Joel Embiid allegedly threw a punch at a reporter

[Im Still Ballin]

:lebronamazed:

[1987_Lakers]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv9qo-xThkU

[Im Still Ballin]

The paragraph that made Joel mad:


Joel Embiid consistently points to the birth of his son, Arthur, as the major inflection point in his basketball career. He often says that he wants to be great to leave a legacy for the boy named after his little brother, who tragically died in an automobile accident when Embiid was in his first year as a 76er.

Well, in order to be great at your job, you first have to show up for work. Embiid has been great at just the opposite. Now in his 11th season, he consistently has been in poor condition. This poor conditioning apparently seems to have delayed his debut this season. Embiid won’t play in Wednesday’s opener or the next two games.

[hold this L]

Why would you bring the dead brother into the conversation? :facepalm

[highwhey]

The paragraph that made Joel mad:

That's out of pocket. this is the type of sh1t a work from home sports columnist who's majority of interactions are on twitter, comes up with. zero respect. i'd sock the fkk outta him.

[1987_Lakers]

Let's be honest, it might have been foul to bring up his brother, but he wasn't disrespectful about it. What really triggered him was that line about him missing games.

[highwhey]

Let's be honest, it might have been foul to bring up his brother, but he wasn't disrespectful about it. What really triggered him was that 2nd paragraph.

its disrespectful to follow it up with that 2nd sentence.

[Neal Romer]

The paragraph that made Joel mad:


While I think all the stuff being said about Embiid is factually true: He's soft, extremely sensitive, and probably sitting out due to being in a difficult headspace more than anything... making irrelevant references to his children by name and past family tragedies in an article about his knee injury absences is a cold shot. And according to Embiid it's not even the first time this guys done it.

It's understandable if he was writing a general profile on Embiid and was including his backstory, but Embiid is well known among the basketball public. This article wasnt a deeper look at the player. The author is including personal info to make the condemnation around his missed games more personal. Not a good look.

The Philly Inquirer should publicly remand the guy for this IMO. Thats very sleazy journalism.

[Im Still Ballin]

Reporters were way more ruthless back in the day when print was a bigger deal. But social media is another beast altogether.

[Im Still Ballin]

While I think all the stuff being said about Embiid is factually true: He's soft, extremely sensitive, and probably sitting out due to being in a difficult headspace more than anything... making irrelevant references to his children by name and past family tragedies in an article about his knee injury absences is a cold shot. And according to Embiid it's not even the first time this guys done it.

It's understandable if he was writing a general profile on Embiid and was including his backstory, but Embiid is well known among the basketball public. This hardly feels intended to be merely informative.

The Philly Inquirer should publicly remand the guy for this IMO. Thats very sleazy journalism.

He bit on the pump-fake. Marcus Hayes with the savvy veteran move.

[1987_Lakers]

https://x.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1852916716180996421

[Neal Romer]

He bit on the pump-fake. Marcus Hayes with the savvy veteran move.

No doubt. Sleazy or not, the guy knew his mark and got exactly the reaction he was probably expecting.

Savvy move like you said. But it's unsportsmanlike. Philly Enquirer needs to step in and deliver a tech.

[Patrick Chewing]

Trust the process.

[bison]

“The next time you bring up my dead brother and my son again, you are going to see what I’m going to do to you and I’m going to have to... live with the consequences.”

Joel Embiid confronted and shoved columnist Marcus Hayes. From @KevinCooney

https://x.com/jclarknbcs/status/1852926215209767076?s=46&t=_ZfHr6gciEv6UU6vVpWDxg

These niqqas dramatic as hell :oldlol:

[jstern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acs11uE5wZg

[GOBB]

Marcus Hayes has always been a tool. He’s the overweight kid that wasn’t cool, probably was picked on. And envied athletes from afar. Now he gets to write about them. He has this real whiny style of expressing himself in articles or panels. Not many liked him in Philly when he wrote about sports. Used to be a show with 3-4 sports writers talking Philly sports. He always acted like a girl in the debates.

[Manny98]

Dudes doing everything but playing basketball :facepalm

[Kblaze8855]

The distance of the Internet has everyone feeling untouchable. Don’t say anything out of line about anybody online when you know you will have to see them in person. Just keep it about basketball If you want the response to stay about basketball.

[ArbitraryWater]

Hope he did throw a punch, what a scumbag line.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Anger is justified but Embiid should have a better understanding of the tools at his disposal for handling the situation. Instead of risking a fine, lawsuit and/or suspension t only get one attempt at a hit in he could have the Sixers bar that guy from the locker and press rooms, rework his access. Get his teammates to refuse to speak to him. With a few phone calls he might be able to get the whole NBPA or so major Philly sports teams to go no contact. Leave him in a position where he's basically like one of us on this board, watching the game and then posting about it.

[GOBB]

The distance of the Internet has everyone feeling untouchable. Don’t say anything out of line about anybody online when you know you will have to see them in person. Just keep it about basketball If you want the response to stay about basketball.

Pretty much. But people like Marcus Hayes have this idea that when he crosses paths with athletes? They have to act, behave professional. Like a physical outcome or even a threat of such? Not an option. No way they do that. Think again. There’s consequences for what you say. And even if you feel a persons reaction is extreme in nature? You have to consider that possibility happening.

Anyone who has followed Marcus Hayes is not shocked at this shove. Just like I wouldn’t be shocked if he didn’t see any error in why he triggered Embiid.

And last when someone tells you they know the consequences for what they are about to do to you next time? Believe them even if your pride/ego/machismo says “Yeah ok, man f*ck outta here.”.

[GOBB]

https://x.com/crossingbroad/status/1852912833396175141?s=46&t=uTMzFCBFFQ2K1UzCyJZjLg

The fact Marcus Hayes was willing to get into a verbal confrontation with embiid? Embiid should’ve slapped him. But then Hayes sure and he gets a nice settlement for being the prick he is known to be.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Pretty much. But people like Marcus Hayes have this idea that when he crosses paths with athletes? They have to act, behave professional. Like a physical outcome or even a threat of such? Not an option. No way they do that. Think again. There’s consequences for what you say. And even if you feel a persons reaction is extreme in nature? You have to consider that possibility happening. Punk comments can have consequences. The problem with what Embiid did is that he didn't hurt this guy and possibly enhanced his career with the extra attention. I know I'm not the only one that never heard of "Marcus Hayes" before but now his blog post or whatever it was gets to be a national story. People want to know how he got Embiid mad enough to fight. This isnt something he can solve with his fists, if he ever gets to beat this dude up it would only get worse for Embiid. Unless Embiid is going to seriously injure this dude he's basically doing him a favor.

[Kblaze8855]

Punk comments can have consequences. The problem with what Embiid did is that he didn't hurt this guy and possibly enhanced his career with the extra attention. I know I'm not the only one that never heard of "Marcus Hayes" before but now his blog post or whatever it was gets to be a national story. People want to know how he got Embiid mad enough to fight. This isnt something he can solve with his fists, if he ever gets to beat this dude up it would only get worse for Embiid. Unless Embiid is going to seriously injure this dude he's basically doing him a favor.


Dude who put hands on Jim Rome no doubt contributed to his popularity, but I’m sure a few hundred athletes were cheering when he did it.



https://youtu.be/t3BH97I5Ur8?si=qxuGtGawg7nQK_HW


I was hoping Chris Bosch did something similar with Skip Bayless when he confronted him over calling him a spice girl. Apparently he got him to stop when he explained that his mother thought it was disrespectful of their family name.

Even if the reporter comes out more popular, getting to slap the hell out of one would probably feel pretty good long-term for these guys.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Dude who put hands on Jim Rome no doubt contributed to his popularity, but I’m sure a few hundred athletes were cheering when he did it.


I was hoping Chris Bosch did something similar with Skip Bayless when he confronted him over calling him a spice girl. Apparently he got him to stop when he explained that his mother thought it was disrespectful of their family name.

Even if the reporter comes out more popular, getting to slap the hell out of one would probably feel pretty good long-term for these guys.If you were Embiid and this incident made this guy Jason Whitlock would you be happy about it? Bet there are thousands of obnoxious internet trolls that would accept getting hit once by Embiid for the fortune and infamy. In this modern world a rich famous person loses the fight by winning the fight. Bosh didn't get the immediate satisfaction of delivering a beating but in reality he handled that as well as possible.

[90sgoat]

Journalists are trash, so I support Joel by default.

[fourkicks44]

Now there is speculation that the NBA will suspend Joel for this incident.

That is f'cking hilarious :roll:

[highwhey]

Now there is speculation that the NBA will suspend Joel for this incident.

That is f'cking hilarious :roll:

dude hasn't even played this season and they're going to suspend him over a shove? so they're going to suspend him while simultaneously investigating his load management...make that make sense :facepalm

[fourkicks44]

dude hasn't even played this season and they're going to suspend him over a shove? so they're going to suspend him while simultaneously investigating his load management...make that make sense :facepalm

And the whole reason Hayes wrote the inflammatory article originally was because by not playing Joel wasn't "showing up for work" :roll:

[highwhey]

And the whole reason Hayes wrote the inflammatory article originally was because by not playing Joel wasn't "showing up for work" :roll:

it reminds of when i was in 8th grade and got suspended 2 days for being truant. i kept missing class like 2-3 days a week but still kept good grades. i was originally supposed to get suspended only one day but when i argued with the vice principal about how illogical it is to suspend me for skipping school, he added another day for insubordination. :oldlol:

[Meticode]

https://x.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1852916716180996421

Thanks for posting this. I didn't realize that when Embiid's brother died that Embiid was not back home in Cameroon. He seems to carry a lot of guilt about not being there when his brother passed to the point where he's thought about quitting basketball.

I wonder how many players legit aren't happy playing in the basketball in the NBA. Dealing with the media and the constant grind. Fans yelling every sort of thing you can imagine every single night. I know the money makes it up for a lot of players, but you'd think a lot of players (like Embiid) have one foot out the door just wanting to leave because they truly don't love the game enough to where they want to deal with the constant bullshit that comes with being a star NBA player.

[GOBB]

If you were Embiid and this incident made this guy Jason Whitlock would you be happy about it? Bet there are thousands of obnoxious internet trolls that would accept getting hit once by Embiid for the fortune and infamy. In this modern world a rich famous person loses the fight by winning the fight. Bosh didn't get the immediate satisfaction of delivering a beating but in reality he handled that as well as possible.


I see what you’re saying. But I feel like a person trying to capitalize off such an incident would be younger. Marcus Hayes has been around (in Philly) for almost 3 decades. He was in Philly when SAS was just a sixers beat writer. As much of a tool Marcus is. Hes never been one fkr the limelight, attention in the likes of a Jason Whitlock or even a SAS. He’s really lowkey. Heck he may not even show his face doing podcasts or whatever interviews speaking on this situation. Or even a future one where embiid actually physically assaulted him.

[bdonovan]

It's part of our imbecilic culture which wrongly assumes speech has no consequences.

[BarberSchool]

Good.

More of this. STAT.

Make all media shook again.

This sh!t should be a weekly occurrence until these strange MF are scared to be in the locker rooms or tunnels or near the bus. Stay in your lane, f@ggots. And don’t even think about doing some passive aggressive button pushing bullsh!t.

More of this, can’t overstate this.

[brownmamba00]

Its just a shove. The media actin like Joel tackled him to the ground and gave him an armbar.

Nothing happened really. Why speak about deceased family members anyway what a scumbag.

[Mask the Embiid]

This should wake a lot of you up on the embiid slander. This could have been you if I was in arm distance of you. Except you wouldn’t make the news for just a shove….


Man who was brutally beaten into a coma has succumbed to his injuries today we are sadden to share.

[Manny98]

This should wake a lot of you up on the embiid slander. This could have been you if I was in arm distance of you. Except you wouldn’t make the news for just a shove….

When is your boy going to play?

Philly have the worst record in the NBA and Embiid seems more concerned with fighting reporters than playing basketball :facepalm

[Mask the Embiid]

When is your boy going to play?

Philly have the worst record in the NBA and Embiid seems more concerned with fighting reporters than playing basketball :facepalm

next week. Great things take time. Dont worry. The King of Brooklyn will be back real soon. Just be patient manny, he will be kicking your team's ass again very very soon. Punking claxson.....and dunking on ben

[GOBB]

When is your boy going to play?

Philly have the worst record in the NBA and Embiid seems more concerned with fighting reporters than playing basketball :facepalm

Who Ben Simmons?

[Hey Yo]

center Joel Embiid has been suspended three games without pay for shoving a member of the media, the NBA announced on Tuesday.

The suspension will begin with the next regular season game Embiid is eligible and able to play in.

[fourkicks44]

center Joel Embiid has been suspended three games without pay for shoving a member of the media, the NBA announced on Tuesday.

The suspension will begin with the next regular season game Embiid is eligible and able to play in.

More rest for the big fella and his knees :applause:

Even if the Sixers lose every game till he comes back at least they are still better than Doc and the Bucks

[Real Men Wear Green]

This is the kind of potential crap I was worried would come Embiid's way. I don't like him getting suspended at all it's just the outcome that you can see coming because of how the NBA and other such organizations deal with incidents in the modern era. It's not a major punishment (he won't miss the money and can just pretend to want to return sooner for the suspension) but he's definitely come out worse for this exchange.

[Charlie Sheen]

I read the guy goaded Embiid.


Embiid later said that he doesn’t care what reporters say. “But you do,” Hayes answered.

https://apnews.com/article/joel-embiid-reporter-confrontation-ecab32915ca971c998ecbc1021dcd848

[Meticode]

Time for the team to magically declare Embiid is ready to play so he can miss his three games then go back to sitting again. :oldlol:

[imdaman99]

I root for a guy that has prob wanted to beat the shit outa reporters his entire NBA career... and he has yet to get physical with 1.

[Charlie Sheen]

I root for a guy that has prob wanted to beat the shit outa reporters his entire NBA career... and he has yet to get physical with 1.

There were a few close calls when Lakers fans almost pulled him across that line with westbrick

[dunksby]

This is the kind of potential crap I was worried would come Embiid's way. I don't like him getting suspended at all it's just the outcome that you can see coming because of how the NBA and other such organizations deal with incidents in the modern era. It's not a major punishment (he won't miss the money and can just pretend to want to return sooner for the suspension) but he's definitely come out worse for this exchange.
It's still a privilege others don't have, threaten someone with violence and get physical in civ life and missing work for a few days is the least of your worries.

[Real Men Wear Green]

It's still a privilege others don't have, threaten someone with violence and get physical in civ life and missing work for a few days is the least of your worries.

If some anonymous guy insults someone else and a punch gets thrown there's a good chance their bosses never hear about it and if they do the boss could well do nothing about it at all. The boss of some guy moving furniture has little or no public pressure to do anything about a (kind of understandable) fist fight. There might have been a thousand fights yesterday. We aren't talking about any of them. The fame help in some ways but not all ways.