Joel Embiid allegedly threw a punch at a reporter

[Im Still Ballin]

[1987_Lakers]

[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?

[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/1852...iEv6UU6vVpWDxg

These niqqas dramatic as hell

[jstern]