After the Philadelphia 76ers’ pre-season game against Miami Heat, Joel Embiid and Hassan Whiteside are probably working on a new rivalry at the Eastern Conference.Via Twitter the two Big Men had a little trashtalk duel – of course with a wink.
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As early as during the 119-95 win over Heat in the last game of the pre-season, Sixers star Embiid Miami’s coach team loudly recommended to take his supposedly overtaxed opponent off the bench after his early third foul – which Whiteside smiled at with a smile.After the match, both of them continued their trash talk on Twitter and reared themselves to their hearts’ content.
After a fan of Whiteside praised Embiid’s weak offensive performance (1/7 FG), which he acknowledged with a “That’s not going to show the media”, the Cameroonian countered only a few minutes later:”The Heat would have had to take Whiteside’s backsides out of play, otherwise it would have landed above the foul limit after only five minutes.In the pre-season.
Whiteside, also well versed in the social media, did not let that sit on Whiteside’s shoulders: In view of Embiid’s injury history – only 31 games in three years’ time – he had to make it to the duel in the regular season.
Embiid “apologized” for his part with the following tweet:”My mistake, I thought I was in my disposable account” – an allusion to the social media behavior of Warriors star Kevin Durant.
The 22-year-old, who is already famous for his Twitter activities, was able to win over a teammate from Durant:”This boy Joel Embiid is a god,”says Golden States Forward Andre Iguodala.
Whether a genuine rivalry will actually arise from good-natured preseason-trash talk, will be determined on the 2nd day of the race.February.Then the two playoff aspirants of the Eastern Conference will meet for the first time in the 2017/18 season.