As the Boston Celtics were defeating the Miami Heat Wednesday night, Joel Embiid had a bit of fun at the expense of NBA fans on Twitter. As the game was happening, the Philadelphia 76ers star just casually tweeted “Miami needs another Star.”
Just letting a line like that dangle out there on social media is going to get some attention. As his nickname suggests, some felt Embiid was trolling. Others felt Embiid may have been putting it out there that he’s a star and maybe he’d be a great fit in Miami while everybody else brought the popcorn.
You can hear the messy laugh he let out as he pushed tweet https://t.co/X95WEHHYr3
— Zito (@_Zeets) May 26, 2022
and philly needs harden to stop playing like he’s coming off the bench in a pickup game at the YMCA https://t.co/Sgro8mlkoY
— Hayley McGoldrick (@GoldieOnSports) May 26, 2022
But the Dolphins already got Tyreek Hill https://t.co/By7ZIvNTr0
— BetMGM
(@BetMGM) May 26, 2022
“I’ve never made the conference finals but please talk about me on radio, podcasts, TV tomorrow” – Joel Embiid https://t.co/STftSEILBI
— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) May 26, 2022
He was 100% talking about Inter Miami CF. It will get people fired up though https://t.co/d3Hj92dwaO
— Tyrone Johnson (@TyJohnsonNews) May 26, 2022
I won’t say Embiid will spend his entire career in Philadelphia but I wouldn’t think the guy who has trusted the process the most out of anybody would decide he wanted to leave now. And if he did, he probably wouldn’t go about with that by taking it to social media. Anyway, after about 20 minutes, Embiid posted a follow-up, seemingly toward the people who were taking him seriously.
Troel on!