Before making his Triple H entrance and crushing the collective spirit of the long-beaked birds last night, Joel Embiid was on the Dan Le Batard show and said that his celebrity crush is not who we think it is [transcription from Philly Voice]:

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LeBATARD: You’ve been pushing to make the All-Star Game. Is it true — is this a true story or are you making this up — that a woman, a famous woman, you were hitting on her and she said, “Come back when you’re an all-star?” Is that true of false?

EMBIID: It’s a true story. It’s not who everybody thinks it is. But the story is actually true.

LeBATARD: So it’s not Rihanna? Because everybody thinks it’s Rihanna.

EMBIID: No. [Laugh]

LeBATARD: OK, well I’m wondering who it is then. Why are you keeping her a secret?

EMBIID: I mean, if I make the All-Star Game, everyone’s going to find out who the woman is. But I think it’s just funny so that’s why I’ve been using that to get some more votes and people —

LeBATARD: Wait a minute, so you’re actually going to get a date with this woman and unveil this date if you do indeed make the All-Star Game?

EMBIID: Yeah. [Laugh]

LeBATARD: So you’re gonna get the date? You know you need— OK, so this is the first time this has ever been done in the history of the All-Star Game.

[Embiid continues to laugh]

STUGOTZ: What if he doesn’t make it this year and makes it next year and by next year she’s taken?

LeBATARD: Well, OK, wait a minute. What is going to happen there?

EMBIID: Uh, I think she’s going to have to leave her man for me because— she’s just going to have to leave her man for me. That’s how it goes. [Laugh]

Any guesses?

You can listen to the full interview here.