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.”
Miami needs another Star
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) May 26, 2022
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.
I'm sure we'll all be responsible with this tweet. https://t.co/IRVMJ7vQxl
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) May 26, 2022
It’s time to join us in Miami pic.twitter.com/P8F0aQOtD3
— 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙩𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 (@WadexFlash) May 26, 2022
JOIN US IN SOUTH BEACH pic.twitter.com/Py2yVNQWN7
— zoei 🇵🇭 (@bayareazoei) May 26, 2022
🙄 He’s bored, and yes he knows exactly what reaction this would get. #Troel https://t.co/m8tYhU1h8c
— Ike Reese (@Ike58Reese) May 26, 2022
Hi Joel, you're absolutely right. I think you'd be a perfect fit for the Miami Heat. It's a team you definitely will go places with much further than that current team of yours. You're the star that the Heat needs. What do you say?
— ChicoFilo (@ChicoFiloYT) May 26, 2022
👀 👀 pic.twitter.com/l4O9bvoUxT
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 26, 2022
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
And these uniforms. pic.twitter.com/YplbR14qdO
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) May 26, 2022
this thread gon be better than the playoffs
— . (@FutureNBA0wner) 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
— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) May 26, 2022
Just an impeccable sense of the moment. https://t.co/gqRyf0IXfd
— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) May 26, 2022
Daryl Morey reading Embiid's tweet about Miami… pic.twitter.com/skTbRW5FMw
— Rob Hodge (@RobHodge_) May 26, 2022
this tweet by itself is more entertaining than all of the conference finals games combined https://t.co/4waI3YStc2
— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) 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.
Ok y’all are stupid lmao😂😂😂😂
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) May 26, 2022
Troel on!
