Sixers

Joel Embiid with a Vintage Twitter Troll Job

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jul 17th, 2023 · 1:34 PM EDT

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A quote from a recent Joel Embiid interview went viral Monday morning, with the Sixers center and reigning MVP hinting that he might want to play somewhere else at some point.

So of course Embiid did what he always does, which is log on and tweet about things that are completely unrelated.

Here are the tweets and some attempted translations:

We’re in this together forever… 5 DAYS

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 17, 2023

Translation: no clue

Originally I thought he was talking about Real Madrid playing AC Milan this coming Sunday, while other people say he’s getting married to girlfriend Anne de Paula. No idea though. It likely has absolutely nothing to do with basketball.

Buddy Check my middle name https://t.co/m9CtdaK4Kg

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 17, 2023

Translation: he is trolling

Embiid is telling “CatchallOtherBin” that he is being a troll.

I’ve lost my place as best troll here though and it went to @dmorey

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 17, 2023

Translation: Daryl Morey is now the top troll

Recent evidence would prove this to be true. Morey went over to Crumbl Cookies following the Tobias Harris thing, and has also visited Philadelphia-area landmarks like Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Morey is a troll.

Father Time is undefeated!!!! https://t.co/zOzOO2njQk

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 17, 2023

Translation: we all fall off at some point

Joel is indicating that he’s incapable of trolling like he used to. As he gets older, he just doesn’t have what he used to have.

The question for Philly sports fans is whether you would rather subject yourself to Embiid’s trolling, or the tweet and deleters on the Eagles. We’re talking A.J. Brown and former Bird Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. Both are annoying in their own right, because Embiid is vague and Brown and CJGJ would always say some dumb shit and then delete it 15 minutes later. Everyone should just log off anyway. Social media is not social and not media, as Howard Eskin says.