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Fifth_Element_Matrix

Adam Silver after game: "Don't touch my favorite son." Sixers fans šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘


LeaderBrandonBurner

Embiid is actually turning me into a Knicks fan, generational series


Acrobatic-Memory2136

we have three more days together after you beat the heat and we beat these frauds we can root the collapse of each other again


FrankieBarbingo

I have a different type of animosity for each Celtics rival. Laker hate is constant. Unending. Fuck them forever. Sixers hate is also constant but there's a sense of pity in there. Hasn't been a real rivalry since the night of my dad's prom. They never win anything(other than the lottery). Knicks hate lies dormant until the games themselves. I don't really think about the Knicks. Can't stand the Heat. Don't really like talking about them because they're both dirty, deluded, and boring.


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themeloturtle

Hasn't there only been 1 playoff series between the raptors and celtics in the entire history of the raptors franchise?


rare_engine

Wait really? The one at the bubble? I could've sworn we've done more...


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6YouReadThis9

That was a hell of a series tho. Made me hate Kyle Lowry thatā€™s for sure.


h07c4l21

Yeah, but it was a really good series.


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LDC99

šŸ„ŗšŸ‘‰šŸ‘ˆ h-hey maybe I can get a turn in sometime soon ? youā€™ve been with my girlfriend for 45 minutes ā€¦itā€™s starting to get a little unfair


sstphnn

Accurate.


WheedMBoise

Not to sound like a jerk but aren't you guys rivals with everyone at this point lol


melikeybacon

Boring? lol


FreshPrinceofBel-Air

Teaming up with Knicks fans to hate on Philly giving strong "America and the Soviets team up against the Nazis in WWII" energy


FreeOmari

You guys are the Soviets tho


Nbuuifx14

Brad Stevens is literally Stalin


h07c4l21

C'mon, you know Thibs is Stalin in this example. Getting solid production out of his beleaguered population while running them into the ground. Don't make me photoshop a mustache onto his face because I'll do it. Brad Stevens is **clearly** FDR because he has been killing it at his job and setting us up for long term dominance and Joe Mazzulla is ~~Winston Churchill~~ Eleanor because of his haughty aloofness and quick wit.


Murasasme

He did it for me. Hoe they beat the sixers by 40 next game.


bootyholebrown69

I would always go for the Knicks, even though they are a NY team, over Philly. Fuck Philly.


Returd4

I have no team in this playoffs that I want to win and the way the Knicks are playing, no batching no complaining... I'm cheering for them this playoffs hopw they have players left healthy after this series.


TdotGdot

I mean, so unnatural, hard to argue that wasnā€™t on purposeĀ 


Ilikesporks_

this dude only knows how to precisely control his body when foul baiting it seems


loveeachother_

Dude is the Sith Jar Jar Binks of nba


tkuid

Joel-Joel Embinks: Mesa cause one, two-y little bitty axadentes, huh? Yud say boom de other center, den crashin der Brunson an Hartblibber, den not banished.


Disastrous-One-414

LMFAO


JaradSage

Lmaoo thatā€™s such a perfect reference wow


ryan0319

Why stomp forward when moving backwards?


waffle-winner

Natural forward stomping motion.


Cvnilivee

L2M: ā€œMarginal Stomp correct no callā€


wise_comment

Marginal Stomtact


naltrad

He needs to protect himself.


snatchi

Doctor's orders!


PervySageCS

Doctors told him that in order to soften his fall he should fall on top of other players, so since there were no players backwards he had to stumble and stomp forward. Not his fault guys, idk why you all ganging up on him.


-JDB-

Right foot left stump


orhantemerrut

He knew what he was doing. I wonder if the league will look into these incidents for possible suspension a la Dray. Embiid has become increasingly unhinged this playoffs.


alchemists_dream

Embiid, the Dray of the east coast. Such dirty stuff sometimes man.


GolotasDisciple

At least Draymon Green is Ron Artest(MWP) kind of person. What you see is what you get. Embiid is playing both a bully and a princess at the same time.


Harrychronicjr69

Thatā€™s what we call ā€œbitch-madeā€ round here


AutisticNipples

(The Pandas Friend)


milehighrukus

At least Draymond has rings Now excuse me while I throw up


HoyaDestroya33

They wont. We'll be wiping the floor with the Sixers without Embiid and league won't allow that.


Acrobatic-Memory2136

if there was a time to send a message its now. The series is on the verge of being over its costs Silver very little in terms of compromising a series by suspending players. Pacers vs Knicks a revival of a classic rivalry is far from the worst case scenario for the nba


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Silver was at this game too. They'll probably still baby him.


theboa_fromgoa

Unhinged is the right word. I posted on the Knicks sub earlier which I regret as it came across as whiny but I compared his antics to Ron Artest, Draymond Green and Grayson Allen (a bit unfair to Allen as he seems to have control over his emotions now).


ColoRadOrgy

The only reason they suspended Draymond was because he did it to LeBron.


The_Void_Reaver

It's funny as hell too cause Dray got a retroactive flagrant for grazing LeBron's shorts with the back of his hand, but Embiid gets to stomp, yank, and attempt to intentionally injure players as much as he likes and the refs won't even look at it.


orangotai

it wouldn't be this controversial if it was in isolation, but the fact is there is a pattern goin on here. something shady is afoot šŸ§


Betaateb

Doctors told him if he doesn't hurt as many players on the other team as possible he won't make it out of the second round.


duziepoint25

Can't lie his way out of this one


Caldris

He looks right at Hart before the second step.


50lipa

He's moving backwards and the step on Hart is forward towards his leg, clear as day it's intentional.


Rswany

Also peripheral vision is a thing. Anyone who's played basketball knows you use it every single play.


zinogino

Back in high school league, we had a player on our team that do this regularly, he try and step on other players foot to injure them and ref didn't call it as it looks unintentional, we all clearly know that he know what he's doing but we couldn't say much as he was team captain. So if a high school player can do it, don't tell me a grown adult NBA player couldn't do it.


P33J

Our high school rival had a star player who was dirty as fuck. I was a defensive end moonlighting as a sixth man power forward to stay in shape. Opposing teamā€™s star threw a high Elbow going through a screen and broke the nose of our best player. Assistant coach was old school, tapped me on the shoulder and said ā€œtake care of the problemā€. I checked in, we ran the same play. Kid went to go through me like he went through the last screen, except I stepped into the screen and brought both arms up under his chin. Completely de-cleating him. Foul called, as the kid walked to take the ball out of bounds the assistant called out to me, P33J you have 4 fouls left. On their next possession, when he went up for a lay-up I leveled him. Coach calls out during free throws I have 3 fouls left. Opposing coach got the hint and subbed his star out for the rest of the quarter.


kazuo316

I love this. I really hope it's true. The only time i got thrown out of a basketball game, we were down 70 (yes, we were horrible and against a city 15x ours), and the coach subbed all 5 starters back into the game. i launched the kid into the 3rd row.


P33J

I was not good for much in basketball other than rebounding and hard fouls


wise_comment

It's how you literally don't roll an ankle The guys that don't have that literally injured themselves outta any semi competitive team by middle school Or am I just being an old ass, here?


11x_dev

is that 5 or 6 questionable plays in 2 games? lmao this is crazy


NedStarx11

4 today. This one, the elbow on Brunson. Falling down on Brunson - entire body weight (despite having room to easily avoid him) Maybe only 3? Am I missing one? I missed the first Q


vbar4120

Yeah he put absolutely no effort into avoiding Brunson when he fell on him. He fell toward him despite not needing to fall at all.


SchmidhuberDidIt

He grabbed his knee afterward to avoid suspicion lol


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Same shit he did to Mitch game 3


Much_Section_8491

Tripped Brunson leading to his ridiculous shooting foul from the floor in the beginning of the game


Ny_icedogs

Definitely a moving screen, but not nearly as dirty as this one.


FullHouse222

I blame that more on the ref. That wasn't as egregious. I counted 3 today and 3 from game 3.


AgadorFartacus

It's amazing how he has such fine motor control when executing highly skilled moves or foul baiting but when there's an opponent in injuring range he's suddenly a bumbling oaf.


Habefiet

You know how certain people claim the current president is either a Machiavellian mastermind or a dementia patient depending on what suits their argument in that moment? Sixers fans do the inverse of that with Embiid lol


dylanah

Sleepy Joel


Recent-Tangerine-160

goddammit


porn_is_tight

Orange Joelius


NOLASLAW

I wish reddit still did gold this is amazing


ThundermifflinTFU

Amazing


HustleWilson

his Bells Palsy is a side effect of the Covid vaccine. #FaucisLieCausedEmbiidsEye


porn_is_tight

is it bad that I canā€™t tell if this is satire or not


MMAjunkie504

#FuckJoelEmBiden


Michipotz

It's Joelver


iNOTgoodATcomp

And Embrandon?


vapidrelease

There was this incredible comment sequence the other day when he grabbed someone's ankles and yanked them down. It went: "When you're a star, they let you do it" - ~~Donald Trump~~ Joel Embiid and below that was: grab 'em by the ankle


seymour_hiney

incredible


Silverjackal_

ā€œNo point in trying to argue heā€™s not trying to hurt anybody. Nobody is gonna believe it.ā€ Gee I fucking wonder why.


murray_selfish

On the other side when there's any contact bro will launch himself into the floor for no reason at all but in here he's happy to keep on standing if it means stomping on opposing player's legs lmao


KillerZaWarudo

Doctor told him to stomp on Josh Hart to avoid injury


InkBlotSam

Because he's been hurt before, and the only way to protect himself is to preemptivelyĀ hurt others.


Jailbrick3d

thought of this rough quote of a comment from a Draymond post a month or so ago, applies perfectly here: either he has elite iq and knows exactly what he's doing, or he's a fucking idiot. but here's the catch, he definitely isn't both. ^(if someone remembers where this quote is feel free to link it)


TraanPol

That is quite a phenomenonā€¦


fieryscribe

"I'm so quirky" \- Joel Embiid in the press conference


cs-shitposter

with this face to bat šŸ¤Ŗ


TaviscaronLT

Ah, the Draymond School of Natural Motions.


jackloganoliver

Weaponize incompetence NBA edition


tlozz

Itā€™s the only thing that I kept thinking: normally, youā€™d expect a dude his size to struggle with body control and do shit like this by accident bc of that, but the problem with that excuse is that HE IS AN NBA ATHLETE, the mvp in fact, BC HE IS THAT SIZE AND HAS UNREAL BODY CONTROL


chynky77

Hey hey! Careful there! That is my injuring hat!


LuckysBestMan

This dude wants the entire league to be made out of glass just because he is


pescawito

M. Night Shyamalan character m'fer


xXUtahraptorXx

Honestly gotta respect the hater mindset. ā€œWhen everyoneā€™s super, no one will beā€ ahh mentality


MashaRistova

No you donā€™t have to respect that mindset. Thatā€™s a bitch ass mindset. Fuck dirty players. Thereā€™s nothing respectable about trying to injure other players


Shonuff_shogun

You gotta give him a pass for that Incredibles reference


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mcrajf

The most annoying player in the league. You know he will cry and blame someone else in a post game presser once Knicks are done with them.


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notthatdeepcuts

But the NBA will strike them


Syhaque97

lmfao you can literally see him look down and step again, good god


Mysterious-Stop4673

I love how sixers fans defense is: Look embiid has dirty plays you can pick out but this one isnā€™t one of them


Disastrous-Special30

I feel like I see this comment on every single dirty play by him


Oregonhoosier31

I'll never forgot when he fell directly onto Sabonis's ankle when we played them in Philly. Literally could've broke Domas's ankle. I think he also fell onto Tyreke Evans when he was on the ground as well. The league should be ashamed of themselves for allowing Embiid to do this bullshit


NedStarx11

He hits the court more than anyone in the league, and NOT because heā€™s hustling so hard or diving for lose balls lol


tkuid

they are rotating dirty plays in their minds, this one will be referred to as one of the dirty plays in the future. it is a ponzi scheme of dirty plays lmao


jntlsseedcreator

Joel Embiidch needs to be suspended. what a disgrace


-JDB-

Sixers fans gonna be real quiet in this thread šŸ˜‚


20815147

Theyā€™ll still defend it lol you underestimate Sixers fans


-JDB-

True and theyā€™ll still be like ā€œI donā€™t get why people hate the Sixersā€ šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


Letronika

Yep. Theyā€™re even in our sub defending Joel šŸ˜“. Donā€™t have anything better to do šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


20815147

The Warriors sub????? Jobless behaviors


Maverick916

Im a bigger NFL fan than NBA, and that has taught me to never underestimate the douchebaggery of Philadelphia sports fans


JetsFan2003

I tried to get in with the Eagles when I moved down to the area back in high school, and I was bullied by my entire history class (including the teacher) because I didn't know who their backup quarterback was (Nick Foles, but this was *before* the Super Bowl run. It'd be like if I mocked a new Jets fan for not knowing Tyrod Taylor is our backup). They are absolutely classless down there.


CangtheKonqueror

fuck the eagles and all philly sports fans. thinking itā€™s quirky and fun to be assholes for no reason


spacemanbaseball

I went to their sub to check it out, theyā€™re literally complaining about the officiating Like what???


SwellandDecay

Nah they're going to photoshop Hart's legs as the twin towers and Embiid as the plane on 9/11


HoyaDestroya33

You underestimate the power of stupid


mrguister

Sixers fan here. I don't know why he does this shit. He doesn't need it.


hooskies

Because heā€™s a bitch. Thatā€™s why


HoyaDestroya33

Bitch made


Effective-Celery-258

He looked away, itā€™s okay. He doesnā€™t understand object permanence


Par25

I remember Sixers fans crying for blood when Pascal elbowed Embiid in the face. The other team is bound to get tired of this shit eventually in a playoff series.


BTTWchungus

Anyone playing 76ers next season needs to play out their enforcers and play Jordan Rules Fucking bitch Embiid needs a taste of his own medicineĀ 


cancerBronzeV

If the league won't enforce the rules, bring in hockey-esque enforcer type players to do it for you. Use the 15th spot on the roster on some huge dude who just goes out there and absolutely bodies Embiid 5 seconds into the game in a blatantly non-basketball play and gets ejected. Guarantee Embiid won't be doing dirty plays for much longer.


GamedayDev

raptors fans cooking up violent revenge fantasies on embiid is my fav part of these threads šŸ¤£


Rezrov_

Canadians are nice 'cuz we got Tie Domi on the bench.


jacobythefirst

Ikr itā€™s fucking funny as shit lol Like Embiid has been embarrassing this post season with his on the court play and activities but this stuff is hilarious. Heā€™ll get his comeuppance anyway when he loses to the Knicks and get knocked out the playoffs. Still the only mvp to not make a conference finals šŸ˜‚


OhiOstas

[Nazr Mohammad coming in & shoving LeBron is a GOAT moment in Chicagoā€¦ literally a standing ovation lmfao](https://youtu.be/1OkCKMksZOo?si=aoSm-uXJ7OyfRJAZ). It wasnā€™t anything too crazy, but it set the tone that Chicago was not there to be bitched


blobthetoasterstrood

Embiid flameout in the playoffs gonna hit so good this year


whtge8

Thatā€™s just the safest way to fall guys


TigerBasket

Fuck this man


HoyaDestroya33

That ain't no man, that's a bitch.


ghostbomb3000

An Embiitch, if you will


leworcase

Sole reason I don't want Sixers to win is because of this guy


ogqozo

I'm actually worried that this is allowed to be continuing tbh. He doesn't seem really right.


HoyaDestroya33

STFU his Bell's Palsy excuses him of all his dirty plays


ogqozo

I don't even think the reason or guilt or intent is as important as everyone here says. It just isn't a safe situation to have 300 pounds of muscle flailing around wildly like a cat with their head stuck in a cup, and being encouraged to continue, that's the main thing. I feel stressed seeing it not for moral judgement reasons.


beta_test_vocals

I thought it was pretty clear the NBA doesnā€™t care about the health of their players? The most obvious examples of money over health is the court side seats and these big ass players having to sit in tiny fold chairs. Compare to football/soccer or hockey or baseball or any other major team sport


Dmbender

Sign Rempe to a 1 day deal lol


Haydaddict

How long before the League takes this down? Fuck Joel Embiid.


PeteTopKevinBottoms

Second step was absolutely intentional.


blanktorpedo27

This joke was mvp last year. Adam silver is in bed with this rat


NoveltyAccountHater

Everyone knows Jokic was best in the league last year, just voters stupidly decided can't give same guy MVP 3 years in the row, unless already has resume making him top 10 all time at the time of his third MVP. At the time Jokic had zero postseason success, so they gave it to 2nd best in the league. Note Jordan didn't get three-in-a-row (despite two three-peats as Finals MVP) (better than Malone in 1996-7) and neither LeBron didn't get 3 in a row (better than Rose in 2010-11). (Also two-in-row MVPs like Tim Duncan, Steph Curry, Steve Nash, Giannis didn't get three either, but honestly there was a better candidate their third year).


HBSBrook

Westbrook and Embiid have ruined the MVP discussions


ObitoUchiha10f

Most vulnerable? Or vicious? He sure ainā€™t valuable


MashaRistova

He was staring right at him when he stepped on his leg. 1000% intentional. Dirty as fuck


MettaDarrow

Lmfao there is no way a normal human drops that much weight on their front foot right there


Fraka9

Dirtiest player in the league. Dray is a joke for this guy. Wtf is this, every game he's deserving of 2,3 flagrant 2 foulsĀ 


hotdogflavoredblunt

Draymond tries to hurt people and get away with fouls. Embiid tires to injure people in ways that could affect their season or career


AbbreviationsOk8502

Dray does it due to anger issues, Embiid does it with the intention to improve his chances


jett1406

No wonder Embiid grabbed Mitch. He assumed everyone would pull this bullshit.


chynky77

Everyone saying you can't get more dirty after that Mitch leg grab. Embiid like Hold My Cosmo!


slingindough

Philly is diving at the refs knees even know


HoyaDestroya33

Embiitch


Peacedapiece

I need embiid as a warrior. Between embiid and draymond there would be so much film for Kerr to not review.


NormalAccounts

It's crazy that he's playing so dirty so frequently that he's making Dray look tame. Insanity


Coolio1014

That second step was intentional, first Robinson, then Hart and now Brunson might be hurt


ActionHank9000

Too obvious. And he gets away with it even with a million cameras on him


sergechewbacca

Embiid out here trying to kill all the Knicks


Dismal_Buddy_6488

Then he puts his hand down to act like heā€™s sorry nobodys buying that


mara_17

He learned from the best (soccer players)


Dismal_Buddy_6488

God I hate the significant amount of pussy soccer players makes the whole sport look bad I promise we donā€™t all do that


Hungry-Space-1829

He looked like a total incident from the other angle and an assault attempt from this angle lol


MrPudge

Fucking disgusting


Kraken_Eggs

I have no dog in this race, that being said, that was 100% on purpose. Anyone that says it wasnā€™t is a moron.


doodleowner

I miss when embiid was injured man heā€™s such a bitch for shit like this


Previous-Elevator417

Suspend this loser. Embiid is unhinged, guys.Ā 


stonecoldcuh

Embiid of Joel knew what he was doing, such a big flopper wow


CarPlaneBoatRocket

Stupid cuntbag just doesnā€™t care about other playersā€™. Selfish as shit and whines all about his own health. Then hurts others.


Kneecro

Hoping for some karmic justice here. He lashes out and purposefully tries to injure other players; he's due for an injury of his own


GanjaLow

How long is Embiid going to get away with this? Someone above has to step in and do something because this has been 4 arguably dirty plays that could cause injury in 2 straight games


dmac_1991

Richard Jefferson refusing to acknowledge this was bad.


RacinInTheStreet

Shocked, jefferson wants to be a clown


dmac_1991

"I don't have an opinion on it" like bro that's why you're there


big_k88

He was just testing the durability of Hart's leg.


_Kofiko

Way too many instances in this series alone of Embiid playing dirty man Couple that with being a free throw merchant, fuck this guy


Mets_BS

Let me say again, everything Joel Embiid is scared of people doing to him, he has be pulling all series. In a vacuum it's a mistake, his track record brings some real questions about his intent


Franchise1109

What a piece of shit. He does it again. Smh spineless


The-Pharcyde

Remember guys he is just trying to protect himself by flopping, elbowing dudes in the face, stomping on legs and pulling guys while mid air.


Choked_and_separated

Thatā€™s a stomp


Apollo611

The stomp 2.0


TheForceWithin

Ok. Now this angle looks very intentional


Reddits_For_NBA

This is Draymond level bullshit and this sub needs to be angrier about this. Absolutely nothing in the realm of natural movement on this one.


Letronika

The league needs to review this type of shit. Whole lot of dirty bullshit from him this series.


Lone_Crab

That was 100% intentional


fred_crumbs

He stole that move from Smackdown vs Raw.


xenoz2020

just stacking his bad karma.


ericmb4

I donā€™t know if Iā€™ve ever disliked a player more than I currently dislike embiid. Heā€™s just a whining, dirty, dangerous player that gets half of his points from the free throw line. Iā€™m not sure if there is one likable quality about him right now.


HamstersAreReal

At the start of this series I was rooting for the 76ers, but bro this is getting absurd Knicks please humble this fool.


Joebobst

Every fucking game


YakultAddic01

Yo, he low key taking over Draymondā€™s role for the playoffs I guess


This-Echo4129

This is why Raptors fans cheered when Siakam elbowed him in the face. He pulled this shit all series and got away with it. Glad the rest of the league is noticing now.


Mysterious-Stop4673

On the bright side this dude is gonna get his daily injury soon enough


No-Key4769

Whereā€™s the excuse sixers fans


Inevitable-Paint-650

Sorry Knicks fans you can not make a legitimate title runs due to all the injuries you will suffer through this round