When I woke up Thursday, I didn’t know I’d learn Joel Embiid has the coolest Chinese nickname, which was revealed while cooking some dumplings. This video is also from four years ago, which explains the Adidas shirt, but damn this dude hasn’t aged from 23 to 27:

Joel Embiid introduces himself as “Dàdì,” which translates to “Great Emperor.” 大帝, right? There’s your Chinese lesson for the day. I had to rewind the video five times to figure out he wasn’t trolling us:

 

I don’t know how I originally missed Joel Embiid making dumplings, but the Sixers need more giant players making abnormally small dishes. Have Paul Reed make candy necklaces. Joel can make mini hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls. Charles Bassey? A nice quiche. Anything that makes these guys look like Andre the Giant holding a can of beer. I mean Joel Embiid is making dumplings halfway down his chest and Sixers executive chef, JaeHee Cho, is on his tippy toes supervising:

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Also, shout out to the host for not reprimanding Joel for not only double dipping, but TRIPLE DIPPING into the hot sauce. Is that accepted in Chinese culture? Is it one child, three dips? This is a society and there are rules:

https://twitter.com/Eliotshorrbarks/status/1499422331520835585?s=20&t=w9PfXs40-jvN1CS49y5cig

P.S. If this isn’t a new meme every time Embiid dominates Andre Drummond, KAT, or Jarrett Allen we’ve failed as a society: