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The Ringer Honors the Legend of Joel Embiid
By Jim Adair
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Well, “honors” only works if you can work through Bill Simmons’ very subtle sarcasm. Genius-level subtlety:
.@JoelEmbiid's rookie year with the @Sixers is going to be legendary.
At least, that’s what he's been telling us: pic.twitter.com/4uB4kpBL91— The Ringer (@ringer) September 14, 2016
Is this funny? Sure. Funny. That’s fine.
There are a couple of things to break down here:
- Salty is not a good look on Bill Simmons’ and unfortunately it’s his most frequent demeanor.
- Writers are not meant to be on camera. Except Shea Serrano. Shea Serrano should be on everything.
- What spurred this on? It’s definitely not that Simmons’ OWN SON, HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD, chose to be a Sixers fan. Nope. Not at all.
Sixers fans often deserve ridicule. I deserve ridicule. But please, not from the guy who called Celtics pick Guerschon Yabusele – playing this year for the Shanghai Sharks – “French Draymond.” Not him.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.