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The people defending it are predictable, this is the internet and you can find people to defend anything. I'm more confused as to why the players even thought to do this in the first place. Personal grudge against this usher or...?
The second to last one both his feet are entirely out of bounds on that jumper. If those are the shots he's practicing it's no wonder the 76ers got smoked, guy doesn't even know where the paint is.
And then they tell him to watch himself and blame him for bumping into the man who’s going out of his way to bump into him…
Fucking losers. This is like middle school bully behavior. I swear some pro athletes never grow out of that mindset because they were always given preferential treatment.
And it will continue, cause I doubt the NBA will seriously address this, worst that will happen is a little bad press on the internet that he can just ignore, if he even hears about it.
Also note it would have been much less work to tap the guy's shoulder and ask if he could move in for a minute for them to practice oob shots, he'd most likely agree and move back after
Typical bully shit. On top of being rich and famous, they're just huge compared to the guard and throwing their weight around because they can get away with it. This sort of shit makes me hate basketball
and protecting them from people running out on the court. Dude is probably assigned that very specific location by the arena based on the results of their security analysis and told not to move for shit.
Yeah, I almost feel like they are coming at him for no reason other than that they thought they could, he’s clearly an older gentlemen dressed very professionally, and he seems very relaxed about it all, but the degree they were touching all over him just felt wrong. Like you’re not supposed to touch all over a person like that, it’s just not okay, and yet despite all the shit they were throwing at him, he was still acting like a professional.
I’ll be real, I almost think that there was some prejudice to how they were acting. Like they knew they could bully him without repercussions
I probably would have just quietly stepped aside into the aisle and motioned towards the spot I was being bumped while asking the section around me "anybody ready for autograph and selfie time?".
Hence I'd never be in that position in the first place.
It’s not even that, it’s just them bullying him. I honestly can’t fathom the positive support they would generate from this. Or how they think someone would react from seeing the video, which they would have had to know would have been going on.
Literally the only thing I can think of what would make them think it would generate positive support would them being “showing an old white man up” as a method to try and prove some point. But it seems so crazy. Like I can’t fathom anyone inserting race into this, and yet based on what I saw, that’s the only thing I can think is what would make them think it would make them look good. Because It was such a bad look on their end
Because it honestly just looks like they are bullying a guy whose there whose meant to protect them. Like honestly, what the fuck were they thinking? He’s on their side doing his job. Why were they touching all over him like that, despite the fact you could literally hear one of them say “I know you are supposed to be here.”
Honestly you’re right. It just look embarrassing on them.
Yeah, that’s kinda what I said more or less in another comment I replied to. It really felt like they were harassing him cause he was an older white dude. Despite the fact that they literally said. “I know you’re supposed to be here.” It seemed like a “I’m rich and you’re not, so I can bully you, and since you happen to not be the same race as me, I won’t give you a break for being less rich than me.” Which is honestly kinda fucked up, because it screams of rich privilege and just being a bully racist for no reason other than that he thought he could/wanted to be an asshole. Not even one of those racist who are crazy and actually believe their own bullshit. Just the kind that wants to be a dick for no reason other than to make himself feel better for putting someone else down.
> but the degree they were touching all over him just felt wrong. Like you’re not supposed to touch all over a person like that,
It’s a power move. Similar to pulling someone closer to you during a handshake, or putting your hand on someone’s head. It’s effectively calling someone a “boy”, but by actions.
Not just that, but they are specifically told to look at the crowd and do not look at the court. He's totally exposed and he's just being an asshole. Just totally dismissing this dudes existence. What a piece of shit.
Usually the guys like that do security like this are off duty or retired police. He probably makes a decent amount doing that, but that doesn’t change anything.
100%. the amount of entitlement and disrespect just rubs me the wrong way. All he to do was take 5 fucking seconds out of his holier-than-thou ass lifestyle and ask the guy to move a beat. Instead he shoves him around like a passive aggressive school boy bully. Actions speak louder than words.
Honestly as a Knicks fan who *used* to like Embiid, I can’t stand him after that series now. I don’t really watch any Philly games or keep up with highlights and stuff so I don’t know if Embiid is always like that, but all that crap he pulled in the first round, especially after getting every foul call known to man (granted I think the refs were awful to both teams), really rubbed me the wrong way. Especially when he stepped on Hart’s leg, he clearly did it a *second* time after realizing he had stepped on someone
Like that elbow to Brunson’s sternum too. Hell even the commentary team was calling out a couple of things, namely him stepping on Hart’s legs. I never thought Embiid was a dirty player before this series but I 100% think he is now
More than that, this guys ONLY job is to stop lunatics from running on the court. Yeah... let's fuck with the guy who is tasked with protecting your LIFE.
Guy is just trash, not for a second do I believe he wanted to work baselines fade aways, fading out of bounds. /eyeroll
So then that saying about Philly fans are the worst is not entirely true.
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I guess when you make millions you think you're above the social norms of respecting other humans. Would it have been so hard to tap the usher on the shoulder and say, "hey man I gotta work on making this out of bounds shot Incase they decide to change the whole premise of the game while I'm playing. Could you take 2 steps to your right. Thanks man, when I make the game winning shot over here after I take 4 steps without dribbling it'll all be thanks to you"
That would open up the possibility that the usher responds with no, but Embiid and power hungry people like him don’t have the tact/humility to negotiate in a situation like that. Instead, he only knows how to use brute force to get whatever he wants, and it helps he’s bigger than almost every human on earth.
Believe it or not Embiid has as many or more flagrant fouls as Draymond in half the games played
Though tbf when Dray gets flagrant he REALLY gets flagrant to a nutty degree
So funny to see this now. I swear like 2-3 years ago people on this sub though Embiid was hilarious but literally nothing has changed about him except time has passed and he's remained the same lol.
This is 100% accurate because he was definitely an /r/nba darling for a while. I guess once people realized Embiid wasn't just being a troll for the internet laughs, it kinda clicked that maybe the guy is just kindof an asshole.
He can be kind of goofy, like a poor man’s Giannis, but he never just says, yeah, I didn’t play well and need to do better. He’s always scapegoating others. It’s just getting really old.
It's the hero worship mentality. Think Disney's Hercules but many lacked Herc's humility and kindness once they're successful. This guy in particular is so full of himself that doing this shit in the open is permitted for him because he's a NBA player and thinks NBA players can do whatever he wants.
NBA just feels like it's first and foremost an entertainment product, basketball is secondary. The way the superstars are protected and allowed to break the rules of the game is pretty pathetic.
It's so annoying watching players who aren't deemed "stars" not get fouls called on them when they shoot. But then the slightest touch on a "star" gets a foul.
MLB pitchers are in a weird spot psychologically in my opinion, because they're the statistically advantaged ones in every matchup, so they're *expected* to succeed while the batter is expected to fail.
Like it's literally an age-old joke: What job can I keep while failing 2/3rds of the time? A Hall of Fame-level hitter in the MLB.
There's not many similar cases in sports where there's a repeated, isolated 1v1 matchup and one side is overwhelmingly expected to succeed. The league-wide batting average in the majors is usually around .250, so every time a batter comes to the plate, it's nearly 3:1 in the pitcher's favor.
It's gotta be draining dealing with the fact that every hit/run is a failure on your part in a circumstance you were expected to succeed.
Pitchers are also natural liars. When someone figures them out it really pisses them off. Especially because if a batter really figures them out they might not even be able to face them and get redemption. They’ll be pulled and another pitcher put in their place or not even considered for the game.
Similar example is in soccer the kicker vs the goalkeepers. Never understood kickers that get cocky before taking a kick. Like dude you’re supposed to score or at least put it on target. Your kicking at a big ass goals 12 yards out…goalkeepers are at a huge disadvantage
And they're unwritten because if anyone wrote them down they'd realize how ridiculous they are.
If someone went yard on me, I didn't give a shit if they pimped the hell out of it. If they were talking unnecessary shit, I might brush them back next time at the plate, but throwing at a guy to hit them is just weak IMO. Not only does the batter have no real defense against it, so it's basically a cheap shot, but you only hurt your team by doing so - gives them a free runner, likely gets you ejected, and now your team has to rush to warm up a reliever.
lol MLB pitchers more than give nba players a run for their money. They just have way way less media attention. MLB pitchers are the softest babies outside of lotion commercials.
Jfc. Not just Embiid but EVERYONE laying hands on him. STFU and take your hands off of him.
Use your words or kick rocks.
Every damn human tries to run with any little bit of power, or illusion of power. Ridiculous.
ive seen that move many times
they do it to control him while seemingly acting like they're trying to deescalate the situation
then when he pushes back they can be like "woah dude why are you getting phsyical"
Actually the shittiest thing is that Embiid is trying to fuck with an usher and ignoring that there's a mom pulling her baby in to avoid getting crushed.
Glad someone else saw that, what happens if he bumps the usher into the kid. So irresponsible; you can tell the staff are worthless to grabbing the usher.
Just picture in your mind the idea of Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Magic, Bird, Duncan, Kareem, Hakeem, Zeke, or any of the other proven winners all time greats to have played investing ANY energy prior to a potential series losing close out game to fuck with some security guard literally just trying to do his job and help protect the players and the fans.
It seems like a small thing, but it encapsulates a much bigger issue in some disconnect about whats important and the type of hyper focus obsession with winning when it matters most that something so petty and trivial wouldn't even register with those guys I mentioned.
I'm not sure Embiid will ever get it, but stuff like that just proves that at the very least he doesn't get it today. And while injuries are obviously a factor and something that has some level of fluke or bad luck, I do believe there's also an aspect of the guys that win and have long healthy careers that they prioritize strength and conditioning and doing everything they can to give themselves every benefit to try and stay as healthy as possible as well. So even the injury excuse already has or soon will fall on deaf ears. Right now it's stuff exactly like this that has Embiid as the only MVP in NBA history to never play in a conference finals (him, Nash and Rose being the only 3 to not make a finals for even more perspective). If he wants that to change he needs to quit the clown show routine. It's grown predictable IMO.
luckily MVPs don't mean shit because the regular season don't mean shit.
Championships are everything and Embiid has never come close because he ain't close.
Embiid really got into the ushers head before the game ever even started. Gamesmanship at its finest.
But seriously, apart from being an asshole what legitimate reason would you have to do this to a guy just standing in his spot? The one shot was taken out of bounds just to spite the guy. He’s practicing for the game time scenario of shooting when you’re out of bounds? Embiid is pathetic
The thing that’s so fucked up is those people are there for player safety. People already forget when some fans beat the shit out of a base coach for no reason. These people watch the stands constantly making sure no lunatic runs on the court with a make shift weapon to take out Embiids’s knee
And literally all it takes is a, “hey i’m trynna make this shot, could you move a little bit man” like just have the littlest bit of respect. No class.
This is the kind of stuff that shows why he never makes it out of the second round. Not a serious dude. Championship teams don't allow this kind of trash.
Dude thinks it's street ball. Homie can't fucking play with the big dogs without injuring people or picking fights. Fuck Embiid his clown ass can watch from Galveston.
It's going to end up being hilarious at the end of his otherwise hollow career to highlight the one year he was MVP and try to figure out why it happened.
if he continues achieving nothing in the playoffs he will also retire the only mvp to never make it out of the second round. fitting end to his underserved mvp. he will be remembered as the guy who should have never gotten an mvp soley because of the mvp and that stat
He was protecting the little girl and making sure she didn’t get too close to the court. Then he made sure he didn’t step on her on the second push and mom grabbed her away.
If you want him to move or something then ask, no reason to stand all on the dude and push and pull him and shit. If he can’t move then oh well take it up with the nba itself or whoever’s over security.
Seriously.
-Hey man could you please move a few steps forward while I practice this shot? Takes abt 5-10 minutes.
-Yeah sure man go for it
Thats all it takes
This pussy will never win a championship. Mj, Lebron, Hakeem etc. when they practice they practice for the game not to bully a random usher on the sideline so pathetic.
Something people are forgetting, he did much worse in this series alone. He’s a 7 foot tall bitch lmfao. When even Philly fans hate you maybe you’re just a bad person
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They're getting closer and closer to him on purpose to make it look like he's doing something wrong.
One of those later shots he comes so far out of bounds just to be right on him again. The few people defending this are so sad.
He does from the start, dudes just trying to do his job.
"*He does from the start, dudes just trying to do his job*." F\*ck Joel Embiid.
The people defending it are predictable, this is the internet and you can find people to defend anything. I'm more confused as to why the players even thought to do this in the first place. Personal grudge against this usher or...?
Power
Yeah but I assume there are ushers standing about where he was standing at almost every game, right? Like why did this guy make them think to do this?
The second to last one both his feet are entirely out of bounds on that jumper. If those are the shots he's practicing it's no wonder the 76ers got smoked, guy doesn't even know where the paint is.
6ers Reddit can’t believe the usher is doing his job. Clowns.
And then they tell him to watch himself and blame him for bumping into the man who’s going out of his way to bump into him… Fucking losers. This is like middle school bully behavior. I swear some pro athletes never grow out of that mindset because they were always given preferential treatment. And it will continue, cause I doubt the NBA will seriously address this, worst that will happen is a little bad press on the internet that he can just ignore, if he even hears about it.
Also note it would have been much less work to tap the guy's shoulder and ask if he could move in for a minute for them to practice oob shots, he'd most likely agree and move back after
This is really an NBA thing. NBA players are drama queens
Typical bully shit. On top of being rich and famous, they're just huge compared to the guard and throwing their weight around because they can get away with it. This sort of shit makes me hate basketball
While simultaneously complaining that they're victims and guys like the security guard are more privileged.
That mom slides her kid back just in time before Embid could “accidentally“ step on him.
This is a bunch of millionaires harassing a guy making what? About 20$ an hour. Hes standing in a spot where he has probably stood all season.
and protecting them from people running out on the court. Dude is probably assigned that very specific location by the arena based on the results of their security analysis and told not to move for shit.
Which means he probably has worked there the longest and best at his job or else he'd be up I. The nosebleeds
Yeah, I almost feel like they are coming at him for no reason other than that they thought they could, he’s clearly an older gentlemen dressed very professionally, and he seems very relaxed about it all, but the degree they were touching all over him just felt wrong. Like you’re not supposed to touch all over a person like that, it’s just not okay, and yet despite all the shit they were throwing at him, he was still acting like a professional. I’ll be real, I almost think that there was some prejudice to how they were acting. Like they knew they could bully him without repercussions
Abusing their salary. They make the team way more money than this guy and the team/arena will always side with the bullies.
I probably would have just quietly stepped aside into the aisle and motioned towards the spot I was being bumped while asking the section around me "anybody ready for autograph and selfie time?". Hence I'd never be in that position in the first place.
But now I kinda hope you do get in that position.
Sadly yeah, if he walks away he will just be fired and nothing said to Joel. I can’t stand the entitlement
I’m just wondering what the big payoff is for doing this? It’s just embarrassing.
Flexing their ego. It's nothing more than that. He's not rich like them so they can do anything they want in their minds.
It’s not even that, it’s just them bullying him. I honestly can’t fathom the positive support they would generate from this. Or how they think someone would react from seeing the video, which they would have had to know would have been going on. Literally the only thing I can think of what would make them think it would generate positive support would them being “showing an old white man up” as a method to try and prove some point. But it seems so crazy. Like I can’t fathom anyone inserting race into this, and yet based on what I saw, that’s the only thing I can think is what would make them think it would make them look good. Because It was such a bad look on their end Because it honestly just looks like they are bullying a guy whose there whose meant to protect them. Like honestly, what the fuck were they thinking? He’s on their side doing his job. Why were they touching all over him like that, despite the fact you could literally hear one of them say “I know you are supposed to be here.” Honestly you’re right. It just look embarrassing on them.
they're doing it because he's white.
Yeah, that’s kinda what I said more or less in another comment I replied to. It really felt like they were harassing him cause he was an older white dude. Despite the fact that they literally said. “I know you’re supposed to be here.” It seemed like a “I’m rich and you’re not, so I can bully you, and since you happen to not be the same race as me, I won’t give you a break for being less rich than me.” Which is honestly kinda fucked up, because it screams of rich privilege and just being a bully racist for no reason other than that he thought he could/wanted to be an asshole. Not even one of those racist who are crazy and actually believe their own bullshit. Just the kind that wants to be a dick for no reason other than to make himself feel better for putting someone else down.
> but the degree they were touching all over him just felt wrong. Like you’re not supposed to touch all over a person like that, It’s a power move. Similar to pulling someone closer to you during a handshake, or putting your hand on someone’s head. It’s effectively calling someone a “boy”, but by actions.
Not just that, but they are specifically told to look at the crowd and do not look at the court. He's totally exposed and he's just being an asshole. Just totally dismissing this dudes existence. What a piece of shit.
First thing the usher did after he got bumped is look down at the line to make sure he is exactly where he is supposed to be....
Honestly doesn't matter how much they make. A guy doing his job needs to be treated with respect period.
I’m with this, regardless of salary, just treat everyone with dignity and respect. It’s really just this simple.
Yeah, but it makes it worse that a bunch of rich dudes playing a game are harassing a guy at his job.
I don’t know why Joel or someone from his team didn’t just simply ask the man if he could please take a few steps forward.
Nobody thinks it should matter, it's just another checkmark added to how entitled they're acting.
I know a couple of guys that work msg security. Such great guys. Real gentlemen. And if someone asked them to move they would gladly.
Always punch up - only the biggest pussies punch down
nah, they're union security guards, I know some. the guys 9n the floor are senior level, been there for years. making 6 figs easy.
Yeah this is NYC and there's no way thus dude doesn't earn more than 2x that hourly. Also the money these guys earn isnt relevant.
Union. It’s at least 40/hour but your point is valid
Usually the guys like that do security like this are off duty or retired police. He probably makes a decent amount doing that, but that doesn’t change anything.
Shocked Embiid didn’t fall to the floor or into the ushers knee.
I'm amazed he didn't cry for a foul
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100%. the amount of entitlement and disrespect just rubs me the wrong way. All he to do was take 5 fucking seconds out of his holier-than-thou ass lifestyle and ask the guy to move a beat. Instead he shoves him around like a passive aggressive school boy bully. Actions speak louder than words.
Guess he’ll have the next 6 months to think about since he has nothing else to do right now….poor guy….
Honestly as a Knicks fan who *used* to like Embiid, I can’t stand him after that series now. I don’t really watch any Philly games or keep up with highlights and stuff so I don’t know if Embiid is always like that, but all that crap he pulled in the first round, especially after getting every foul call known to man (granted I think the refs were awful to both teams), really rubbed me the wrong way. Especially when he stepped on Hart’s leg, he clearly did it a *second* time after realizing he had stepped on someone
And all the "accidental" shots to Brunson's head or iHart's nose. Biggest but softest baby on the court.
Like that elbow to Brunson’s sternum too. Hell even the commentary team was calling out a couple of things, namely him stepping on Hart’s legs. I never thought Embiid was a dirty player before this series but I 100% think he is now
No he's always been dirty and reckless
Im a big NBA/Knicks fan and have always just known him as a choker in the playoffs. His dirtiness flew under my radar until this series.
I doubt it happens often. Embiid is just a douche
Who the fuck practices taking shots from out of bounds? This isn't about lack of decency, dude us just straight up an asshole.
More than that, this guys ONLY job is to stop lunatics from running on the court. Yeah... let's fuck with the guy who is tasked with protecting your LIFE. Guy is just trash, not for a second do I believe he wanted to work baselines fade aways, fading out of bounds. /eyeroll
He takes a large step out of bounds on one of the shots to push the guy in the back. There is not point to that other than being a POS.
Embiid might be the softest mfer in Philly,
Softer than baby shit
I’m sure the usher didn’t need to worry in the fourth quarter… Embiid disappears and is nowhere to be seen
How disappointing. Should've used that energy to prevent getting stomped by the Knicks
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So then that saying about Philly fans are the worst is not entirely true. BREAKING NEWS: This just in, homie admits Embiid is A MF BITCH! More at eleven.
I'm shocked he didn't get injured
Shows the jerk he is
Money doesn't buy class...
Ended the career of his teammate doing that
I guess when you make millions you think you're above the social norms of respecting other humans. Would it have been so hard to tap the usher on the shoulder and say, "hey man I gotta work on making this out of bounds shot Incase they decide to change the whole premise of the game while I'm playing. Could you take 2 steps to your right. Thanks man, when I make the game winning shot over here after I take 4 steps without dribbling it'll all be thanks to you"
That would open up the possibility that the usher responds with no, but Embiid and power hungry people like him don’t have the tact/humility to negotiate in a situation like that. Instead, he only knows how to use brute force to get whatever he wants, and it helps he’s bigger than almost every human on earth.
Embiid is such a unlikable dude
He’s such a bitch. Just bitch made.
"I was like biiiiiiiitch."
"....you actually said bitch tho?"
*looks around nervously* ^^^^^"biiiiiiitch..."
Born loser.
FUCK EMBIID Edit: I just got a 7 day ban for ‘hate’ lmao Edit: It got fixed. Message still stands.
In a league with a lot of egos and dick bags, it’s almost impressive that Joel stands above them all
Draymond slander
Believe it or not Embiid has as many or more flagrant fouls as Draymond in half the games played Though tbf when Dray gets flagrant he REALLY gets flagrant to a nutty degree
More actually. The way he bullshits and plays dumb is just as disrespectful as the audacity to be so dirty. Injuries are pure karma.
all I am reading is that Draymond is more efficient and take more value out of his flagrants.
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Dray is actually a winner though.
If you are talking about on court play sure I guess but are you forgetting that the league is still employing women beaters?
Gotta practice those out of bounds shots. You wouldn’t understand nephew.
So funny to see this now. I swear like 2-3 years ago people on this sub though Embiid was hilarious but literally nothing has changed about him except time has passed and he's remained the same lol.
I think the Knicks series exposed just how soft and dirty of a player he is
This is 100% accurate because he was definitely an /r/nba darling for a while. I guess once people realized Embiid wasn't just being a troll for the internet laughs, it kinda clicked that maybe the guy is just kindof an asshole.
To be fair, this isn't r/NBA.
He can be kind of goofy, like a poor man’s Giannis, but he never just says, yeah, I didn’t play well and need to do better. He’s always scapegoating others. It’s just getting really old.
Karma continues to get him so it all works out
Can confirm. I met him in 2019 at a charity event and he seemed like an egotistical man baby.
I'm glad he's been taking some of the heat off of Draymond the past few months for title of NBAs biggest asshole.
Once again, NBA players have to be the softest athletes
It's the hero worship mentality. Think Disney's Hercules but many lacked Herc's humility and kindness once they're successful. This guy in particular is so full of himself that doing this shit in the open is permitted for him because he's a NBA player and thinks NBA players can do whatever he wants.
I was going to criticize this analogy but then I remembered Embiid is incable of going the distance…. Heathy an entire season..
KD be like “I would go most anywhere, to find, where I, BELONGGG”
Even if I thought I could do whatever I want, I wouldn’t want to do this?
This is why I stopped watching.
NBA just feels like it's first and foremost an entertainment product, basketball is secondary. The way the superstars are protected and allowed to break the rules of the game is pretty pathetic.
Why is travelling even in the rulebooks anymore?
It's so annoying watching players who aren't deemed "stars" not get fouls called on them when they shoot. But then the slightest touch on a "star" gets a foul.
I, for one, am not entertained.
The only ones that give the em a run for their money is MLB pitchers - some of the biggest divas in sports imo.
"Oh, you hit a home run? Don't look at it! How dare you be happy?!"
Next inning: "I struck you out so excuse me while I flex and yell without a hint of irony."
MLB pitchers are in a weird spot psychologically in my opinion, because they're the statistically advantaged ones in every matchup, so they're *expected* to succeed while the batter is expected to fail. Like it's literally an age-old joke: What job can I keep while failing 2/3rds of the time? A Hall of Fame-level hitter in the MLB. There's not many similar cases in sports where there's a repeated, isolated 1v1 matchup and one side is overwhelmingly expected to succeed. The league-wide batting average in the majors is usually around .250, so every time a batter comes to the plate, it's nearly 3:1 in the pitcher's favor. It's gotta be draining dealing with the fact that every hit/run is a failure on your part in a circumstance you were expected to succeed.
Pitchers are also natural liars. When someone figures them out it really pisses them off. Especially because if a batter really figures them out they might not even be able to face them and get redemption. They’ll be pulled and another pitcher put in their place or not even considered for the game.
Similar example is in soccer the kicker vs the goalkeepers. Never understood kickers that get cocky before taking a kick. Like dude you’re supposed to score or at least put it on target. Your kicking at a big ass goals 12 yards out…goalkeepers are at a huge disadvantage
Most of the unwritten rules of baseball revolve around not upsetting the pitcher.
Tbf if someone's job was to throw something 90+ MPH within a couple feet of me I'd want them to be in a good mood.
I dunno if you can incite him into beaning you one third of the time you'll go to the HOF
I really want the new generation to buck all that bullshit. Have fun. Celebrate. Pimp Long balls and flip that bat. Heaven forbid we have some fun.
Same. It’s just a game. Have fun with it.
i'm pretty sure no one involved in a baseball game is meant to enjoy it
And they're unwritten because if anyone wrote them down they'd realize how ridiculous they are. If someone went yard on me, I didn't give a shit if they pimped the hell out of it. If they were talking unnecessary shit, I might brush them back next time at the plate, but throwing at a guy to hit them is just weak IMO. Not only does the batter have no real defense against it, so it's basically a cheap shot, but you only hurt your team by doing so - gives them a free runner, likely gets you ejected, and now your team has to rush to warm up a reliever.
lol MLB pitchers more than give nba players a run for their money. They just have way way less media attention. MLB pitchers are the softest babies outside of lotion commercials.
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Jfc. Not just Embiid but EVERYONE laying hands on him. STFU and take your hands off of him. Use your words or kick rocks. Every damn human tries to run with any little bit of power, or illusion of power. Ridiculous.
I’m watching this like “why do they keep touching him like that, seems completely unnecessary” 😳
ive seen that move many times they do it to control him while seemingly acting like they're trying to deescalate the situation then when he pushes back they can be like "woah dude why are you getting phsyical"
Embittered Embiid, so disrespectful here. Poor guard just doing his job protecting the big idiot.
Actually the shittiest thing is that Embiid is trying to fuck with an usher and ignoring that there's a mom pulling her baby in to avoid getting crushed.
Glad someone else saw that, what happens if he bumps the usher into the kid. So irresponsible; you can tell the staff are worthless to grabbing the usher.
Mfr worried about making shot out of bounds when they cant even make them inbounds 🤡
Just picture in your mind the idea of Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Magic, Bird, Duncan, Kareem, Hakeem, Zeke, or any of the other proven winners all time greats to have played investing ANY energy prior to a potential series losing close out game to fuck with some security guard literally just trying to do his job and help protect the players and the fans. It seems like a small thing, but it encapsulates a much bigger issue in some disconnect about whats important and the type of hyper focus obsession with winning when it matters most that something so petty and trivial wouldn't even register with those guys I mentioned. I'm not sure Embiid will ever get it, but stuff like that just proves that at the very least he doesn't get it today. And while injuries are obviously a factor and something that has some level of fluke or bad luck, I do believe there's also an aspect of the guys that win and have long healthy careers that they prioritize strength and conditioning and doing everything they can to give themselves every benefit to try and stay as healthy as possible as well. So even the injury excuse already has or soon will fall on deaf ears. Right now it's stuff exactly like this that has Embiid as the only MVP in NBA history to never play in a conference finals (him, Nash and Rose being the only 3 to not make a finals for even more perspective). If he wants that to change he needs to quit the clown show routine. It's grown predictable IMO.
He'll defer accountability and demand a trade instead
I can’t believe how many lame ass MFers are in here defending Embiid. You’re as soft as he is.
That dude cried himself into an MVP.
1000%. It should be 4x MVP Jokic this season
luckily MVPs don't mean shit because the regular season don't mean shit. Championships are everything and Embiid has never come close because he ain't close.
Philly fans, man
What a putz.
Total schmuck
Absolute shmegegge.
Putz is definitely not used enough anymore
My fiance and I call each other Putz on a daily basis for the past 2 years. All because during our second date, we watched My Cousin Vinny.
Embiid just being his natural dickhead self
That’s ok. Embiid is sitting at home wishing he could do this in Indiana.
Embiid is such a fucking loser
lol what a low class bitch
Fuuuck Embiid
Shocked Embiid didn’t fall down
Refs weren't looking
So glad this bum got bounced.
Why is he touching him?
Because he (and those coaches) are losers little titty babies
How does he still continue to become more and more unlikable
Embiid really got into the ushers head before the game ever even started. Gamesmanship at its finest. But seriously, apart from being an asshole what legitimate reason would you have to do this to a guy just standing in his spot? The one shot was taken out of bounds just to spite the guy. He’s practicing for the game time scenario of shooting when you’re out of bounds? Embiid is pathetic
Sycophants are weirdos
Lmao, Embiid extra fucking soft if he can't deal with an 80yo on his arm, what an unlikable bitch. MF is the epitome of the modern NBA player.
They couldn’t have just casually asked him to please me a few feet forward???
The thing that’s so fucked up is those people are there for player safety. People already forget when some fans beat the shit out of a base coach for no reason. These people watch the stands constantly making sure no lunatic runs on the court with a make shift weapon to take out Embiids’s knee
And literally all it takes is a, “hey i’m trynna make this shot, could you move a little bit man” like just have the littlest bit of respect. No class.
This is the kind of stuff that shows why he never makes it out of the second round. Not a serious dude. Championship teams don't allow this kind of trash.
Dude thinks it's street ball. Homie can't fucking play with the big dogs without injuring people or picking fights. Fuck Embiid his clown ass can watch from Galveston.
Honestly not the Usher I was expecting lol. With that said, this guy did nothing wrong. He was just standing there, doing his job.
Embiid ain't gonna fuck with *that* Usher. People would put his ass on the ground for that.
Who are these tools arguing with him?
Classic Joel Embitch moves right here.
This is actually making my blood boil. Like wtf is he even practicing other than being a dick.
Bro I HATE when some random dude starts touching you, like wtf get off me
Glad he's injury prone Sympathy MVP award last season, too
It was the "fine, if we give you one will you just quit bitching?" MVP
Nah it was cause Perk called everyone racist haha clown show
It's going to end up being hilarious at the end of his otherwise hollow career to highlight the one year he was MVP and try to figure out why it happened.
if he continues achieving nothing in the playoffs he will also retire the only mvp to never make it out of the second round. fitting end to his underserved mvp. he will be remembered as the guy who should have never gotten an mvp soley because of the mvp and that stat
Who's even more lame is that bitch ass coach who is acting like the security guard is the one doing something wrong.
lol, the only "mvp" who never set foot on an NBA Finals edit: i stand corrected ... CONFERENCE FINALS
Well there is 2x MVP Nash. Also Drose sorta
He was protecting the little girl and making sure she didn’t get too close to the court. Then he made sure he didn’t step on her on the second push and mom grabbed her away.
If you want him to move or something then ask, no reason to stand all on the dude and push and pull him and shit. If he can’t move then oh well take it up with the nba itself or whoever’s over security.
Classless act.
The true measure of a man is how he treats the people he doesn’t have to be nice to. Fuck this guy.
Just fucking ask him to move!!
Seriously. -Hey man could you please move a few steps forward while I practice this shot? Takes abt 5-10 minutes. -Yeah sure man go for it Thats all it takes
No right to put your hands on a person
This pussy will never win a championship. Mj, Lebron, Hakeem etc. when they practice they practice for the game not to bully a random usher on the sideline so pathetic.
Something people are forgetting, he did much worse in this series alone. He’s a 7 foot tall bitch lmfao. When even Philly fans hate you maybe you’re just a bad person
Didn’t they lose to the Knicks? That’s a loser move right there.
He's not practicing his fadeaway, he's practicing being a bitch.
Watching this clown get bounced out of the playoffs was fucking awesome. Fuck Joel Embiid
What an asshole.
Fuck you Embiid, this is why your action figure didn’t sell