Joel Embiid Believes He Could Have Been the GOAT

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* Embiid believes his injuries have prevented him from being part of the greatest-of-all-time conversation for basketball players.
* He acknowledges the "hot take" potential of his statement but stands by it based on his accomplishments and what could have been.

other gems from the interview

He felt pressured by France to play for them and ultimately chose the USA because he'd spent more time there and felt comfortable with their approach of letting him take his time with the decision.
* He expressed frustration with the historical and current relationship between France and Cameroon, which influenced his decision.

* Embiid has dealt with multiple coaching changes, player turnover, and injuries during his time with the 76ers.
* He blames himself partly for not winning a championship due to injuries and not always performing at his peak.
* He emphasizes the value of continuity and stability, which the 76ers haven't always had.
* Despite the frustrations, Embiid expresses his love for Philadelphia and seems open to staying there long-term. (He jokingly says he doesn't eat cheesesteaks, though!)

summary of entire interview below

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[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

He’s too sensitive and bytchmade to be in the GOAT conversation even if he was healthy.

 

[JoelB]

My dawg got the nba offseason lit this summer. Quotables every week

yall welcome

 

[KateFabersBoyfriend]

He's the goat big bytch big man.

 

[The God Poster]

He’s too sensitive and bytchmade to be in the GOAT conversation even if he was healthy.

Define bytchmade

Plenty of GOATS are sensitive

 

[Cladyclad]

He not off base

34 & 10 the last two seasons is crazy

 

[Walt]

He doesn't like Philly Cheesesteaks and he won't eat his steak or wings unless they're burnt. What a fukkin weirdo.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Define bytchmade

Plenty of GOATS are sensitive

He lacks the drive and motivation to be a GOAT on top of being emotionally weak needed to be in the GOAT conversation. Even he admits it in not always playing up to his peak. Other GOATs are sensitive in a completely different way, but you wouldn't question their mental will like we do in the case of someone like Embiid.

Him being healthy wouldn't change those flaws about himself.

I will always give him credit though for defending Simmons publicly as long as he did even when he had every reason to throw him under the bus.

 

[Still Benefited]

Okay,so put in the work to stay healthy

 

[Womb Raider]

This guy needs to STFU


GOAT potential sure but you won MVP then went out like a damn HOE. Harden had a better playoff performance than this fukking guy. Let Tatum hang his nuts on you in game 7 brehs you ain’t no GOAT nikka

 

[The God Poster]

He lacks the drive and motivation to be a GOAT on top of being emotionally weak needed to be in the GOAT conversation. Even he admits it in not always playing up to his peak. Other GOATs are sensitive in a completely different way, but you wouldn't question their mental will like we do in the case of someone like Embiid.

Him being healthy wouldn't change those flaws about himself.

I will always give him credit though for defending Simmons publicly as long as he did even when he had every reason to throw him under the bus.

You know you didn’t answer my question. Lol

Also we could probably look at the GOAT list. At some point each one was questioned mentally.

Is Shaq a GOAT to you?

 

[The God Poster]

Okay,so put in the work to stay healthy

Takes time travel machine to warn Grant Hill & Bill Walton this is all it takes

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

You know you didn’t answer my question. Lol

Also we could probably look at the GOAT list. At some point each one was questioned mentally.

Is Shaq a GOAT to you?

A GOAT that could and should have accomplished more if he wasn’t so mentally weak and lazy at certain points in his career.

Even then, Shaq for the most part played well when it mattered which is a knock that could be used against Embiid by his own admission.

 

[Still Benefited]

Takes time travel machine to warn Grant Hill & Bill Walton this is all it takes

I think hes conditioning has been questionable.

 

[AAKing23]

My dawg got the nba offseason lit this summer. Quotables every week

yall welcome

My boy is an endless money glitch, nikkas getting bags on Twitter to mention his name

I saw people posting that Biden won the presidency served his term and stepped down before Joel has reached a conference finals, shyt had like 20k likes lmao