First Take: Embiid the only MVP to not reach the Conference Finals

[eyeatoma]

Most fraudulent season in NBA history.

He played 39% of his games this year against teams that won 27 or fewer games.
He played 62% of his games this year at home.
He went back into several games late into garbage time to stat pad his silly 30/10 streak, which is why he got hurt.

He is the absolute definition of empty stats.

Lol that's why he destroyed your MVp the last two times they played each other.

[Chokic]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

[DLTGWH]

Maybe Embiid should spent less time complaining to refs and talking about how much better the sixers are than the teams they are playing and spend more time working on his body. Guys looks like a 7 ft pile of baby sh&t.

[Exp0sed]

Heard it on First Take. Joel Embiid is the ONLY MVP to have never been to a conference final.

Just a remarkable record.

I'm far from an Embiid fan but he was not the problem in that series. He was the Sixers best player by a large margin against the Knicks.

Maxey IMO.

Lol, what? Embiitch was pretty bad in that series and atrocious in the 4th quarter all series long. Maxey had the better series for sure.

Here's a few noteworthy stats:
Joe L played 248 mins in the series and he had a "whopping" 46 defensive rebounds, that's abysmal for a Center his size and frame think about it like this - that's a defensive rebound every 5.4 mins on the court, vs. a team that god knows, bricked alot of shots. he was awful on the defensive glass..

He shot 44% from the field and 33% from 3 on large volume - that's atrocious for a #1 option in 2024

33 ppg might sound like alot but it isn't worth much when it comes at this efficiency and loads of turnovers and it vanishes completely in the 4th quarter, lmfao

Also let's not forget his only high scoring and efficient game, came after he intentionally injured his best defender. How many of those pts did he have before his dirty foul and how many after?

On defense, as always his highlights are phenomenal but they get leveled out by all the plays he isn't even getting back on D, lack of focus, taking plays off and getting dominated on the defensive boards



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[Johnny Firpo]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

1. Again, there is no debate, everyone outside of Philly thinks Jokic is the significantly better player.

2. You are living in an alternate world.

[Biff]

This is the kind of stat that's only interesting post-retirement. I don't care about legacy records of this type when a player is mid-career.

He's 30 and nothing but injury prone. His chances of making the conference finals dwindle every year. I find it an interesting stat given his age. If he was 25 yeah not interesting but he's not.

[Biff]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

[KnixtapeH20]

Joel Embiid had one heck of a playoff series for the Sixers this year given the fact that he was playing injured. Much respect for Embiid.

For a guy that's been injured so much in his career you'd think HE would have respect for other players safety and not be such a scumbag trying to injure opposing players just bc he doesn't like competition

Mitch had him in jail

[Exp0sed]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

Not even close. Does his injuries suddenly flare up in the 4th quarter? lol

He was fine when he dominated scrub tanking teams late in the rs, he was fine when he injured Mitch and went on a scoring spree and he was fine in those abysmal 4th quarters, it's who he is

Harris, r u serious? Philly has comparable role players to Denver. Harris would be much much better alongside Jokic

Embiitch is a low i.q, low motor, ball hog and chucker who does nothing offensively off the ball to contribute to his team (aside from offensive rebounding)

Harris is also a pretty low i.q guy, pair him with Jokic, the best floor general all time and you'd discover an entirely different player

Tell me something, how come playoff Jimmy Butler didn't show up next to Embiid despite being closer to his prime than he is now?

[famicommander]

Most fraudulent season in NBA history.

He played 39% of his games this year against teams that won 27 or fewer games.
He played 62% of his games this year at home.
He went back into several games late into garbage time to stat pad his silly 30/10 streak, which is why he got hurt.

He is the absolute definition of empty stats.

Lol that's why he destroyed your MVp the last two times they played each other.

Go ahead and hang that banner. We all know there are no postseason banners in Embiid's future.

[NyKnicks1714]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

[Exp0sed]

Most fraudulent season in NBA history.

He played 39% of his games this year against teams that won 27 or fewer games.
He played 62% of his games this year at home.
He went back into several games late into garbage time to stat pad his silly 30/10 streak, which is why he got hurt.

He is the absolute definition of empty stats.

Lol that's why he destroyed your MVp the last two times they played each other.

Go ahead and hang that banner. We all know there are no postseason banners in Embiid's future.

Embiitch "destroyed" him by remote control or telekinesis i guess...seeing as PJ Tucker was the one guarding him and not Joe L. also, remind me when's the last time the Cameroonian clown played in Denver, 1996? lmfao

who would've thunk it, Embiid the "destroyer" lol, up to this point in his career his "destruction" has mostly been of himself, his own teams and all those towels he keeps drenching with his tears

meanwhile, Jokic hung the first banner in Nuggets history. I mean just the other week he casually dropped 28\16\10 on 60% from the field vs. LBJ and AD while Embiitch is buying plane tickets to Cancun (again)

[bledredwine]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

Preseason.

Regular season.

Playoffs.

Finals.

[Ambrose]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

That's weird, because there isn't a debate. Jokic is getting compared to the GOATs now. He's long since passed Joel for good. This is Jordan/Drexler all over again.

[Bank Shot]

Big Deron Williams > Chris Paul vibes from the Embiid guys.

[BelgradeNugget]

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

That's weird, because there isn't a debate. Jokic is getting compared to the GOATs now. He's long since passed Joel for good. This is Jordan/Drexler all over again.

Sorry it can't be Jordan/Drexler because Drexler led his team to the NBA finals 2 times before he won as 2nd option with Hakeem. Embiid never went out of 2nd round.

[losmi]

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

That's weird, because there isn't a debate. Jokic is getting compared to the GOATs now. He's long since passed Joel for good. This is Jordan/Drexler all over again.

Sorry it can't be Jordan/Drexler because Drexler led his team to the NBA finals 2 times before he won as 2nd option with Hakeem. Embiid never went out of 2nd round.

Yeah, Jokic/Embiid "debate" is much closer to Jokic/KAT, Jokic/Porzingis and Jokic/Jahlil Okafor debates from past few years than to Jordan/Drexler.

[AleksandarN]

Most fraudulent season in NBA history.

He played 39% of his games this year against teams that won 27 or fewer games.
He played 62% of his games this year at home.
He went back into several games late into garbage time to stat pad his silly 30/10 streak, which is why he got hurt.

He is the absolute definition of empty stats.

Lol that's why he destroyed your MVp the last two times they played each other.

Well that settles it Embiid won his championship. He can go home now. Or is it Cancun. Luckily Embiid bought a time share there with how frequently he visits.

[AleksandarN]

Basketball is played on both ends. There's a reason why two way players from guards to bigs are rated higher than one way players.

That's cool and all, however, literally no one in the world rates Embiid higher than Joker, other than Philly fans.

The reason there's even a debate is bc of embiids injuries. When both are fully healthy embiid has shown to be the superior player and has outplayed jokic majority of time when they go head to head. The accolades and team post season success is skewed bc of embiids injury and denvers stronger supporting cast. Unlike denver very rarely does phillys role players step up in post season. 0 pts from Tobias harris in a crucial game 6? Smh

I guess you don’t watch the playoffs. I can understand why when your Hero disappoints you every year. Maybe one day you can cheer him in the conference finals. Something to look forward to.

[Maf]

Most fraudulent season in NBA history.

He played 39% of his games this year against teams that won 27 or fewer games.
He played 62% of his games this year at home.
He went back into several games late into garbage time to stat pad his silly 30/10 streak, which is why he got hurt.

He is the absolute definition of empty stats.

Lol that's why he destroyed your MVp the last two times they played each other.

Yeah this is the reason we couldn´t enjoy our championship. Because Embiid beats us in regular season... Enjoy you vacation, Phily fans.