On the night when the Cleveland Cavaliers traded away Dion Waiters and received J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert, a much more surprising thing happened:
The Cavs -- admittedly without LeBron James and Kyrie Irving -- lost, on the road, to the Philadelphia 76ers. The now 5-28 76ers. The previously winless-at-home 76ers.
Joel Embiid, the Sixers' injured first-round draft pick and Twitter MVP, offered the perfect response:
I told him to sign with us back in the summer and he didn't smh
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) January 6, 2015In case you don't remember, he's not lying about his recruiting attempts:
@KingJames hey bro hope you're having a good day...... Want to join us in philly?? Peace
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 1, 2014I hope i'm not gonna get fined already with those Lebron's tweets is it legal to recruit over twitter @NBA ?
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2014Day 3: still no answers............
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 4, 2014He probably DM'd me but I dont read my DMs so I'm gonna go ahead and block him pic.twitter.com/PunjHSiQRI
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 4, 2014What's Mr Rich Paul's twitter account? That might be his agent. Whoever finds it, gets a hug. I need to holla at him (idk if that's English)
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