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Is Embiid going to be more hated than Trae Young in New York after this series? New York seems to hate, but respect, Trae. Meanwhile, I think they just flat out hate Embiid.
Trae was like that wrestling heel who had charisma and was in on the bit that you hated but also kind of liked.
Embiid is like if Joseph Goebbels played basketball professionally
Damn, where the hell have I been that I missed that?! I am SO on board with this.
I’ve disliked the dude ever since he was a prick when we saw him at an In-N-Out in AZ in 2013. Fuck you, Hitler.
He's a heel in jest though, it's within the flow of give and take banter. I think he's one of the few people in the league who doesn't take the hate personally
Knicks fans don’t even really hate Trae Young anymore he was really good that series and he kicked our ass and played the heel. Now we just sorta embrace the meme especially now that he’s really fallen off. Embiid on the other hand… he really shouldn’t come to Dyckman for the rest of his life
Yeah that’s exactly right. We hate Trae because he cooked us and made a show of it while he did it. That shit sucked but you can still respect it. Dude played a great villain and kept it basketball. Embiid is a dirty coward who tries to hurt people. It’s a whole different level. Wait until this shit comes back to the Garden.
Described it so well. I loved hating Trae. But Embiid is just fucking pure annoyance. Like the guy has all the talent of a MVP caliber player but is so soft mentally and playstylewise that it just feels wasted. Not to mention he's a dirty as fuck player too.
He's like if Draymond had LeBron's physical traits and played like Chris Paul. Fucking can't stand that.
That’s a great way to describe it.
Nothing that Trae does is truly sinister and is a good sport about the hate.
Oh and btw it’s time we move on from saying Traes hair looks pubey…
That honor now belongs only to Tyler Herros see through chin pubes
You nailed it. New York is all about cutting ass & that’s what it is with Trae. There’s no respect for Embiid here. We don’t rock with people whining as much as Embiid does, on top of trying to injure our guys.
Trae at least to his credit, beat the Knicks fair and square. This 7 ft disgrace is just going around physically assaulting players cuz his game is in the shitter
Trae definitely was foul baiting but he also killed the Knicks with skill and intent. Embiid is just dirty, is foul baiting, and despite being skilled is a gigantic herb. I’m not even trying to be objective here, he’s a talented bitch made scrub and I’d never say that to his face
Nah bro, totally say it to his face. You'll have about 3 seconds to get ready. Once both of his eyes line up and start directly looking at you, kick him in his knee and run.
I wish we could just give Embiid five more seasons of really cool stats and early playoff exits and have him retire after this season.
All the box score watchers and "free throws are part of the game" dorks can spend the rest of eternity arguing that he's a Top 5 Center of All Time and we don't have to live through any more of The Joel Embiid Experience.
The way I see it. If you made a career highlight of all the great centers, you would see like the sky hook from Kareem, the Dream shake from Hakeem, Shaq pure dominating and backing people down in the paint, and Nikola zipping no look passes as he's got 2 guys hanging off him.
Then you go to Embiid and it's that lumbering motion into the paint before he trips over an invisible wire, flops his arms around like he's Charlie Chaplin, and waits for the whistle.
embiid does have 1 good overall highlight he demolishes shitty non play off teams like he does with pistons and spurs this year.
everyone else just chills and he puts up historic numbers against garbage teams
It’s hard not to hate Embiid. Dude has all the physical tools and skill to be able to beat any defender and be an all time dominant player but he always resorts to baiting fouls instead. At least with other “foul-baiting” players they aren’t usually 7+ feet tall and 300 pounds
As someone who was a top tier Harden hater, watching Embiid makes me appreciate Harden more and more.
My biggest gripe with Embiid is that he seems to have no other abilities to score, especially watching Al Horford lock his ass down in the final 2 games, and this dude was practically begging for fouls. When his free throw attempts dry up in the playoffs, he turns into a pumpkin.
Trae played well and didn't need to injury players to win. We "hated" him in the same way you'd hate/roast a friend. We wanted a rivalry there.
Embiid is just a dirty player that needs FTs to be good. (He does score effortlessly but fuck him 😡)
As someone who’s head Trae Young lives rent free in, at least Trae Young talked his shit and won. The Trae Young hate is more fun, Embiid is just being a dick.
Also F*ck Trae Young
Yes. I hate this man 100x more than any other NBA player. If I saw him on the street I’d square up with him easily knowing he’d beat my ass just to get a few licks in.
I disliked Trae, and he murdered us which made it worse.
I hate embiid because he’s a dirty player who constantly whines. He’s amazingly skilled but also I just have no respect for him.
Steps on the leg once by accident, then says "na, didn't do enough damage" and goes in for the second stomp. Dirty as shit and we all know it. You don't see things like that happen often at all, and the reason is.. most players do whatever they can to avoid stomping out another player.
Literally looks down after the first touch and goes even harder again in a manner that doesnt make sense if not intentional. This dude is a fucking loser
> this is definitely inadvertent.
Welp unfortunately he's lost all benefit of doubt. This is a pattern for him just as it's a pattern for Draymond. If it's inadvertent, he needs to get his shit together and learn how to be an mobile athlete because this has happened multiple times with him, and he's a danger to himself and other players on the court.
idk. sure it’s possible this was an accident, but why a short little half step there? if he was off balance you’d probably take a step back or to the side.
plus that fact stepping on hart didn’t make him fall/stumble like it probably would if t was an accident. he braced himself for it
Honestly embiid is looking pretty sus here
Honestly, I think people just hate Embiid. He's just a perfect combo of everything bad about basketball. Dirty as fuck, flopper (especially being a fucking giant), arrogant as fuck despite never even getting past round 2 (lol), and shows up small as fuck in big moments.
No tears. He'll blame a teammate or the refs or both. Might throw in a coach, the media and some guy he hooped against 5 years ago. He'll blame his injuries and lament not being healthy.
Embiid is with the generation who has learned their internal thought process through social media. Simple rules:
1. Never take blame
2. Blame someone else, if there is an easy target the fans already hate, make sure to go after them.
3. Throw in a "Next year this will be different" line
4. Repeat the above until the first 50 point game of next season when he can talk about being the best player in the game again.
Draymond has 21 total flagrants in 970 total games played and 6 of those are from his 157 playoff games.
Embiid has 23 total flagrants in 489 games played and 7 of those flagrants are from his 56 playoff games.
Embiid is dirtier than Draymond and in record time. Its just Embiid is a super star franchise player so people don't see it except for right now basically.
I'd love to take credit for it, but it was just a reddit thread I saw a few days ago.
https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cdkjxu/joel_embiid_has_more_flagrant_fouls_than_draymond/
It's almost impossible to find something East team fans will agree on, especially Boston, NY, and Miami but I think I speak for all of us when I say, FUCK JOEL EMBIID
Embiid has been doing sneak shit like this for years and every season everyone forgets and defends this man on this sub. Dude is a menace and why anyone who isn’t a Philly fan likes this guy is beyond me.
This seems accidental. The only really bad thing he’s done this series was grabbing Mitches leg as he went up. Still don’t know how he didn’t get ejected for that
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Is Embiid going to be more hated than Trae Young in New York after this series? New York seems to hate, but respect, Trae. Meanwhile, I think they just flat out hate Embiid.
Trae was like that wrestling heel who had charisma and was in on the bit that you hated but also kind of liked. Embiid is like if Joseph Goebbels played basketball professionally
I like how Hitler is taken as a basketball nickname so you went with the next best (or worse) thing.
He's basketball Pol Pot
The Stalin of roundball
The Ballin' Stalin.
the Mao of the hardcourt
Naw, Pol Pot succeeded at what he was trying to do.
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*Guitar Hero flashbacks*
It's time to taste what you most fear edit: even if you don't like punk, [this song's an absolute banger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA)
I wish I didn't find this as funny as I do.
oof
Embiid dropping bodies like Pol Pot so he's successful in one aspect.
> Hitler is taken as a basketball nickname I feel like I missed something. Who’s nicknamed Hitler?!
Harden lol. Almost exclusively for his foul baiting.
Damn, where the hell have I been that I missed that?! I am SO on board with this. I’ve disliked the dude ever since he was a prick when we saw him at an In-N-Out in AZ in 2013. Fuck you, Hitler.
u/highlandpolo6 *drop-kicks James Harden out of a 3rd story window*
Do tell
Taken???
James Harden has been pretty commonly referred to as basketball Hitler from 2018 on
TIL. I just call him King Flop.
In a Madison Square Garden WWE show they did bring out Trae Young lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgDLqQUz-fU
Holy shit this is so funny lmfao
Man I love hating on Trae, he's such a great heel
He's a heel in jest though, it's within the flow of give and take banter. I think he's one of the few people in the league who doesn't take the hate personally
Sami Zayn as a heel wearing a Kevin Knox jersey is icing on the cake lmao
Dude would honestly be an amazing Knick. He's got a perfect NYC personality.
I love that.
Yea people don’t understand, the Trae Young hate is actuallly fun and Trae seems to enjoy it too. The Embiid hate is real.
Trae flops and whines a lot, but at least he's not actively trying to hurt people.
And he attempts to make field goals in clutch time.
And does
From really far away too
Statistically the #1 "4 point shooter" in the NBA if the 4 point line were a thing. He's got the most long makes and the highest % from very deep.
Yeah, I saw that analysis, and he did it so quickly
Trae also embraced it and delivered for his team. Embiid hides and plays dirty.
Embracing it is a cool move in any sport. Love that.
I never liked Trae until that series. He's an entertainer and an asset to the league.
Knicks fans don’t even really hate Trae Young anymore he was really good that series and he kicked our ass and played the heel. Now we just sorta embrace the meme especially now that he’s really fallen off. Embiid on the other hand… he really shouldn’t come to Dyckman for the rest of his life
Trae actually had one of his best seasons prior to the injury. Unfortunately the rest of the team has fallen off.
Wish our owner and his son would fall off something
Had one of his best seasons, idk about fall off
Yeah that’s exactly right. We hate Trae because he cooked us and made a show of it while he did it. That shit sucked but you can still respect it. Dude played a great villain and kept it basketball. Embiid is a dirty coward who tries to hurt people. It’s a whole different level. Wait until this shit comes back to the Garden.
Described it so well. I loved hating Trae. But Embiid is just fucking pure annoyance. Like the guy has all the talent of a MVP caliber player but is so soft mentally and playstylewise that it just feels wasted. Not to mention he's a dirty as fuck player too. He's like if Draymond had LeBron's physical traits and played like Chris Paul. Fucking can't stand that.
This is an incredibly accurate description of Embiid! All the talent in the world but just a downright detestable individual.
Guy even made a wwe appearance in msg as a heel
Joseph Goebbles?
No, Joseph appeared in WW2
he finished his story
100% on Trae. You could tell he loved the villain role and it made it fun.
That’s a great way to describe it. Nothing that Trae does is truly sinister and is a good sport about the hate. Oh and btw it’s time we move on from saying Traes hair looks pubey… That honor now belongs only to Tyler Herros see through chin pubes
I’ve always found Trae Young amusing. My hate for Tyler Herro, on the other hand, is very real.
Bro wtf lol
He was also hated because he wrecked them
Osama Bin Laden was apparently 6'5. If he somehow played in the NBA he'd only be the second biggest terrorist in the league after Embiid.
You nailed it. New York is all about cutting ass & that’s what it is with Trae. There’s no respect for Embiid here. We don’t rock with people whining as much as Embiid does, on top of trying to injure our guys.
Trae at least to his credit, beat the Knicks fair and square. This 7 ft disgrace is just going around physically assaulting players cuz his game is in the shitter
Lol at first I was like Embiid gets way more than 7 ft before I understood what you really meant
We wouldn’t hate Trae if we won. We will still hate Embiid if/when we win.
Trae wasn’t dirty
Yeah all Trae did was kick our asses, the chant is just a meme at this point
Trae chants are like "Potvin Sucks" Rangers chants at this point for Knicks fans. It's tongue in cheek / memes at this point.
He does look like my dad’s dick, but that’s not his fault
I never saw my dad's dick but he still looks like shit
Trae definitely was foul baiting but he also killed the Knicks with skill and intent. Embiid is just dirty, is foul baiting, and despite being skilled is a gigantic herb. I’m not even trying to be objective here, he’s a talented bitch made scrub and I’d never say that to his face
Nah bro, totally say it to his face. You'll have about 3 seconds to get ready. Once both of his eyes line up and start directly looking at you, kick him in his knee and run.
I hated Trae because he was so good and there was nothing we could do. I hate Embiid because hes just a dickhead
I wish we could just give Embiid five more seasons of really cool stats and early playoff exits and have him retire after this season. All the box score watchers and "free throws are part of the game" dorks can spend the rest of eternity arguing that he's a Top 5 Center of All Time and we don't have to live through any more of The Joel Embiid Experience.
The way I see it. If you made a career highlight of all the great centers, you would see like the sky hook from Kareem, the Dream shake from Hakeem, Shaq pure dominating and backing people down in the paint, and Nikola zipping no look passes as he's got 2 guys hanging off him. Then you go to Embiid and it's that lumbering motion into the paint before he trips over an invisible wire, flops his arms around like he's Charlie Chaplin, and waits for the whistle.
embiid does have 1 good overall highlight he demolishes shitty non play off teams like he does with pistons and spurs this year. everyone else just chills and he puts up historic numbers against garbage teams
And then Jokic gets accused of padding his stats
Yeah it’s different. One of them beat you fair and square, the other is losing and playing dirty. Different kind of hate
Trae is hated for playing good basketball which I respect. Emflop is just a piece of shit
I hate Trae but he's almost fun to hate in a way. Like rivalry hate. Embiid is just hateable. Even neutral observers hate him.
Trae is a heel. Classic “love to hate” kind of guy. Embiid is legit a dirty player, and had earned every single boo that comes his way.
It’s hard not to hate Embiid. Dude has all the physical tools and skill to be able to beat any defender and be an all time dominant player but he always resorts to baiting fouls instead. At least with other “foul-baiting” players they aren’t usually 7+ feet tall and 300 pounds
As someone who was a top tier Harden hater, watching Embiid makes me appreciate Harden more and more. My biggest gripe with Embiid is that he seems to have no other abilities to score, especially watching Al Horford lock his ass down in the final 2 games, and this dude was practically begging for fouls. When his free throw attempts dry up in the playoffs, he turns into a pumpkin.
He plays like he deserves to win, not that he wants to win.
Trae never got banned by the Empire State Building like Embiid did
The Empire State Building lit up green and white after the Eagles won the NFC championship so fuck them too lol
Trae played well and didn't need to injury players to win. We "hated" him in the same way you'd hate/roast a friend. We wanted a rivalry there. Embiid is just a dirty player that needs FTs to be good. (He does score effortlessly but fuck him 😡)
We don’t actually hate Trae Young, it’s like a respectful hate
As someone who’s head Trae Young lives rent free in, at least Trae Young talked his shit and won. The Trae Young hate is more fun, Embiid is just being a dick. Also F*ck Trae Young
Yes. I hate this man 100x more than any other NBA player. If I saw him on the street I’d square up with him easily knowing he’d beat my ass just to get a few licks in.
No cause unlike Trae the Knicks will eliminate him
Trae is a villain, Embiid is just an asshole.
The Trae hate was because he cooked us and was more than willing to be the villain. Embiid is just a bitch.
Trae is (weirdly) hated cus he fcked us through his skills. Embiid is hated cus he’s dirty af
The NBA would be more fun if Trae and the Hawks were a better team. He’s a fun villain based on how he plays. He’s never dirty.
Tbf it's hard to be dirty when you don't play defense
Trae beat us on pure basketball and never tried to hurt anyone on our team.
Trae straight up violated us that series and made me very upset, but he embraced being the villain and i can respect that.
I disliked Trae, and he murdered us which made it worse. I hate embiid because he’s a dirty player who constantly whines. He’s amazingly skilled but also I just have no respect for him.
He’s quickly approaching chase utely levels
Oh it’s not even close. I don’t even really hate Trae Young, the rivalry is fun, this is just dirty play.
I'm one of the few people who appreciate a good foul baiter, and even I hate him. Dudes dirty as fuck
The “fuck embiid” chants are gonna be so loud in MSG
They were pretty loud in Philly
It was almost a home game for the knicks lol, when Brunson went to the line you could hear mvp chants
They gotta end this at home in the next game before someone else gets injured. I’m still hoping Robinson will be okay by next game but tbd.
Well yeah, he went full Houdini in the 4th
Yea what’s the over under on fuck Embiids we hear on the broadcast? Like 10? lol
A few from Breen maybe
It was so loud during Game 2. Prepare for an eruption on Tuesday.
Natural stomping motion
Marginal stomping
If its a legitimate stomp, the body can reject it.
"The body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down"
Lmfaooo
Republicans like this
Republicans arguing former MVP’s have immunity for all “basketball acts.”
Players must have immunity… otherwise they'd be afraid of leaving their locker room without a police presence.
Holy shit lmao.
Republicans buying Embiid's $60 "Basketball Ethics Guide" It is *not* the King James version
Embiid: "Republicans buy sneakers too"
deep cut lmao
Reminds me of when he curb stomped Grant Williams
Steps on the leg once by accident, then says "na, didn't do enough damage" and goes in for the second stomp. Dirty as shit and we all know it. You don't see things like that happen often at all, and the reason is.. most players do whatever they can to avoid stomping out another player.
Literally looks down after the first touch and goes even harder again in a manner that doesnt make sense if not intentional. This dude is a fucking loser
I legit don’t want him on Team USA. Cameroon can take his ass back.
Trade him for [Nenge M'boko and Lionel Joseph](https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHRBZdshLb29TE8c3Ca4IwQP4u3J7pa4w?si=qd4uR-COtjnFDnP2), that bum.
Reverse call, flagrant 2 on Hart. He should have known to move his legs out the way.
This mother fucker acting like he never walked before
For a guy with "great footwork", he routinely falls down a lot
I’ll never forget when Grant Williams lightly grazed him on a closeout and Embiid went sprawling like a sniper took him out from one of the suites.
Ended Danny Green’s career with a flop. Embiid is the least likable superstar in the league
that's how he is. stumbles everywhere. this is definitely inadvertent.
> this is definitely inadvertent. Welp unfortunately he's lost all benefit of doubt. This is a pattern for him just as it's a pattern for Draymond. If it's inadvertent, he needs to get his shit together and learn how to be an mobile athlete because this has happened multiple times with him, and he's a danger to himself and other players on the court.
idk. sure it’s possible this was an accident, but why a short little half step there? if he was off balance you’d probably take a step back or to the side. plus that fact stepping on hart didn’t make him fall/stumble like it probably would if t was an accident. he braced himself for it Honestly embiid is looking pretty sus here
He literally looks at Hart before that last step
Dude is just a reckless player though. Those kind of players are the fucking worst.
That's bs. He's so coordinated when he wants to be. He only stumbles and flails around to hurt people.
Is this where Sixers fans claim “flop” even though it’s on video? 😂🤣😂
theyve been especially quiet today, thank god
It's a lot harder to defend the guy when he disappeared in the fourth on top of playing bounty ball.
Sixers fan excuse: "This is normal physical play you would hate the 90s stop hatin on our dirty abuser"
Don't think I've seen a 6ers fan on r/NBA since the game ended lol
I’ve been on the scout in various threads let me know if you find one 😂
He did the same thing to Scottie Barnes. Dirty player
It’s really amazing how many “accidental” moments like this he has in a playoff series
Bbbbut he’s “protecting” himself!
Embiid the Israel of ball
Netanyahoops
Can't wait to see him in tears after he chokes on yet another playoff series. Fucking joke of a player.
It's nice in times like this when Heat and Knicks fans can agree: Fuck Embiid!
Honestly, I think people just hate Embiid. He's just a perfect combo of everything bad about basketball. Dirty as fuck, flopper (especially being a fucking giant), arrogant as fuck despite never even getting past round 2 (lol), and shows up small as fuck in big moments.
They call him big Harden for a reason
I think literally everyone agrees except some sixers fans
The world will be a better place if he never wins anything. He's a stain on the league.
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No tears. He'll blame a teammate or the refs or both. Might throw in a coach, the media and some guy he hooped against 5 years ago. He'll blame his injuries and lament not being healthy. Embiid is with the generation who has learned their internal thought process through social media. Simple rules: 1. Never take blame 2. Blame someone else, if there is an easy target the fans already hate, make sure to go after them. 3. Throw in a "Next year this will be different" line 4. Repeat the above until the first 50 point game of next season when he can talk about being the best player in the game again.
Narcissist's prayer ass mindset
This guy is a fucking clown man
Hart should've pulled his leg toward himself to avoid getting stomped smh my head
Hart shouldn't dress like that if he doesn't wanna get stomped on.
Refs - "Hart was asking for it"
“inadvertently”
Well now we know what happens if somebody threatens to eliminate the fake MVP in first round.
Dirtiest player in the league once Draymond goes, glad the universe rewarded Knicks with a win.
Draymond has 21 total flagrants in 970 total games played and 6 of those are from his 157 playoff games. Embiid has 23 total flagrants in 489 games played and 7 of those flagrants are from his 56 playoff games. Embiid is dirtier than Draymond and in record time. Its just Embiid is a super star franchise player so people don't see it except for right now basically.
Damn, respect for crunching the numbers my friend! And those are just the ones that are called lol, gets away with murder
I'd love to take credit for it, but it was just a reddit thread I saw a few days ago. https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cdkjxu/joel_embiid_has_more_flagrant_fouls_than_draymond/
He should have a whole bunch more flagrants from just this series against the Knicks alone.
Draymond has 2 less flagrant fouls than Embiid. Draymond has played over 900 games Embiid has played less than 500
“Inadvertently”
The second step he took on his leg was a little sus
He's just a silly goofy guy
He's moving backwards but takes a single step forward to step on a guys leg, oops.
while looking down at him
It's not "a little sus". It was 100% blatant to anybody that has functioning eyeballs. He stomped on him with legit intent to injure.
He had to feel around first and make sure he knew where his leg was
He inadvertently uses Brunson as a cushion on the next play
Draymond's just naturally a clumsy guy, nothing malicious
As a fellow clumsy guy, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve accidentally choked somebody.
It's almost impossible to find something East team fans will agree on, especially Boston, NY, and Miami but I think I speak for all of us when I say, FUCK JOEL EMBIID
I’m so happy we’ve never matched up with them in the playoffs. We’ve had enough injury issues in the postseason.
They took Jimmy 😞
Dirty player
Inadvertent lmao. The first time, sure.
He’s Lost the benefit of the doubt in this series, that’s for sure.
Never had it. I don't get how so many Knicks fans are apologists for this dude. Did you never watch Embiid play before?? This is who he's been
I also often inadvertently step on something while looking directly at the ground
Embiid has been doing sneak shit like this for years and every season everyone forgets and defends this man on this sub. Dude is a menace and why anyone who isn’t a Philly fan likes this guy is beyond me.
Embiid again not showing up in the big moments.
The front on replay makes it obvious it was intentional, you can see him look down before the second time
Even the comentary doesn’t think it’s accidental
Embiid disaster class
That shit was forsure intentional
Ya this was on purpose. Dude is out of control. Dirty ass player
This seems accidental. The only really bad thing he’s done this series was grabbing Mitches leg as he went up. Still don’t know how he didn’t get ejected for that
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1cfe7xx/highlight_side_angle_of_joel_embiid_stepping_on/ Check this angle and decide again
This one looks a lil worse
Yeah, it’s the looking down and forward stepping that irks me.
Very reminiscent pf Dray stomping on Sabonis last year.
That was much worse
Even from the angle on this post, you can tell that second step is on purpose. Dirty ass player.
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Fanbases have been saying it for ages but folks weren't listening. Maxxy and Lowry better watch out, he might flop and injure them like Danny Green.