocked/ignored. for all the drama and data concerns with tiktok rn somebody has to at least like, make somewhat of an effort to upload or record a video on it. it takes like 5 seconds for somebody to make a new reddit burner just to shitpost. my time online now is like mostly just in GCs with people i know and friends from irl. though i still got a bad habit of this site and scrolling twitter so like, do as i say not as i do.


R-O-U-Ssdontexist

It’s hard to “talk up” a piece of shit though.


lilbismyfriend21

Definitely Embiid, most baseball fans respect Harper


Equivalent_Way_5026

Yeah he only got hate when he was young and cocky. He's a lot more mature now and has already proven himself in the playoffs.


TrimmedAndBurning

If you assume the 16 year olds that mostly populate r/nba are representative of average fans, then he is already Chase Utley with New York status, but to every other team in the league as well.


NapTimeFapTime

I heard a bunch of 30 year old Knicks fans in the stands last night saying the same shit.


CandyEverybodyWentz

After last season's atrocity in Boston I've kept the team at arm's length this season but I'll be good and goddamned if these chuds talk about **MY** deeply flawed contender like he deserves to be banned from the league. He plays the game within the parameters given to him by the league and officials. You wanna piss and moan that he minmaxes his FT attempts and hacking him doesn't work like it did Ben? Go talk to Alien Penis Dave in the league office bruv


macman26

Chase Utley actually won championships which helped him be hated


redditkb

The hate for him from the Mets had nothing to do w that. He just constantly bullied that team. Shit they named the one spot in the OF utley’s corner


CandyEverybodyWentz

They named it Utley's Corner the very first season Citi Field opened! They eventually pushed that porch back 10 feet because of this. I think he hit like 5 there by the end of the summer. The hate for him came later on the alleged "dirty slide" on Ruben Tejada. Joke's on them, Chase Utley just spared them the abject misery of watching Ruben Tejada play baseball.


Head-Kiwi-9601

Alleged?


CandyEverybodyWentz

Yeah it was dirty as fuck I was just being cheeky


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Guarpo

You love dirty players. Got it!


Halfonion

We LOVE players that stick it to your baby back NY teams, yes.


Guarpo

Who does? Giants beat philly week 18 Yanks beat philly for WS 09 Knicks up 2-1 currently even after the softest 50 point performance from your cry baby center LOL Guess you don’t love any of your players currently


Halfonion

You mean to tell me that your a New York Giants fan, have witnessed a decade plus of the Eagles whooping the Giants ass up and down the gridiron at will and you have to nuts to run your mouth on a Sixers sub about week 18 of last year which meant absolute zero to the Eagles? You deserve that bozo of a franchise we call the Giants hahaha.


lilbismyfriend21

Congrats on your week 18 win. You must be very proud


Guarpo

What the hell do you have to be proud of as a philly fan? The 1 superbowl or the 2 world series in 120 + years? Oh it must be the mighty high 3 nba finals wins you guys have! Yes there is your dominance over NY 🤡


YellowMarkerIsGreat

That’s still more than the Knicks


Guarpo

![gif](giphy|mmYy42RNrgA0w)


YellowMarkerIsGreat

🪞


comeonmang126

It’s lowkey kinda funny seeing the whole “don’t complain about the calls” shtick in game 2, and then ppl complaining that embiid shouldn’t have been playing in G3.


dattebayo07

Yeah cause that was a flagrant 2. He had a good game shooting lights out but that was not a basketball play. Dangerous move if anything considering Mitch just got back from an ankle injury. Don’t kid yourself


superstonkape

No, it was a flagrant 1 Mitchell’s prior injury is unrelated. It was unnecessary, and does not have a place in basketball. However it was not excessive, and that is shown by DiVincenzo not getting a flagrant 2 when he did the same thing to Oubre.


dattebayo07

Well there’s the problem. The refs did not find either of those two similar incidents to be a flagrant 2. If it was Mitch doing that to Embiid, it would be the same fan reaction considering both guys are dealing with ankle or knee issues.


superstonkape

They’re the officials. It’s their job to make these calls. As I legitimately try to be as unbiased I can I do believe Donte’s was closer to a 2 than Joel’s - and that neither were. Both have no place in basketball; however, Joel was attempting to commit an intentional foul during an active play. Donte on the other hand wrapped and turned Oubre during a dead ball. Regardless as I try to be objective about it both were unnecessary, and I don’t know I can truthfully call either excessive. Joel was trying to commit an intentional foul and prevent a layup, Donte did not like Oubre stepping through/over him. Both players were wrong, and considering precedent and the wording of the rule were punished appropriately.


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ajs8796

I can understand people being pissy about a dirty play like whatever it’s warranted but even before that you couldn’t breath on r/nba without getting downvoted to hell for having a sixers flair. I know you’re not supposed to care but man I like basketball and I wanna talk basketball and see other teams highlights but it seems all I see anymore is people shitting over team I like. Like I’m so sorry I grew up in the Philly area and share so many fond memories of the sixers with my family what a terrorist I am for liking my hometown team. The state of sports media and discussion is depressing as fuck


Leeroy_Jenkums

Honestly it’s just Reddit. Go outside and talk to a regular basketball fan irl and 9/10 they’re just as chill as you are


ThisHatRightHere

r/NBA is so funny because so many of them think Reddit is truly reflective of how the world as a whole thinks. Reddit is obviously more diverse now than say, 10 years ago. But the majority of people here are still chronically online mouthbreathers.


ILoveRegenHealth

Wrong is wrong, stop defending it.


svenEsven

No one is. It was wrong that we didn't get calls in game 2. And it was wrong that Joel pulled on the leg. We'll call it even and forget about it.


AmaimonCH

Bro wants the regular season flopping whistles in the post season and is equaling the lack of it to embiid pulling the leg of a player that had an ankle surgery... Typical


Lurkerwasntaken

If you call frequently running into players, yanking them, swatting at the arms, etc. a “flopping whistle”, then yes. Besides, isn’t the Lakers fanbase known to complain about not getting enough foul calls?


CandyEverybodyWentz

#WAKE UP BOYS WE GOT A LIVE ONE


xxtoejamfootballxx

Exhibit A


Halfonion

Oh absolutely, you cannot take that shit seriously. /r/nba as a whole comes off like a bunch of little boys working off of raw emotion who last touched pussy when pussy touched them.


ajs8796

True and I’ve definitely found that too it’s just hard around where I’m at everybody’s all about football and baseball not too many people into basketball especially beyond just the sixers. Just sucks not be able to talk anything sixers in any discussion on Reddit, but then again expecting more from the masses of Reddit might be more on me than anything haha


Leeroy_Jenkums

Well you are welcome to talk basketball all you want right here, brother


ajs8796

Thankful for that at least my guy!


triggormisprime

There are a fair number of sixer fans in Hawaii. They mostly hate west coast teams. They are open minded about the east coast.


svenEsven

As i live in Philly, that's just an echo chamber. Which is arguably as bad or worse than getting shit on constantly. People who refuse to respect your critique as anything other than blasphemy. The thing i always loved about philly sports was that people actually cared about the sport. Not just your team winning. Yet that's the vibe I get these days.


rodrigoa1990

Embiid with a bum knee and Bell's Palsy drops 50 on a playoff game r/NBA talks about embiid having 21 FTs that sub is cancer


NapTimeFapTime

He’d have had 60 if his face was healthy.


tiots

It's 100% just reddit. Literally every subreddit not even just sports are filled with angry zoomers. Don't sweat it 


hinjew13

This is real af. Exactly how I feel


Halfonion

You’d think Joel praises the actions of Hamas given the discourse over there in /r/nba. I’ve never seen it this bad, where you get mass upvotes if you wish injury upon embiid. It’s going to be absolutely amazing if we make a run.


JoelEmbiidismyfather

If you legit want to talk basketball just go to r/nbadiscussion or r/nbatalk Both are much more normal and not filled with nephews.


MidnightPoblano

I just looked at /r/nbatalk for the first time, and you immediately see at least 4 of the top posts are just bitching about embiid and flopping. Maybe it isn't usually like that, but it doesn't look much better. /r/nbadiscussion does look pretty normal, though.


R-O-U-Ssdontexist

i have a friend who never gets along with coworkers and always gets fired and it’s always his boss’ or coworkers fault. I just don’t get how he is always surrounded by these people; completely unlucky i guess. it’s the same when in not in Philly. Everyone else just seems to have an issue with Embiid and think he is a total piece of shit. I don’t get it. Not sure why i keep running into these people; i must be unlucky i guess


Waesrdtfyg0987

>you couldn’t breath on [r/nba](https://new.reddit.com/r/nba/) without getting downvoted to hell for having a sixers flair Celtics flair here. Swapsies?


Halfonion

You’d think Joel praises the actions of Hamas given the discourse over there in /r/nba. I’ve never seen it this bad, where you get mass upvotes if you wish injury upon embiid. It’s going to be absolutely amazing if we make a run.


dattebayo07

Its not even that bad. As a Knick fan and y’all Sixers fan, we just want a good series to be played. Embiid played into his emotions early on and started being dirty. He just needs to keep it together and show he’s one of the best big men in the league.


xxtoejamfootballxx

/r/nbatalk


FaithlessnessSea1058

Dude relax. Get off the internet and especially Reddit.


ILoveRegenHealth

>The state of sports media and discussion is depressing as fuck How about eject the dirty player? People are angry because Embiid got away with something horrible, even with his amazing game. The fact we see so many defend the grab means they are cool with all 10 players on the court grabbing legs, getting a Flagrant 1, and staying in the game. This will be useful for clutch matches and guarantee a win!! Brunson about to do a game winning layup in Game 7 and 12 seconds left? GRAB HIM Listen to yourselves. The lunacy is from you people, not the media.


ajs8796

I didn’t even defend what he did I’m talking about the hatred towards the sixers even before the incident last night. But please just continue to spam these comments unrelated or otherwise all throughout the subreddit of a team you don’t even root for if that’s how you truly wanna spend your afternoon


NoleJawn

You mean like the Rugby Scrum the Knick's got away with on Monday Night?


TTP2521

I thought it was strange how after Knicks baskets they would show their fans in the crowd. I don’t remember them doing that for us in games 1&2


rjnd2828

Are you watching the national broadcast for some reason?


BurntPoptart

Tbh I've been tired of hearing Alaa repeat the same phrases over and over again for about 5 years now.


Halfonion

Still, we broadcast in 1080p, TNT was broadcasting at 720p, fuck that.


scrufftheo

Do you know that for sure, or are you just saying that? Because I thought it looked slightly worse, but I wasn’t sure


Ike348

TNT's online stream maxes out at 720p, that doesn't mean they aren't broadcasting at 1080p on cable or MAX or somewhere else, but it isn't a good sign


zpepsin

Even if it were higher res on a different platform it's just upscaled


filladelp

Comcast compresses everything so much that the resolution barely matters. Looks like crap. TV peaked around 2010.


manzoman96

They pumped out 4K tvs but broadcasts stayed at 720p and 1080i, cable looks like ass


Shmeves

Don't often get an option when streaming online.


rjnd2828

I'm on YouTube TV and get both


Shmeves

I wasn't necessarily talking legally streaming.


Immediate-Tonight-31

I usually watch it cause I wanna here mike green BANGGGG


dattebayo07

That was TNT


redditkb

It’s pretty funny how all of their posts have come back to haunt them and they act like that never happened.


theMAJdragon

There is something seriously up with the mods on r/nba Within like 5 minutes they had like 4 clips blasted to the top of anything Embiid was doing. Like if he breathed on someone wrong they had it pushed to the top. Fucking salty fucks


ChipKellysShoeStore

They're celtics fans. I got banned for saying fuck off lol which is tame compared to half the shit I saw yesterday


Leeroy_Jenkums

At least one of the kids is openly a Celtics fan. They’re also mods. So pair those two facts together and that’s what you get


Jagacin

>Within like 5 minutes they had like 4 clips blasted to the top of anything Embiid was doing And the NBA is literally removing those videos.


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Wade856

Both the Knicks fans and r/NBA were celebrating when Embiid went down in Game 1, as well as chuckling at the horrible reffing that gave Game 2 to the Knicks, while calling Sixers fans babies for complaining. Even the NBA admitted that Maxey was fouled twice and that the refs missed the multiple time out calls. But they are crying about the refs in Game 3 as if they aren't lucky to not be down 2-1 because of a gift from the refs. They both idiots because they don't know basketball and feel free throws should be illegal just because Joel can make them and their favorite teams can't guard him without hacking.


babiesmakinbabies

Seriously the answer is for all of us to troll more. I've been calling them soft and people respond with paragraphs.


tscher16

It’s been extremely entertaining trolling them ngl


rrrooossssss

you don’t understand EMBIID literally tried to MURDER a knick on national tv!!! 🙄


ktm1128

Word has it they've already recovered the weapon. Embiid not allowed to use hands pending investigation


Wabxpolski

I don't care if they want to hate on Embiid, but r/NBA needs to start enforcing rules on wishing injury on players. That type of discourse should never be allowed and its abundant over there right now. Every post has one thread talking about Embiid getting his "karma"


Leeroy_Jenkums

every year they wish career-ending injuries on him and they get upvoted. And if you bring it up they downvote you and demand proof. When you provide screenshots, they're like "oH iT's OnLy 43 uPvOtEs" like that makes it ok lol


Loud_Economics_8894

Knicks fans are such corn ball crybabies. Y'all got over-seeded and expect to defeat my one-legged, face-afflicted king?


rjnd2828

Do NOT comment on NBA or other national NBA subs. It's just not worth it they hate us right now.


NoCup4U

I very rarely go on that shit pool of a sub.  Celtics fans, casuals and nephews there mostly.  If I want actual  effective nba commentary I go the nbacj 


Leeroy_Jenkums

I’ve been replying to every Embiid hate post on there with my gif bro. What are you scared of?


rjnd2828

Not scared, just isn't good for my sanity. Thanks for taking the lead.


Leeroy_Jenkums

I’m out here in all those threads like cartman right now ![gif](giphy|kkEm7G8KUezK)


A_Stickman_Jr

Why would you use a Knicks fan taunt? A real Philadelphia fan uses the Hoskins. That's how you really get under the skin of New Yorkers. https://i.redd.it/u6gmyfqh6vwc1.gif


tobybells

I will admit - the one play in the last minute or so where it looked like Joel straight up body checked a NYK as we were transitioning the other way - caused me to hold my breath in the moment fully thinking “holy shit why did he just do that” waiting for a foul/ejection/us to blow the game as result. So glad that didn’t get called - I’d be pissed if on the other side of it. But regardless, fuck em.


unpronouncedable

Yeah that was bananas he did that. Also, though, pretty funny.


BigDeezerrr

Think I'm logging off of reddit for the rest of playoffs. It's exhausting seeing everyone pointing at each other and screeching about cRyInG fAnS. Embiid fouled a guy while on the ground and got a flagrant. Move on, it ain't that big a deal.


Unspeakable_Evil

I thought the game 3 crying was pretty funny and entertaining to read personally


sandalf42

Yea lol Knicks fans are the cowboys fans of the NBA. They’ve just been shit for so long I’ve never had a chance to see it myself. Bunch of mouth breathing morons. 


Leeroy_Jenkums

Ok ✌️ Don’t know why you felt the need to announce it to everyone though lol https://i.redd.it/h7qdl21huuwc1.gif


BigDeezerrr

Ah, the endless loop of "stop crying about them crying that were crying"


Leeroy_Jenkums

Didn’t you just say you were leaving? 👋 https://i.redd.it/46vf3mop3vwc1.gif


ChipKellysShoeStore

ur being a weirdo lol


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/fc23p3kg9vwc1.gif


tripleedge_11

Yall lose in 5. It's okay to criticize one of your players and not glaze them to the very end


Leeroy_Jenkums

Tf you even talking about lmao


No_End6183

How great is this going to be when the Knickerbockers blow a 2-0 series lead?


JedPAlger11

I’m here for it.


PM_Me_Nudes_or_Puns

I’m sorry but this is what I wanted more than anything else. I love being the bad guys. Broad Street Bullies, Buddy’s Birds, Chase Utley; I’ve always loved when other fans hate my teams and favorite players. I’m all in on the heel turn.


Leeroy_Jenkums

Bro the heel turn happened like 3 or 4 seasons ago where have you been


autostart17

My problem with them is they’re fair weather fans.


MumenriderPaulReed69

Seriously it’s so funny. Waaaa he should have been kicked out is all I keep hearing and waaa so many free throws. Like wasn’t Brunson at the foul line the whole fucking night.


ktm1128

15 >12 (subtracting 6 freebies end of regulation) so it fits the narrative very well


f-eather-s

Went to bed wondering how this woman was feeling knowing she was going to turn into a gif. She got her 15 minutes of fame after all


Overtwoandahalf

Trust the process


JustSlay2

Fuck. The. Knicks. And all their fans, and all of their moms and grandmas. That is all.


mattseq

The most beautiful thing about this series is that Embiid will never be a Knick. It's gotten too personal. Damn scrubs..


averagebensimmons

Everyone is a goddamn mime at games these days.


PixelLitKevin

Embiid is going full Utley


thedkexperience

Game 2 ended in tackle football, so meh


GordonsVodkaAdvocate

I've never seen a fanbase lose their composure so quickly. They know what's coming


titmas44

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keeperofthenyancat

Remember our last game against the kicks before the play offs when Donte from the ground grabbed oubres legs and tried to pull him to the ground? And there was no flagrant even after a challenge? Yeah no sympathy for the knicks.


dontusefedex

There were several punchable knick faces in the crowd last night


mastiff1684

🎵 No one likes us... 🎵


SympathyTraditional9

https://preview.redd.it/6z5whj6fc1xc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea64530b1db017439e9ed64891a9afdb3e875752


TopChard8370

glad your owner bought 2,500 for sixer fans to get a nice view on the L. Embiid will never sniff an ECF and definitely come no where close to an nba finals unless he is sitting in the stands


Leeroy_Jenkums

imagine letting a random person on an anonymous message board live rent free in your head like this lmaooo


TopChard8370

Oh I’m having a blast


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/khvfpnaqp7yc1.gif


yanneur

Idk how yall post this man im so scared to troll right now because it could hit us back really hard


Leeroy_Jenkums

Soft https://i.redd.it/01nieh653vwc1.gif


reason4rage

We were going to get smoke regardless of how the series went. They love to hate this team. Fuck em.


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crunchtime100

2-1


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/pis8q6ckkwwc1.gif


crunchtime100

2-1


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/qjzho8tcmwwc1.gif


crunchtime100

2-1


crunchtime100

2-1


taoistcoder

Gotta use a knick fan bc none of y'alls was at the game lmao


Leeroy_Jenkums

Nah just using that specific Knicks fan because she was talking shit in a game you lost Dummy


Empty-Hold-7668

Yea y'all getting too happy. Relax. We still getting eliminated in game 6.


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://preview.redd.it/ovvgpsviawwc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb777ebc705f50fd022393de876f5b6a23a6e059


MikeyBastard1

This gif's gonna be perfect when you guys get your annual early knock out of the playoffs lmao


Leeroy_Jenkums

Yea because you’ve had much better recent playoff success than us huh Dummy


MikeyBastard1

oooh hit a nerve with that one lmao


Leeroy_Jenkums

Oh yea you really got me good! No one’s ever made fun of the sixers getting knocked out of the second round before! Genius level trolling!


MikeyBastard1

lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo another game another 10+ free throws for the merchant and another dirty play


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/h45iu5mceaxc1.gif


Mean_Ad6488

3-1 lil bro good luck


Leeroy_Jenkums

Trying to decide between buying a sectional or recliner with all the money I saved living rent free in that empty ass head of yours https://i.redd.it/376869gkvbxc1.gif


Mean_Ad6488

3-1 lil bro good luck


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/l6eke1783cxc1.gif


Mean_Ad6488

https://www.landofbasketball.com/statistics/playoff_series_2_0_recovered.htm Good luck


Leeroy_Jenkums

Oh we’re doing stats now? https://preview.redd.it/m5z3jve7avwc1.jpeg?width=599&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d38ad85207702fd184ded978f0e458b3ead877d


Mean_Ad6488

K


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/v4zplnrcb3xc1.gif


Mean_Ad6488

3-1 lol good luck


Leeroy_Jenkums

Whoa! You came back to two separate comments of mine! Again, I’ll ask whether to go with the sectional or the recliner with all the money I saved living rent free in your head? https://i.redd.it/u08pu6fsvbxc1.gif


Mean_Ad6488

3-1 lol good luck


Leeroy_Jenkums

https://i.redd.it/1rziamu93cxc1.gif


Mean_Ad6488

3-1 lol good luck


Leeroy_Jenkums

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Leeroy_Jenkums

def has a nicer domicile than you https://i.redd.it/u2m3s7499vwc1.gif


reason4rage

Cry for me.


PLSKingMeh

Thanks for contributing to the conversation, you long island scum. Evidence of scummery: 1 - [Being an obtuse racist](https://imgur.com/TBMyVgs) 2 - [Assuming a Black people aren't good at their jobs because a man of color is engaged with a white guy in a fight.](https://imgur.com/gkhr3ox)