Joel Embiid just upended a lot of people’s productivity with three tweets:

What does it mean? What does any of this mean? Is he imploring to Damian Lillard to run from the grind?

No athlete in the city of Philadelphia has had fans by the balls like Joel Embiid has them by the balls. His tweets move nations. People stir up group chats with them. He sets an entire city ablaze with a simple tap of the send button and laughs maniacally in his kitchen. People can only imagine and long for the feeling of power he has in 280 characters or less. He tweets a picture of toilet paper and it’s a national news story. Nine words over three tweets and guys stop talking to their girlfriends, men ignore their wives and children. What does it mean? What does any of this mean?

P.S. something to watch from a verified Twitter account that has no affiliation with NBA reporting, but is oddly specific. This is the trade deadline folks! We’ve come a long way since Michael Carter-Williams for a first rounder.

https://twitter.com/StrangeCMac/status/1491086874131431425?s=20&t=c4QaHgYOII2NpeidUa-yZg

Kinkead: looks like he was talking about soccer again, but Real Madrid currently is not playing and doesn’t play again until the 12th, so who knows: