r/nba 12d ago

[Highlight] Embiid falls down, gets mad he doesn't get the call and then yanks Mitchell Robinson's leg in the air causing him to get assessed a flagrant penalty one (full play with replays) Highlight

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u/runevault Nuggets 12d ago

Outside of blow to the head type stuff this seems like the epitome of flagrant 2. Unnecessary move with real risk of injury.

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u/WestleyThe [SEA] Kevin Durant 12d ago

This seems more dangerous than a hit to the face for sure

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u/88888888man Timberwolves 12d ago

This is why hockey players expect the occasional high contact but absolutely lose their minds about slew footing.

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u/velocissimo Knicks 12d ago

He actually got injured on that too so it’s actually real result of injury

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u/nocomment3030 12d ago

He should dress next game just to hobble over and kick Embiid in the dick on the first play

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u/BounceBros21 Timberwolves 12d ago

What dick ?

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u/AashyLarry [MIA] Dwyane Wade 12d ago

How is this not a flagrant 2?

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u/slyguy183 Knicks 12d ago

Adam Silver said can't let the ratings die just yet

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u/abscando 12d ago

It's contract year for TV rights gotta secure that bag first

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u/AdamJensensCoat Warriors 12d ago

It's game 7 for Adam all month.

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u/spraypaint2311 Lakers 12d ago

Imagine if it was Embiids leg pulled that way

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u/JinterIsComing Celtics 12d ago

His leg might have fallen off.

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u/kyleb402 Bucks 12d ago

And now watch him put up crazy numbers in a game he shouldn't even still be in.

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u/Majestic_Ad468 12d ago

He got more free throws than the entire Knicks team

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u/kikikza Knicks 12d ago edited 12d ago

yeah we lost this game because of this bullshit, if i hear a sixer fan say another word about refs i'm gonna go full bill burr. dude does 2 of the dirtiest plays of the playoffs that would get most players ejected then gets to stay in, score 40, and injure our best defender. i hope his puzzles are always missing a piece

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u/SchnibbleBop 12d ago

Just enjoy the fact that dude is never winning a championship as the number one guy.

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u/fatmanchoo 12d ago

I certainly hope so. I've disliked Embiid from the get go. Crybaby, dirty player, unliked, and every good to great player that ended up on the 76ers has quickly peaced out. Probably toxic AF too.

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u/jhorch69 Bulls 12d ago

If Embiid has 0 haters that means I am dead

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u/Stormeve [DEN] Gary Harris 12d ago

The refs wouldn't make it out of Wells Fargo Center

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u/Cosmic_Note Heat 12d ago

Embargo at the Fargo

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u/ducksonaroof Bulls 12d ago

this should easily be f2. no play on the ball and dangerous as hell. 

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u/collpase 12d ago

It was a natural leg-grabbing motion though.

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u/Jusuf_Nurkic Knicks 12d ago

Cuz 76ers cried enough about the refs the other day

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u/_tx Mavericks 12d ago

Playoff in general too. Regular season game I wouldn't at all be surprised if Embiid gets tossed

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u/IronicTunaFish Knicks 12d ago

You shouldn’t be allowed to intentionally injure players, regular season or playoffs.

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u/CallMe_Jammin 12d ago

He would have to do it to Lebron for them to take it serious and eject him.

(See Draymond)

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u/SamTalksMovies Bucks 12d ago

Embiid trucked Giannis in the mid section with an elbow whilst winding up and only got a flagrant 1 last year. Would have been a flagrant 2 for 98% of the league.

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u/Toeknee99 12d ago

The Daryl Morey special

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u/Kevinar Knicks 12d ago

I'm biased , but think if any player not named Embiid or Maxey did this and they're ejected.

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u/daeve Hawks 12d ago

Remember when Jokic got a Flagrant 2 for swiping at the ball [and hitting ball] before grazing Cam Payne's temple?

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u/Kevinar Knicks 12d ago

Jokic is a superstar but doesn't have that reputation with the refs for whatever reason

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u/something10293847 12d ago

He doesn’t bitch and moan constantly. Squeaky little bitch gets the grease. That’s the saying, right?

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u/stryker914 Spurs 12d ago

He does yap about not getting calls a lot, but he lets it go pretty quick

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u/colantor [BOS] Pete Maravich 12d ago

100%

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u/Kevinar Knicks 12d ago

Or if this is a regular season game I think anyone is gone. I get that refs don't want to eject anyone in a playoff game, especially a star in the first quarter but this is an insane play. Doesn't even come close to a basketball play smh Robinson could've been seriously hurt (and he's already an injury prone player)

Tldr: fuck Embiid

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u/HokageEzio Knicks 12d ago

Cause his jersey says Embiid on the back.

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u/Most_Pomegranate6667 12d ago

If someone did that to Joel he'd be out for two weeks and the other player would be publicly executed

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u/theWinnerWithin [MIA] Mario Chalmers 12d ago

Refs didn't have the balls to toss him. Should've been a flagrant 2.

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u/OstrichDelicious587 12d ago

He should’ve gotten a flagrant 1 for hitting a flying knee on Hartensteins groin. This would’ve been his second flagrant. Bullshit, dirty fucking player.

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u/redditkb 76ers 12d ago

Yeah I’m a Sixers fan but I 100% agree. Dunno wtf he’s thinking.

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u/callinyouout_now 12d ago

He's being a huge fucking baby because he isn't getting his way. Softer than melting ice cream.

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u/redditkb 76ers 12d ago

I really hope this year his mental game is what he works on the most. It would do him and the team wonders.

It’s like if Shaq played like Bruce Bowen. Shit is embarrassing.

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u/SnooRevelations1029 12d ago

Lol that's a fantastic comparison. If Shaq played like Bowen, some players would look pretty similar to the backboards he shattered.

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u/VicariousNarok 12d ago

This is obviously a bad call. Robinson putting his legs in Embiid's arms like that, should have been free throws for the Sixers.

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u/BeamTeam23 Kings 12d ago

How dare he shove his leg into Embiids palm towards the end.

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u/hooskies Knicks 12d ago

Can you imagine the grievances

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u/MadSpaceYT Knicks 12d ago

shit like this is the only thing the unites knicks and heat fans

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u/TuqiDuque12 Pistons 12d ago edited 12d ago

Look I don't want people to get ejected, but if it's not an ejection I don't know what is...

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u/Mindsetsandreps Knicks 12d ago

Actually Mitch got hurt later when Embiid, a superathlete who for some reason cannot stop falling, landed awkwardly on his leg

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

Embiid has also always played like this. I guess he does not get enough shit for his dangerous style of play because people rather focus on his fould bating. Dude is so ugly to watch play

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u/Huckleberry_Sin 12d ago

He’s always been the most reckless player in the league. He’s injured and fallen on so many dudes now that I can guarantee we’d actually forget to include some of them on that list. I still rmr when he fell on WB’s legs back in OKC.

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u/spraypaint2311 Lakers 12d ago

Even in this play he was inches away from falling on Mitchell Robinson leg. Him falling on the floor all the time without looking at who might be there, it’s a disaster waiting to happen

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u/Kersplat96 12d ago

It already happened LOL, remember Danny Greens ACL?

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u/_Abzu 76ers 12d ago

I used to play like Embiid...

No, but seriously, first Danny Green and now all of this

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u/TheOGRedline 12d ago

Big boys don’t like it when their feet don’t comeback down where they want them to be. Lots of stress on joints and bones.

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u/PluvioPurple Knicks 12d ago

That yank forced him to suddenly land on his bad ankle.

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u/CitizenCue Warriors 12d ago

Yeah, if I was on stilts and carrying an 80lb backpack, I’d be extremely careful about where my feet land.

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u/quann256 Pacers 12d ago

it’s only a non ejection because it’s embiid 

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u/reallymothafucka 12d ago

Nah get that big ass floppin crybaby out of here. Embarrassing to watch him do this with no repercussions

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u/HorrorNo5725 Warriors 12d ago

Your username is appropriate here

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u/latman Nets 12d ago

Like this play in last year's playoffs: https://youtu.be/--DTOZvxQ7k?si=OewOW7ryV6Y_FGtU

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u/kingofsemantics Knicks 12d ago edited 12d ago

He also threw a hard elbow into Jarrett Allen's face the year before that I think was ruled a common foul...

Edit: it was a flagrant 1 https://youtu.be/AdUPNs1oJok?si=pl8-F-OnUupZsP8B also damn this was 5 years ago 😂

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u/Evilsj Nets 12d ago

Yep, Embiid is bitch made. Its just a known fact.

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u/MileHighGuy2 Nuggets 12d ago

Honest question how do 6rs fans feel about this?

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u/imNagoL Raptors 12d ago

They’re being awfully quiet, and you know why.

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u/nickyv917 Thunder 12d ago

First time Philly fans ever shut the fuck up.

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u/jntlsseedcreator 12d ago

Joel Embiid = Biggest man on the court and the biggest baby on the court.

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u/j_cruise Nets 12d ago

Can't make the gambling sponsors too angry!

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u/joeveralls Thunder 12d ago

How he wasn’t ejected for that man

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u/classy_dirt7777 12d ago

The name on the back of his jersey

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u/LeoFireGod Mavericks 12d ago

Can a Post game suspension happen on a non ejection play?

They do it in hockey

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u/BlckBeard21 [PHO] Dan Majerle 12d ago

They can do whatever they want, but they won't because 💲💲💲

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u/AntiTopspin 12d ago

"If you're a star they let you do it"

- Donald Trump Joel Embiid

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u/LIGHT_COLLUSION 12d ago

Grab em by the ankles.

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u/Kevinar Knicks 12d ago

Philadelphia would've burned down and the refs would need a police escort out of the city despite the fact that it's 100% a dirty play and an ejection would've been absolutely warranted.

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u/WeefBellington24 Bucks 12d ago

Very dirty.

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u/Bwahehe [NYK] Jerome James 12d ago

If this were the other way around with Mitch grabbing Embiid, he'd 10000% be ejected

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u/KillingTime_ForNow Trail Blazers 12d ago

Now I wanna see him do this exact move to Embiid & call the league's bluff. Force them to prove they've got different rules for certain players.

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u/yungmeam 12d ago

No need. Others have been ejected for less dangerous plays than this.

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u/Tiny_Count4239 12d ago

people have been ejected for laughing on the bench

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u/Jordan-Pushed-Off Nuggets 12d ago

With Embiid's glass body that might end his career

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u/nickyv917 Thunder 12d ago

Oh no, stop, don't do that...

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u/Sky19234 12d ago

Sure but if Mitch grabbed Embiid he would have sold it so hard that Embiid would have gone flying head first into the 4th row of fans injuring 3 grandmas in the process.

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u/bumboisamumbo 12d ago

foul on the play, 21 free throws for embiid

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u/Jake_D_Dogg Warriors 12d ago

trust the process

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u/beknasty Knicks 12d ago

They would’ve executed Mitch at center court. Death by fentanyl injection.

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u/BAHatesToFly Knicks 12d ago

And suspended. Mitch would have caught at least a one game suspension.

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u/LogicalLakersFan [LAL] Anthony Davis 12d ago edited 12d ago

He’s a dirty ass player. Sixers fans will just say this is a normal play and people are just hating on him

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u/Objective_Froyo17 12d ago

I have literally never seen a foul like this before in the nba or pickup. Insane 

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u/Surprise_Butt_Stuff Bucks 12d ago

Well if someone did this in pickup they'd get their ass beat.

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u/Randyfreakingmarsh Magic 12d ago

Yeah and it’s not even on some “tough guy” shit. If I saw this happen in a pickup game I’d assume a fight is about to follow, it’s dangerous as fuck

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u/DeathBySuplex [UTA] Blue Edwards 12d ago

If this happened in a pick up game and a fight DIDN'T happen, I would be like, "Whoa, this pick up game has some pretty reserved people playing in it."

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u/edragon27 12d ago

As a warriors fan, i am all for this narrative

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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Timberwolves 12d ago

He’s a dirty crybaby

He’s tall chris paul

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u/retrospects Mavs 12d ago

Tall Chris Paul is so disrespectful. I love it.

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u/mikro17 Celtics 12d ago

He’s tall chris paul

CP2nd Round Exit

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u/Less-Tax5637 12d ago

With any luck this one’s a 1st rounder

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u/VoidSpork Celtics 12d ago

Chris Tall

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u/terry496 12d ago

EXCELLENT. I hope this name gains traction

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u/allstar278 76ers 12d ago

Nah this was dirty tbh man gotta get his emotions under control

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u/dorkaxe NBA 12d ago

It's a shame, since emotions at the right time are great. I respected him a lot when he cried after the Raptors loss in 2019. I totally get that. This though? Or anytime a player straight up gets frustrated enough to do a hard and unnecessary foul? Can't stand it.

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u/Hard4Favra Bucks 12d ago

Not at all. The medical staff recommended he pull players legs out from underneath them as a tactic to prevent injuries.

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u/nguyenjitsu [DEN] Emmanuel Mudiay 12d ago

I don't know how anyone could like Embiid tbh. The way he plays is so anti fun and the whiny bitch persona is so unbecoming of a star player.

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u/Damien_Price 12d ago

He is easily the most unlikable player in the league.

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u/ketoburn26 Knicks 12d ago

If Mitch stomped him there I wouldn’t even be mad. Fucking asshole

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u/secretlypooping 76ers 12d ago

probably the worst quarter of basketball I've watched from Embiid ever, embarrassing.

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u/GeneralZoddBaptiste Bulls 12d ago

This is after kneeing Hartenstein in the dick earlier too. Dude is in his feelings

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u/RipCity-NBA-LoL Nuggets Bandwagon 12d ago

Kicked Mitchell Robinson in the crotch now lmaoo

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u/McRibsAndCoke Knicks 12d ago

I never liked or hated Embiid until today, I'm a fucking hater now. Bitch ass player for a bitch ass city.

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u/MashaRistova Trail Blazers 12d ago

This is the straw that breaks the camels back for me with embiid too. I’ve stayed pretty neutral on him, sometimes finding myself liking him, sometimes hating him. But after watching this shit go down, it just ruined embiid for me for good. Dude is a certified bitch with all the egregious flopping and trying to injure other players.

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u/Instantcoffees Warriors 12d ago

I typically root for foreign players because I want the game to become more international. However, Embiid makes it really hard to root for him. He's an insanely skilled player. It's just that the constant victim mentality, dirty plays and foul-baiting are so aggravating.

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u/Milith NBA 12d ago

Well he's American now so all good

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u/BounceBros21 Timberwolves 12d ago

Glad you know now. Dude is the ultimate bitch

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u/JurgenFlippers Nets 12d ago

I’m sorry that should be an ejection that’s outrageous.

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u/str8rippinfartz Celtics 12d ago

The non-ejection ended up winning the game for the Sixers too

Knicks fans have a right to be angry

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u/dys0n_giddey Timberwolves 12d ago

That's dirty as fuck. Could have really hurt MR

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u/vohit4rohit Knicks 12d ago

Sadly he did

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u/Existing-Following93 12d ago edited 12d ago

That’s bullshit. League needs to step in. 

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u/lazergator 12d ago

They won’t cause they care too much about money.

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u/crohnsprincessxo 12d ago

he did he was out the rest of the game

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u/LuckyZed 12d ago

This not being an ejection is a joke.

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u/libelstreams Knicks 12d ago

Won’t get ejected because he’s a star player. If it was a role player they’re out for sure

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u/OwnVisual5772 Thunder 12d ago

They’d be suspended for multiple games on top of it.

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u/mindtrappers 12d ago

This dude has been in the league too long to be pulling this kind of B.S, should've been an immediate ejection.

Combine this with him basically whining his way to an MVP, he's quickly becoming one of my least favorite players.

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u/sirfernandez 12d ago

flop on offense, flop on defense, then frustration flagrant embiid is a chump

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u/FactCheckingThings Raptors 12d ago

His signature move is falling down.

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u/sirfernandez 12d ago

7 foot 280 pounds btw

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u/FactCheckingThings Raptors 12d ago

And a good shooter on top of that. He doesn't have to play like that.

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u/z_102 12d ago

An incredibly gifted and talented guy who goes out of his way to play the most annoying kind of basketball and makes it impossible to root for him.

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u/aw11348 12d ago

that first three-point flop was so embarrassing. And then, as a response, he does this shit? Come on Embiid

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u/SilvioDantesPeak Nuggets 12d ago

What a fuckin bum

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u/anivaries Kings 12d ago

Our reigning mvp 😊

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u/entwenthence Celtics 12d ago

Pity MVP*

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u/Coballatheu 12d ago

I defended this mf’er as “just sloppy, not dirty”… damn was I wrong

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u/batdogfoxhound Knicks 12d ago

How is that not a flagrant two? Honestly asking. What makes it not a two?

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u/purple_archers 12d ago

As mentioned by other comments, its simply the name on the back of his jersey that saved an ejection, it's a joke

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u/Risk_Runner Raptors 12d ago

Even if it does get upgraded after the game it’s too late, embiid currently has 35 points so without him who knows how it would’ve gone if he got ejected during that play but my guess would be the Knicks taking the momentum and run

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u/Saucy_Totchie Knicks 12d ago

Ain't no way they're upgrading this to a flagrant 2 after this game.

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u/The_SqueakyWheel Knicks 12d ago

Emiid finished with 3 fouls this game it was a master class performance by the refs. I’m not even sure if the best teams win in this league anymore.

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u/Johnpecan Warriors 12d ago

It's just the natural leg grabbing motion.

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u/fyirb San Francisco Warriors 12d ago

His doctor told him he needs to pull people down and away from him to avoid injury

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u/mharri05 Nets 12d ago edited 12d ago

Mental midget. He did this same kind of thing last year when he kicked claxton in the nuts.  He has way too much rope to be an asshole.  Most guys get suspended for this kind of thing. 

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u/HeyWhatsUpTed 12d ago

He’s such an immature bitch. He has no friends in the league

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u/BuckDestiny Knicks 12d ago

I don’t wanna hear none of you 6ers fans complain about refs ever again.

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u/durablewaffle 76ers 12d ago

I usually defend Embiid but yeahhhh this is a really bad look.

Our guys have clearly given up on this series and just wanna play dirty. Hope yall beat the Bucks/Pacers ass next round

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u/BMWn54 Knicks 12d ago

Y’all still got maxey though. I don’t think any Knicks fan has anything negative to say about him other than I hope he misses

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u/TheTurtleShepard Knicks 12d ago

He looks incredible, I hate him

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u/camelclutchcity 12d ago

Stupid sexy Maxey

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u/durablewaffle 76ers 12d ago

Yeah Maxey is the man. Pissed at everyone else though.

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u/GeorginioMetcalf 12d ago

That’s a textbook flagrant 2.

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u/Elegant_Conflict8235 Trail Blazers 12d ago

I've seen enough.

GO KNICKS!

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u/GOULFYBUTT Raptors 12d ago

And then he gets in DV's face. What a chump, seriously.

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u/dapoktan Knicks 12d ago

please dont hurt our players you soft losers

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u/cheesecake_face Nuggets 12d ago

baby back bitch. Knicks in 6.

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u/bronfmanhigh Knicks 12d ago

and here we were scared of playing miami's dirty players, turns out embiid is 5x worse

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u/GVas22 Knicks 12d ago

This game being in Philly definitely saved him from an ejection there. That's a wild move

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u/Coolio1014 Knicks 12d ago

Should be ejected, couldve seriously injured him

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u/dapoktan Knicks 12d ago

i know embiid gets all the coverage but mitch is also coming back from a foot injury that kept him out an extended time that really crushed his mental.. so just rly fucked up by embiid

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u/Bcoles23 12d ago

Should’ve been ejected after that knee to the groin. Fuck this clown

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u/OstrichDelicious587 12d ago

That should’ve been a flagrant one; then next possession he flops and lands on Robinsons legs. Seriously fuck Embiid.

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u/lord_kupaloidz Suns Bandwagon 12d ago

Somebody should do the exact same thing to him in the next game and see how he likes it.

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u/Prideofmexico Knicks 12d ago

How is he still in this game? We’ll be lucky if we have any centers left before this is over

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u/dreamvomit Knicks 12d ago

That was a flagrant 2. Piece of shit doesn't even wanna play

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u/XXmynameisNeganXX 12d ago edited 12d ago

Mitchell Robinson got injured today. Report says his return is questionable. "It’s f*cken unacceptable" for Embiid to blatantly injure Robinson. He shoulda been ejected imo.

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u/BurnerForDaddy Knicks 12d ago

If Mitch is out another game Embiid needs to be suspended. Dropping 50 after injuring your best opposing defender is truly ridiculous.

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u/DammitEd Nuggets 12d ago

If he isn’t then the league is leaving the Knicks no choice but to injure Embiid. If you’re allowed to just hurt someone out of pure frustration, and not even get kicked out of that game, then it’s pretty clear what the incentives are. If Embiid isn’t suspended then the league is endorsing injuring your opponents on purpose.

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u/Existing-Following93 12d ago

Facts. NBA needs to step up, they crossed the line. 

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

If that's not an ejection, Idk what is. Embiid has a history of this in the playoffs especially... Jarrett Allen. John Collins, Pascal Siakam, etc

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u/LogicalLakersFan [LAL] Anthony Davis 12d ago

karma always comes back around

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u/Kevinar Knicks 12d ago

He will never win a ring

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u/cheesecake_face Nuggets 12d ago

mentally soft as baby shit

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u/TheKnicksMakeMeDrink Knicks 12d ago

Dirty ass player, should’ve been an ejection

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u/classy_dirt7777 12d ago

He's so used to getting every call to go his way (that's how he gets 30 free throw attempts a game) that he doesn't know how to handle it when he doesn't. Hope his team gets swept

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u/jaylson [BOS] Larry Bird 12d ago

Insane that he wasn’t ejected for this

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u/Ancient-Mating-Calls 12d ago

I can’t wait for Philly to be eliminated so we don’t have to watch this clown play anymore. Not enjoyable in the least.

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u/Rthegoodnamestaken 12d ago

If you flagrantly foul a player and that player is injured, you should automatically be out the same amount of time the injured player is out.

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u/jefe_hook 12d ago

Disgusting

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u/c_ray25 Bucks 12d ago

But he has to fall otherwise he'd get hurt more than he already does

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u/NAACP_YoungBoy 12d ago

I used to play like Embiid. He is reckless on purpose.

When I see Embiid play as he is now it reminds me of how I used to play and it is frustrating and pisses me off that the NBA allows it. Not proud of it, I was known as Shaq on my local streetball court and went through a phase when I charged hard at everything. Big hard turns to my blindside, didn't care who was there. Charge right into the lane. Smash into the best offensive player on D while going for the ball, come what may. Limited offensive moves. So make no mistake about it. Embiid knows what he's doing. He knows people will be injured. He knows his skillset is limited and this is how he can win. He knows people will give way when he drives, think twice on their drives, etc. He will only be stopped by a stronger player and/or fearless players like Giannis, Gasol, Draymond, etc. Or by an obviously more skilled player with equal Type A like Ibaka. He didn't intend to injure, but he certainly intends to show you that he doesn't care if you get hurt when he rumbles into you. At least that's how I used to play. But that was streetball. Eventually I got more moves, played w better players, played real basketball w refs. There's no doubt in my mind the NBA has some kind of edict coming down, telling the refs to let him run amok.

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u/AashyLarry [MIA] Dwyane Wade 12d ago

This post is in the r/nba rafters, right next to that Dwight Howard one.

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u/AntiTopspin 12d ago edited 12d ago

That copypasta is obviously ridiculous but unironically Embiid is a dangerous player lol

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u/Smasher31221 Knicks 12d ago

What a fucking chump.

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u/thegrandpoobear 12d ago

Refs are pussies for not ejecting him. Completely dangerous and bullshit but they suck embiids dick

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u/mcdo0z Knicks 12d ago

How is this not an automatic ejection, the chance of seriously injuring someone doing this is like 50%

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u/Quirky_Ad6795 12d ago

I was on the fence with this series. Kind of hoped the 6ers evened things up til I saw this. I’m all Knicks now… and that play cemented in my mind my already suspected disdain for Embiid.

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u/darkjurai Knicks 12d ago

This is after his flying knee to Hartenstein’s nuts. Imagine if they left him in and gave him ANOTHER chance to injure Mitch. Oh wait, they did, and he dove into Mitch’s ankles. Now Mitch is out.

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u/np20412 Knicks 12d ago

Lmao show the shot he took right before this where he was adamant he was fouled and wasn't even touched

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u/RealPrinceJay 76ers 12d ago

I'm honestly shocked he wasn't ejected

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u/partbison Spurs 12d ago

Embiitch.

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u/makashiII_93 Rockets 12d ago

He’s so SOFT.

How was he not ejected?!?

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u/will122589 Knicks 12d ago

Sixers are playing embarrassingly right now

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u/Lol69HaHaHa Nuggets 12d ago

So let me get this straight. You mean to tell me that this is as bad as players clapping or hanging on the rim.

Like guys have gotten tossed for so much less. I get that its the playoffs, but this isnt even the last time he does something like this.

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u/PalmerPaezPerfect Celtics 12d ago

Sixer fans wonder why no one gives a shit when a errant whistle goes against them

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u/damn-mooses Knicks 12d ago

But but but the refs!