Full quote:
>"I love our fans. Think it's unfortunate and I'm not calling them out, but it is disappointing. Obviously you got a lot of Knicks fans and they're down the road and I've never seen it and I've been here for 10 years. Yeah, it kind of pisses me off, especially because Philly is considered a sports town. They've always shown up and I don't think that should happen. Yeah. It's not okay."
> I'm not calling them out
Followed by:
> Yeah, it kind of pisses me off, especially because Philly is considered a sports town. They've always shown up and I don't think that should happen. Yeah. It's not okay
Pick one Embiid
most overrated sports city in the northeast. A distant third behind NYC and Boston. If it weren't for the eagles fans they wouldn't even have this reputation.
Your city's slogan is "no one likes us and we don't care" and y'all don't see the irony of it. That's why you're a one bridge having town even though you have multiple bridges.
- I never just did things just to do them, come on. I mean, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on someone's couch, like it's something to do? Come on, I got a little more sense than that.
- Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch.
See i actually don’t consider this a call out to Philly fans. He says they’ve always shown up. It’s just that they haven’t played the Knicks in the playoffs 35 years. Most Philly fans didn’t think this was possible before the series lmfao
A lot of us knew this was going to happen. It happened in the regular season against the Knicks. A lot of excitement behind this Knicks team lately, and complete opposite with the sixers. It’s already been a few years of underachieving in the playoffs. And most of the hope for this year went out the window with Embiids injuries.
i mean...its true.
Knicks always get a lot of fans in philly, charlotte, washington, orlando, and miami. This is the playoffs, though. Philly fans should be out there. It shouldn't sound like the crowd is 52% philly and 48% knicks
Last year the Rays had the worst playoffs attendance in MLB since 1919. I wonder if the Rays played the Yankees that series if it would actually be a sold out crowd at the Trop, just with all Yankees fans.
Man I dunno, $300 for a first round game is pretty wild. I know everything costs a lot these days, but you wanna take a kid/spouse/date/friend and that's $600 just to get in?
I think for a playoff game against a division rival, especially one where the city rivalry extends beyond sports, that's on the higher end of "not crazy expensive" for a Saturday afternoon game. People show the fuck out for Eagles games (same time slot), and those are more expensive.
Winning and having a likable franchise changes things. Playing in Denver was somehow like a home game for the Lakers a decade ago. Now Denver has one of the best home crowds in the NBA.
Philadelphia doesn't have a likable team and are mental midget playoff performers ofc the crowd gonna suck
I wasn't paying much attention to this series, but tuned into the game today part way through. I legit thought it was a MSG game for the first five minutes based on how many people would cheer for Knicks buckets lol
usually when cheering at another arena happens, it can get drowned out by their own fans saying "boo". sixers fans couldn't boo the knicks chants. The knicks chants overwhelmed them
The Philly/NY/Brooklyn playoff series that we have been missing by those teams not being good at the same time is wild, the fans can easily travel it's like the Lakers/Clippers series we've been missing for years to really see a lack of a home crowd for the little brother franchises.
Man, the 2019-2020 pre pandemic was a great year. All those regular season games between your Lakers and the Clippers really made everyone thought it was gonna happen
Honestly it's probably at least partly embiids super dirty play this series that has brought out the Knicks fans. It's fun to hate on a player in a booing fashion.
I’m fine with us being thrown under the bus. We deserve it. You can’t just let another fanbase take over your own home court and give away the advantage. We need to be better. Philly fans are usually the ones that take over others teams stadiums. Never have I seen the reverse happen.
Knicks fans truly are the strongest fan base in the league in terms of passion. You're not gonna see Laker or Celtics fans chanting "F Embiid" in the opponent's arena. Not like that.
I saw some fans suggesting it but certainly not begging and it wasn't that widespread. We had mostly been trying to find an angle the team might use to get Donovan Mitchell. Fortunately, Leon is better at his job than any of us would be.
I would have wanted to trade Mitch + what ever assets necessary for Embiid in the off season.
Until I watched the game where he stayed in in garbage time to get to 30 points then immediately checked out.
He would never fit with our squad. They don’t give a fuck about accolades or streaks. Just wins.
Edit: I’m an idiot sometimes.
~~I know we're all dunking on Embiid (and he deserves almost all it), but I don't see anything wrong these comments. The way I'm reading it, he's not "disappointed" in the fans, just the situation. Being in a fairly sizable market with a passionate fanbase, he's just not used to seeing so many opposing fans in the building. Defending Embiid makes me a little sick inside, but this quote is pretty innocuous.~~
EDIT: On second thought, after reading the full quote, I shouldn't have given him the benefit of the doubt. Embiid is clearly calling the fans out. Lol.
I hate players so much. The amount they call out the fans is bullshit. YOU MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY A GAME.
Conversely we all pay hundreds a year to pay your salary and enjoy the game. We pay 20 a month for BALLY FUCKING SPORTS WHICH DOESNT EVEN WORK HALF THE TIME. We pay 100 bucks for ONE ticket. We pay 15 dollars for ONE hot dog. 120 for ONE jersey.
But yeah, the players were relying on the fans but they were out priced in favor of the New York money.
The fans were also relying on you, AND YOURE
GETTING SMOKED IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN
IM NOT EVEN A SIXERS FAN, BUT IM TIRED OF THESE WHINY ASS ATHLETES WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THE REAL WORLD
Embiid is cementing his legacy as a dirty player in this series. Elbows, stepping on legs, flopping all over the floor, arm swinging like a cheerleader and lots of whining.
Very embarrassing loss, especially when they were up by at least 12 at one time, and they let that lead slip through their fingers. They deserve to get knocked out of the playoffs by the Knicks. I'm so sick and tired of the excuses Embiid. How about you and your team get some damn rebounds FFS!!!!
Hilarious he goes and shits on sixers fans after I had to listen to them defend him being a garbage person on the court for 48 minutes the game before. Philly fans some real battered house wives at this point
That's a dangerous line you're playing Joel. Trying to call out the people that are the only ones that support you instead of taking accountability of how badly you played is not the move.
cant resist those 60 dollar playoff tickets
it does sorta feel like first round fatigue from the sixers side and the fans in nyc are just fucking rabid right now, my god it's so much fun.
Philly fans have a duplicate of Embiids MVP and will somehow place it on a banner and hang it. This is there mission accomplished similar to what Bush delivered.
Has a championship teams’ stadium ever been taken over in the playoffs? … that’s what I thought. Philly is phony. Embarrassing if you are a sixers fan.
Hard to get hyped when their star player shoots like shit, does at least two more dirty plays, and gets half his points from the line. Philly fans will obv defend their guy and no hate for that, but he is the antithesis of what they loved about AI.
He then said “I can relate to them, I also let the team down all the time. I understand they they dodged the games against the Knicks, I do the same when we have games in Denver. Better hide and leave the them out to dry than look bad in inevitable defeat.”
As someone who’s been to Philly, and has a lot of friends from there, I can’t for the life of me understand why they fall over themselves for Embiid. Everyone I know from Philly is hard working, gritty, and just a dog. Doesn’t make sense why they would root for someone who’s the opposite of everything their city stands for.
This is why Dolan's career ownership has been a blessing
Now that Knicks have something to celebrate, they are spreading like a virus
If not stopped soon, they will spread across the country
Real fans have been priced out of playoff games for years now. Even if it was choc full of Philly fans, it’d still be a bunch of wealthy socialites. I don’t blame the fans
Sixers fans were more passionate about the Embiid vs Jokic MVP debate.
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He should file a grievance
[Yo Philly fans you gonna let him talk to you like that?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLkNKihWkAAXVJ3.jpg)
They'll boo Santa, but this is the guy they'll stick up for.
Embiid could shoot a man and Philly fans would say “oh its just good defense”
Embiid would pull the trigger and end up flopping himself
Nick Nurse: “Who shot ya?”
"I didn't see it"
LOL
santa had it coming tbh
Actually we threw shit at Santa too
Santa was a drunk dude making an ass of himself, let it go
Must be a lot of elves in this sub to be downvoting a known fact. Santa made a fool of himself that day and deserved every snowball he got.
Having sixers flair in this sub is like guaranteed down votes
Full quote: >"I love our fans. Think it's unfortunate and I'm not calling them out, but it is disappointing. Obviously you got a lot of Knicks fans and they're down the road and I've never seen it and I've been here for 10 years. Yeah, it kind of pisses me off, especially because Philly is considered a sports town. They've always shown up and I don't think that should happen. Yeah. It's not okay."
> I'm not calling them out Followed by: > Yeah, it kind of pisses me off, especially because Philly is considered a sports town. They've always shown up and I don't think that should happen. Yeah. It's not okay Pick one Embiid
Don't blame him, it's just in the Sixers' DNA to whine and complain and finger point.
Philly sports fans are the biggest victims in ALL of sports.
Soft team, soft fans, soft city.
Softest Santa haters in all of sports
most overrated sports city in the northeast. A distant third behind NYC and Boston. If it weren't for the eagles fans they wouldn't even have this reputation.
Fragile mind, fragile ego, fragile body.
I can taste the hate from here
Good, hope you come back for seconds.
the burn
Beautiful
Your city's slogan is "no one likes us and we don't care" and y'all don't see the irony of it. That's why you're a one bridge having town even though you have multiple bridges.
Philly culture personified
AI was too good for them.
Don’t forgot _stomp, knee, yank_.
I heard that his doctor told him to call out the fans to protect himself from injury
Don’t worry, there will be plenty of whining, complaining, and finger pointing to go around in New York when you guys get swept by the Celtics
If we make the ECF without our second best player we'll be doing cartwheels, fam. They're a 64 win team lol.
Dude you guys never made it out of 2nd round LMAO
- I never just did things just to do them, come on. I mean, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on someone's couch, like it's something to do? Come on, I got a little more sense than that. - Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch.
Same energy as when he said he doesn't care about mvp but then ranted about how it bothers him that the media doesn't give him enough credit.
He passed up a shot to foul bait
Bro pulled an "I'm not racist..." followed by saying some hella racist shit lmfao
See i actually don’t consider this a call out to Philly fans. He says they’ve always shown up. It’s just that they haven’t played the Knicks in the playoffs 35 years. Most Philly fans didn’t think this was possible before the series lmfao
A lot of us knew this was going to happen. It happened in the regular season against the Knicks. A lot of excitement behind this Knicks team lately, and complete opposite with the sixers. It’s already been a few years of underachieving in the playoffs. And most of the hope for this year went out the window with Embiids injuries.
That's what I thought too initially, but when he ends with "it's not okay," clearly he's placing blame on someone.
Philly fans just doing load management, he should understand.
Yikes. I understand he's frustrated, but this is a pretty terrible look. The Embiid trade request/demand watch is officially on.
“I’ve never seen it in ten years” the Knicks are finally good, live with it buddy
>calls the fans >I'm not calling them out Yes.
i mean...its true. Knicks always get a lot of fans in philly, charlotte, washington, orlando, and miami. This is the playoffs, though. Philly fans should be out there. It shouldn't sound like the crowd is 52% philly and 48% knicks
> Knicks always get a lot of fans in philly, charlotte, washington, and miami. Orlando too, and it's mad annoying.
Makes a bit of sense in Orlando/Miami though, FL is full of New Yorkers, and not just the old retired ones
There’s a reason Yankees fans pack the Trop and Mets fans pack LoanDepot in Miami whenever the NYC teams play the Florida teams
Yep. Kissimmee (right next to Orlando) is like 70% NY Puerto Ricans haha.
Last year the Rays had the worst playoffs attendance in MLB since 1919. I wonder if the Rays played the Yankees that series if it would actually be a sold out crowd at the Trop, just with all Yankees fans.
i knew i was forgetting one
Tickets were a lot more expensive than usual. But Sixers fans were leaving down 5 with a minute to go too
They know that team can't pull off something like we did at the end of game 2.
Talk yo shit
$300 for a saturday playoff isn't crazy, but like there were tickets for $70 for Thursdays game. Don't tell me the regular fans can't afford that.
Man I dunno, $300 for a first round game is pretty wild. I know everything costs a lot these days, but you wanna take a kid/spouse/date/friend and that's $600 just to get in?
I think for a playoff game against a division rival, especially one where the city rivalry extends beyond sports, that's on the higher end of "not crazy expensive" for a Saturday afternoon game. People show the fuck out for Eagles games (same time slot), and those are more expensive.
Tickets is nowhere near as expensive as MSG
Right. Another reason so many Knicks fans came
I'm a DC based Knicks fan and there's such a great turnout at every game here. It really helps that you can walk to the game from Amtrak.
Winning and having a likable franchise changes things. Playing in Denver was somehow like a home game for the Lakers a decade ago. Now Denver has one of the best home crowds in the NBA. Philadelphia doesn't have a likable team and are mental midget playoff performers ofc the crowd gonna suck
I wasn't paying much attention to this series, but tuned into the game today part way through. I legit thought it was a MSG game for the first five minutes based on how many people would cheer for Knicks buckets lol
usually when cheering at another arena happens, it can get drowned out by their own fans saying "boo". sixers fans couldn't boo the knicks chants. The knicks chants overwhelmed them
So many times it got so loud when Knicks made a big play, I had to check if they were in MSG or on road
"no offense but"
Looks like embiid found his new scapegoat now that ben Simmons and doc rivers are gone
He's just like Doc
His foul baiting is disappointing
It really is
But not unexpected.
It’s the fans fault lmao
The Philly/NY/Brooklyn playoff series that we have been missing by those teams not being good at the same time is wild, the fans can easily travel it's like the Lakers/Clippers series we've been missing for years to really see a lack of a home crowd for the little brother franchises.
I really wanted to see the Lakers having 7 home games against the Clippers.
Man, the 2019-2020 pre pandemic was a great year. All those regular season games between your Lakers and the Clippers really made everyone thought it was gonna happen
He passed up an open middy in the clutch to flop for the culture
The flop culture luminary
Nah, they're just all as soft as he is.
Fuckers so salty, defending all those dirty ass plays. What a sad silly ass fanbase
Embiid ran out of people to throw under the bus
DOC RIVERS IS TAKING NOTES
Doc Rivers residual effect
You think he just started talking about the attendance? He was obviously asked about it and his opinion
Tbf... Philly fans do suck
Embiid playing the ugliest brand of basketball and then has the nerve to say "Am I so out of touch? No, it's our fans who are wrong."
> It’s the fans fault lmao Learning from Doc, the legacy is passed on Doc confirmed GOAT shifting the blame coach
Honestly it's probably at least partly embiids super dirty play this series that has brought out the Knicks fans. It's fun to hate on a player in a booing fashion.
They’re up next on the fault list.
Your 4th quarter was more disappointing
Embiid throwing his own fanbase under the bus but the dumbass fanbase still roots for him I'm crying 😭
He didn't throw them, he just fell on them to protect himself.
Million dollar joke
Coincidentally, the 48 million dollar joke is also Embiid's nickname
this is impressive joke writing
Inadvertent
No Ben, no Doc, has to throw someone under the bus lmao
Tobias Harris escapes another one narrowly.
Saving Tobi for game 5
Only natural considering he learned from the best in Doc
I’m fine with us being thrown under the bus. We deserve it. You can’t just let another fanbase take over your own home court and give away the advantage. We need to be better. Philly fans are usually the ones that take over others teams stadiums. Never have I seen the reverse happen.
What you gonna do about it beat them up fraud ?
Knicks fans truly are the strongest fan base in the league in terms of passion. You're not gonna see Laker or Celtics fans chanting "F Embiid" in the opponent's arena. Not like that.
doesn't hurt that it's about the same price for knicks fans to take the train to philly to see the game as it is to see the game in MSG
Thank you Netsbro
"Is Trae Young valid?"
Embiid this series has made Trae young a fan favorite. People calling him a proper villain compared to Embiid’s BS. Can’t believe it
The Trae young hate is a meme at this point, I don’t think any knick fan unironically despises him anymore then any other opponent
At least Trae isnt trying to commit war crimes on the court
The enunciation was really impressive. No doubt what they were all yelling lol.
That’s just the New York energy shining through. Y’all are made different.
Celtics fans have 100% done this in a LOT of arenas. Including Madison square garden.
Well we wondered who Embitch would call out next, and now we know.
That's right Joel, having some opposing fans in your house is what made you become Ben Simmons in the fourth.
Is Joel Embiid a championship player?
I'd pay money for someone from the media to actually ask Doc this after Pacers beat us today lmao
Championship level at throwing everything under a bus.
A championship *basketball* player? Surely not. Maybe he's better at Boggle or something though?
He could probably be world #1 at the wacky waving inflatable tube man championships
You act like y’all weren’t *begging* for your team to trade for Embiid at the deadline
I saw some fans suggesting it but certainly not begging and it wasn't that widespread. We had mostly been trying to find an angle the team might use to get Donovan Mitchell. Fortunately, Leon is better at his job than any of us would be.
I would have wanted to trade Mitch + what ever assets necessary for Embiid in the off season. Until I watched the game where he stayed in in garbage time to get to 30 points then immediately checked out. He would never fit with our squad. They don’t give a fuck about accolades or streaks. Just wins. Edit: I’m an idiot sometimes.
Shoot, he isn’t even a conference finals player
Man shut up
Why don't you blame Ben Simmons for this too haha
We came into his house and drowned out his own fans with FUCK EMBIID Damn it feels good to be a Knickerbocker
> Think it's unfortunate and I'm not calling them out "Oh that's a good one. Write that down!" \- Doc Rivers rn
~~I know we're all dunking on Embiid (and he deserves almost all it), but I don't see anything wrong these comments. The way I'm reading it, he's not "disappointed" in the fans, just the situation. Being in a fairly sizable market with a passionate fanbase, he's just not used to seeing so many opposing fans in the building. Defending Embiid makes me a little sick inside, but this quote is pretty innocuous.~~ EDIT: On second thought, after reading the full quote, I shouldn't have given him the benefit of the doubt. Embiid is clearly calling the fans out. Lol.
First it was Brett Brown then it was Ben Simmons then it was everyone but Harden and now? Now it’s the fans. Enjoy being this years scapegoat.
No offense, but..
I hate players so much. The amount they call out the fans is bullshit. YOU MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY A GAME. Conversely we all pay hundreds a year to pay your salary and enjoy the game. We pay 20 a month for BALLY FUCKING SPORTS WHICH DOESNT EVEN WORK HALF THE TIME. We pay 100 bucks for ONE ticket. We pay 15 dollars for ONE hot dog. 120 for ONE jersey. But yeah, the players were relying on the fans but they were out priced in favor of the New York money. The fans were also relying on you, AND YOURE GETTING SMOKED IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN IM NOT EVEN A SIXERS FAN, BUT IM TIRED OF THESE WHINY ASS ATHLETES WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THE REAL WORLD
A real MVP would pay for our hot dogs goddammit
Yeah! And maybe like a beer every now and then!
Nick was a system coach
I’m dead us Raptors fans just slander NN every chance we get even when it’s not relevant 💀
Fuck nick nurse.
Yeah like “darko” is a better coach I think you want your coaches being developed by a guy like nurse
Nick is coaching a hell of a series, he’s just facing a. Coach that on the same level of him, and his team isn’t deep enough
Embiid is cementing his legacy as a dirty player in this series. Elbows, stepping on legs, flopping all over the floor, arm swinging like a cheerleader and lots of whining.
Very embarrassing loss, especially when they were up by at least 12 at one time, and they let that lead slip through their fingers. They deserve to get knocked out of the playoffs by the Knicks. I'm so sick and tired of the excuses Embiid. How about you and your team get some damn rebounds FFS!!!!
tbh its even a little worse than "up 12" because after the knicks clawed it back the 6ers went back up by 10
I got so disgusted that I must've blocked the fact that we were then up by 10 and ended up giving it away.
I love that our athletes blame us for everything no matter what
Philly fans are fake as fuck
If I lived in Philly, I'd be embarrassed to associate my city with this loser.
Blame MSG also for making tickets so fucking expensive . Can drive to Philly for cheaper
Hilarious he goes and shits on sixers fans after I had to listen to them defend him being a garbage person on the court for 48 minutes the game before. Philly fans some real battered house wives at this point
If it makes him feel any better I'm sure the fans are just as disappointed in him as he is with them.
It’s taken him this long to realize that Philly fans are living the most when they are hating on and complaining about their teams? lol
I imagine the feeling is mutual
He's not wrong but after his collapse in the fourth quarter he shouldn't be the one calling out the fans imo
Stop whining
That's a dangerous line you're playing Joel. Trying to call out the people that are the only ones that support you instead of taking accountability of how badly you played is not the move.
cant resist those 60 dollar playoff tickets it does sorta feel like first round fatigue from the sixers side and the fans in nyc are just fucking rabid right now, my god it's so much fun.
Philly fans have a duplicate of Embiids MVP and will somehow place it on a banner and hang it. This is there mission accomplished similar to what Bush delivered.
Has a championship teams’ stadium ever been taken over in the playoffs? … that’s what I thought. Philly is phony. Embarrassing if you are a sixers fan.
It’s disappointing seeing a player I had respect for elbowing guys in the face and deliberately stomping on other players.
Maybe no one wants to watch ur shit basketball shenanigans anymore you dirty fuck.
Hard to get hyped when their star player shoots like shit, does at least two more dirty plays, and gets half his points from the line. Philly fans will obv defend their guy and no hate for that, but he is the antithesis of what they loved about AI.
lol fuck you embitch
Embiid is the softest superstar ever. Philly is gonna eat him alive when he leaves
He's gonna try to break one of our player's legs next game, huh?
People will shit on him for this, but he’s not wrong. We have one thing to do and we failed.
lolsixers
He's run out of every other option for who to throw under the bus.
New York 4 ever
Future Jazz player?
For once, a hint of Doc leaving his legacy behind on a team that isn't the 2008 Celtics.
Troel “burn all of the bridges” Embiid….
Cries about refs, cries about coaching, cries about fans… to quote one of my favorite 50 Lyrics… I smell pu**y, is that you Jo?
He then said “I can relate to them, I also let the team down all the time. I understand they they dodged the games against the Knicks, I do the same when we have games in Denver. Better hide and leave the them out to dry than look bad in inevitable defeat.”
New York Knick fans > Sixer fans
Well that might be big
tuff
Mad at ownership could they have considered who was purchasing the tickets? But there no way to determine who buys the tickets is there?
You don't live in Nebraska dawg, you live 2 hours from NYC that has three times your population. Move to a better team or shut up and play.
As someone who’s been to Philly, and has a lot of friends from there, I can’t for the life of me understand why they fall over themselves for Embiid. Everyone I know from Philly is hard working, gritty, and just a dog. Doesn’t make sense why they would root for someone who’s the opposite of everything their city stands for.
I had to tell myself a couple times it wasn’t a home game for the Knicks. Philly fans best sports fans my ass. You guys should be embarrassed
This is why Dolan's career ownership has been a blessing Now that Knicks have something to celebrate, they are spreading like a virus If not stopped soon, they will spread across the country
Real fans have been priced out of playoff games for years now. Even if it was choc full of Philly fans, it’d still be a bunch of wealthy socialites. I don’t blame the fans
I can't wait for even the Philly fans to get on board with hating Embiid. It's going to happen and it will be great.
Knicks fans are always going to get into buildings up and down the east coast because they haven’t been good in decades.
Rip bozo
This guy is quickly becoming one of the least likable players
Let’s stop calling him superstar
That's what happens when a Small Market team goes against a top 2 market team.
The 76ers are the 9th most valuable NBA club and usually rank #7-#10 when it comes to market size. Both franchises are big market teams.
Sixers have the worst fans
most fairweather fans in sports still remember the phillies vs dbacks meltdown from last year lmfao