Joel Embiid might break the land speed record for the amount of “suck its” performed in one Olympic basketball game. He’s going to tell the French what the French told Napoleon when they had him exiled, via Joe Vardon and Sam Amick at The Atheltic (with ads):

It’s all about Team USA against France, but I know myself, I’m going to interact myself and I’m going to enjoy it,” Embiid said before joking with a smile: “They’re going to boo me. I’m going to go back at them and tell ’em to suck it. And so it’s going to be fun.

There should be no doubt in any American’s mind they don’t beat up on France this weekend. France doesn’t have the guards to match up and the last time Joel Embiid saw Victor Wembanyama he gave him 70. Fittingly, Rudy Gobert has already waved the white flag on his Parisian Olympics. Thursday was the real Gold Medal match. There’s going to be plenty of time for “suck its” while the US is up 30 and Jayson Tatum finally checks in.

Embiid’s already warming up for it:

Was that a “suck it” Eurostep? Unprecedented stuff.

There is nothing that brings me more joy than watching the faceless NBA Twitter accounts having to give Embiid his flowers after last night’s game. Jo was a major part of that win down the stretch as much as Steph Curry and LeBron James were. He flat out dominated on both ends of the floor. At one point he FLATTENED some dude on a pick so badly The Hague is investigating it for a war crime.


Get ready for it Saturday because it’s going to be epic! This could become one of Embiid’s legacy moments that your children’s children read about in history books. The Great Olympiad War started because Embiid upset a couple frogs.

Joel Embiid during intros: