Joel Embiid isn’t simply one of many best basketball gamers on this planet — he’s additionally among the best trash talkers. In years previous, we’ve seen the Philadelphia 76ers massive man go after Hassan Whiteside on social media instantly after a sport, and even take photographs at Deandre Ayton from the second he was drafted. There’s a cause he goes by Joel “Troel” Embiid on Twitter.
Embiid has gone from an All-Star to a really dominant famous person during the last two seasons, yearly placing his identify close to the highest of the MVP dialog. There’s an infinite quantity of strain on Embiid’s shoulders to ship within the 2022 NBA Playoffs after the Sixers swung a midseason commerce for James Harden, and to this point he’s been up for the duty.
Philly took a 3-0 sequence lead in opposition to the Toronto Raptors within the first spherical when Embiid hit an unimaginable three-pointer to interrupt a tie rating with beneath one second left in additional time. This is likely one of the finest playoff game-winners you’ll ever see.
Embiid completed with 33 factors on the night time on 12-of-20 taking pictures, hit the game-winner, and put his group getting ready to a sweep in a sequence many individuals predicted Toronto to win. Possibly that will be sufficient for many stars, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient for Embiid.
He additionally needed to discover Raptors ambassador and famous person rapper Drake as quickly as the sport ended simply to speak mad shit.
Embiid informed Drake he’s coming for the sweep. Drake appeared to simply accept the Raptors’ destiny with a smile on his face.
Toronto merely has no reply for Embiid. That’s the case for many groups within the league, nevertheless it’s particularly the case for a Raptors’ roster that depends closely on 6’9 switchable defenders reasonably with no true massive man.
Embiid is having his approach on this sequence, and he’s speaking trash whereas he does it to anybody who will hear.
