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folks, its a lot of money

they shd give it to me instead

folks, it's a dynamite opportunity to change how we think about "professional basketball player"

yeah i mean im not saying they shd let me play in the nba because lets be honest im not very good at basketball im just saying they shd give me that money because i want it

lowry, gasol & ibaka making $76 million this year combined... they have 16 total points tonight

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:20 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's not ideal

lmao these clips of jimmy out here coaching poorly demanding embiid shoot 3s

lmao at embiid's wrestling-ass antics out here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lmao

embiid really hamming it up

he's officially my favorite non-spur

embiid really is an unforgivable ham in the shaq & dwight mold sorry folks

the dancing as he went to the bench was icing on the cake

folks, it's the energy we've been missing in the league since dwight became Bad!!!!

he's a corny-ass dude i am already tired of his shit

embiid really is an unforgivable ham in the shaq & dwight mold sorry folks

― Clay, Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:33 PM (twenty-six seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he’s definitely in the shaq lineage but to compare either of them to dwight is pretty insulting. I fucking love it

feel like hes actually funny sometimes where shaq and dwight never were but there are def some undeniable similarities there

wait shaq was funny

clay im sorry but the people of philadelphia have spoken with their voices and they are saying "KEEP DOING THAT SHIT JOEL EMBIID"

dwight was way worse and basically he never knew when to quit. embiid at least gets the whole brevity thing most of the time

wait shaq was funny

― k3vin k., Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:35 PM (thirty-one seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh no, no

yeah i will die of exposure on the hill of "shaq was not funny" if necessary

well i mean, he had his moments i guess but his run on inside has really shaded it all

embiid>>>shaq>>>>>>>>>>>>dwight howard

shaq has always been insanely lame thats my word

no one is as bad as dwight lets be clear

yes, and embiid is not lame

hes like kinda lame

the one funny thing shaq did was ask kobe how his ass taste

^^ this is the shaq thing i couldn't deny yes

that was gross! the one funny thing shaq did was KAZAAM

being kinda in fu schnickens was conceptually if not in practice funny

i don't have a problem with embiid but i don't think he's funny at all. like cool another basketball player that understands social media.

if he were on a team i rooted for i wld find him very frustrating

oh god yes

so I definitely think shaq was funny (pre-retirement, to be clear), but one thing he clearly had was charisma, which embiid also has and dwight does not

philly is my 2nd team bc my bestie is from philly and i find him fun bc im like the uncle that does the cool stuff and takes no responsibility for their behavior when i give the kids back to the parents

if he were on a team i rooted for i wld find him very frustrating

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:44 PM (twenty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha i remember praying for him to fall to the celtics in the draft, alternate universe

embiid doin a fuckin windmill in the playoffs is more historically important than world war 2

hmm running the pnr w a mobile big man whos a great finisher crazy idea

High pick and roll action with Jo and Jimmy was huge in this game.

They combined for 55 points. Jimmy nearly his first postseason triple double with 22 pts / 9 reb / 9 ast / 3 stl.#HereTheyCome
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— brianseltzer (@brianseltzer) May 3, 2019

interesting info about the popular play "the pick and roll'

i need to do more research before im sure

the pick and roll, isnt that when you play banjo and do ecstasy??

ayyyyy

THAT JOKE COMING LIVE FROM LOUISTRILLE, KENFUCKY

embiid is super lame def well below shaq on whatever scale that is

comparing anyone to dwight is too rude though

it's a spectrum imo and dwight is on the ass end of it but it's still a spectrum

Kev otm shaq was pretty fun up until his late career. Dwight just wanted to be like shaq and failed. Embiid is fun I’m a fan but could see it going sour VERY fast. He’s done some pretty dickish and petty things tho for sure. He’s a bad sulky loser for one, not a fan of that side of him. I like how he’s willing to call other centers out and back it up (drummond, whiteside etc)

Gotta say I’m proud of Brett brown for doing stuff. Made the right choice to sit TJ and play jimmy at backup PG. jimmy is now involved and unlocked. Moved embiid to siakim, jimmy to Lowry, Ben to kawhi and tobi to gasol. Rolling with a 7 man lineup and hoping that one of Ennis or Scott knocks down a few shots and keeps the defense honest. Working out currently.

On the other side... not much nurse can do about cowards.

embiid is a decent counter balance to the moody millennials durant and kyrie

and it sure beats a teammate the revels in farting up the locker room