Landry Shamet talks about Joel Embiid’s Chick-Fil-A order: “I got Chick-Fil-A for the whole flight and then Joel had his own separate order. So his was like 4 sandwiches, a couple fries, and like four cookies-and-cream milkshakes. It was crazy”
crazy that me and embiid have the same order
Big Smoke in the building
Also 300+ pounds
You just like him fr
Might as well play in the NBA at this point bro
Diabetus bros!
4 cookies and cream shakes is insane. That’s 2500 calories.
I can understand the rest of the order though.
By the time you get to the last one that shit has got to be melted
For real. That’s why I always drink the shake first.
But then the fries are cold/inedible
And also my tummy doesn’t want dinner after that much sugar
Yeah Chick-Fil-A fries do not hold up for long
It helps if, when you get them to go, you keep the bag open on top and dont let them sit in a more humid (?) environment. They’ll be crisper when you get home.
Not that airplane passenger cabins typically have 12V outlets, but a <300W inverter and a toaster oven solves that and/or PC Diablo raid party
Exactly what I was thinking, Joel Embiid seems like the kind of guy to bring a toaster oven on the team plane to keep his French fries warm
or to host a LAN party ala the 99 Spurs
I don’t take that long to finish the shake. I also have a few fries with the shake. They’re an oddly good combo.
Do yall eat for like an hour? My food is gone in 15 minutes or less
Real professionals drown them in Polynesian sauce so it doesn’t even matter
They definately got a refrigerator on their private plane lol
This is my main issue.
He’s huge he probably inhales the entire shake in like 2 gulps lol
Pops the lid and squeezes the cups contents into mouth. Boom, next.
He’s drinking the shakes in between bites. Rotating between all 4.
Okay maybe I’m just dumb, Ive never actually had a milkshake Ive only seen them from afar, but isn’t it just milk and flavouring? How does that melt?
Ice cream + milk = milkshake
Makes sense. Thanks
To be clear its ice cream, milk, then blend them up. Its an ice cream smoothie
They’re made with ice cream basically, so they melt eventually
Ahh I see. That makes sense. Cheers
Go get yourself a milkshake, it’s summertime, live a little
Im from Australia so cold as shit and raining here. I also just don’t really like those type of things but thank you.
Milkshakes generally have ice cream in them. I think whatever Chick-Fil-A uses is legally distinct from ice cream but it is the same concept
I mean no one wants to admit they ate 4 cookies and cream shakes…
This is why you’re not a superstar center in the nba
The guy famously drank Shirley temples by the liter in college
I sure his TDEE is 4xxxx.
Not to mention the liquid shits he’s gotta take after all those shakes.
Yea it wasn’t too crazy given his size until he got to the milkshakes. The amount of sugar in just one is insane
Without the shakes, I would be able to eat it and feel relatively normal.
I’m lactose intolerant and my stomach hurts just thinking about that much milkshake.
How do you eat more than 1 without shitting for hours? even if you aren’t cursed with intolerance of lactose you just aren’t supposed to have 64 oz of ice cream in a sitting
Embild is a big fella guy needs to eat
That’s an elephants worth of added sugar tho lol
It doesn’t matter so much when you need like 9000 calories to be at maintenance weight
You think 4 cookies and cream shakes worth of sugar “doesn’t matter so much” because you need more maintenance calories?
Makes sense why like 80% of Americans have leaky gut and are always inflamed. I pray for the health of this nation 🙏
Do you understand how high maintenance calories are for 7 foot tall uber athletic basketball players? Staying clean while needing 4 days worth of calories a day just isn’t possible.
There’s a galaxy of space between staying clean and eating only garbage
No you dont understand. It simply isnt possible without oreos.
Well this is a single chik fil a order not every meal he eats
Sure but the willingness to chug 4 milkshakes is telling of his habits. That’s not something you do if you’re health conscious at all
Come on now, this is a ridiculous justification for drinking 4 ice cream shakes. Tim Duncan ate clean to stay lighter and protect his joints
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1200403-tim-duncans-lockout-diet-helping-spurs-in-postseason-run
Eating at maintenance isn’t the same as eating in a way that’s healthy for your 7’ tall NBA body you doofus
I knew this country was doomed, health-wise, when people started getting angry that they were removing soda, candy, and junk food from welfare benefits. The last thing these people need is more sugar and health problems
Half those foods are illegal anywhere else in the world (in their US formulation). I think our problems start higher up than what poor people buy with their food stamps
Yeah we allowed them to pump themselves with that poison for so long that they believe they need it now
Not untrue, going cold turkey on added sugar was second only to nicotine withdrawals for me
It is comparable to you having one due to just the amount of food he needs to eat. That was his point which he would be right about. If he was eating clean and you copied his meal plan’s carb needs, you would be prediabetic. I really hope you didnt go off on a health preach without knowing the basics of it.
There’s actually zero correlation between a “healthy” amount of added sugar and its proportion to your overall calorie consumption. It doesn’t scale with your weight/size especially. It’s not an essential nutrient.
This is like saying it’s equally healthy for Embiid to have 6 beers a night compared to an average persons 2 beers because he’s so much bigger. He’s just having more poison.
Again, it isn’t ideal, but it would be the same as you having one. Which also wouldnt be healthy. His MACROS are different than yours because of his size and activity level. So what would cause a normal person a lot of harm is a cheat meal for him.
Due to his size, liver, and cardio health 6 beers would be pretty equivalent to somone having two. The ideal would be zero of course but thats not what he said. You can’t change someones meaning just so you can argue against it for whatever reason. So thanks for proving my point for me, and you really need to read before responding.
insane comment lol, if I were a Sixers fan I’d be discouraged hearing this for a guy who’s had weight and leg problems
Landry hasn’t played for the sixers since the 18-19 season. I don’t think the guy has the up to date dietary habits of Embiid lol
this was also about 7 years ago mate
Kinda explains how the last 7 years have gone then doesn’t it
This was also 8 years ago. Metabolisms are a hell of a lot different when you’re 23 vs in your 30s. His weight has not been an issue for years at this point
His leg problems were a thing since he came into the league. Steven Adams had a similar and was an iron man.
Genetics, poor advice from our health department, and doing too much at times played a larger role than his diet.
This brotha doesn’t understand joint health, and you know what that’s ok we can’t all be perfect
It definitely still matters
the sandwhiches and fries make sense, the 4 milkshakes still doesnt..
Joel looking like he’s going to die at the end of games makes more sense now
Exactly, needs more milkshakes to power through crunch time
Clearly they should start adding Crunch Bars
that has much more to do with him being the anchor on defense and the entire offense as the largest man in the league without any release valves or consistency from year to year on either end. Even with his availability issues it feels like the Sixers wasted him.
this video is from like 2017 btw lol
I knew a guy that worked for the thunder when they were brand new in OKC. One of his jobs was to get dinner for the team before they flew out to an away game right after a home game.
He said rookie Steven Adams would order 4 full dinners for the plane from 4 different restaurants. Like a burger and fries, Chinese, Mexican, and a steak. I guess young Steve would double the food Kendrick Perkins was eating
My buddy interned for a team. Part of his job involved picking up the non-lottery draft prospects for pre draft workouts. He said like 95% of them wanted to stop for fast food. This was 20 years ago though. I imagine with college being big money now a few more of these kids are eating healthier.
Nah college kids still go fast food regardless lol
So crazy. Like I get it I was a dumb kid too at one point. But you are looking at retiring in your mid 30’s money if you can make it. I’d be doing everything I could to make that happen. Eating healthy, training right, keeping the nose clean.
I mean a single order of fast food isnt gonna kill you and its probably a good meal for a pre-draft workout since it has a lot of carbs and calories which you need to perform up to standard, but yea they probably eat that shit every day which is a problem.
Pretty on par with what I’d expect a 7footer who is constantly active to eat.
Right!?
4 milkshakes though? You know he was passing some nasty gas on that plane
Not everyone is lactose intolerant.
It’s the same thing when people say Taco Bell gives them gas (at least before the bad lettuce). It really just means you don’t have enough fiber in your diet. If you’re used to intaking fiber Taco Bell won’t bother you.
I couldn’t even imagine the kind of calories he eats to stay his weight. He isn’t a skinny 7ft either, most are in the league because it’s so hard to gain at that size.
I’m 6’4 and slim and it’s been a struggle my whole life to gain weight and I’m 30 now. This is the type of order I needed to eat a few times a week to gain even a little weight, just overloading on calories to force your body into it.
With the amount of calories they burn playing pro basketball too, restaurant bills and daily snacks have to be insane.
as a life long skinnier guy now in my 40s. gaining weight later gets easier.
You don’t have to imagine. There’s formulas that are pretty accurate. He’s probably 5000 to maintain.
4 milkshakes is absolutely excessive lmao that’s a half gallon. I feel like the only way someone can have that is if they’re a professional athlete who burns a few thousand calories a few times a week, not the other way around
Is Joel the real Zion?
For a guy who has a lot of knee problems you’d think he would eat less Inflammatory foods
Fortunately there’s no cartilage left in his knees so it’s no longer an issue.
“I have seen worse cartilage in knees.”
This is an old video. Shamet hasn’t been on the sixers since 2018-2019
“Bro stole my order” - probably Zion
Joel shouldve done Chipotle instead. Mikal hasn’t missed a game, he eats chipotle literally every day.
Grilled chicken surrounded by rice and veggies vs fried chicken surrounded by bread and fried potatoes.
Don’t forget the 4 cookies and cream milkshakes that’s the crazy part
Utterly mad.
*udderly
gemini said he gets them free now. the more money you make the less you have to spend
It’s not about money, it’s about status. Mikal is famous, Chipotle is basically paying bottom dollar for promo
Chipotle is actually pretty healthy, do brown rice instead of white, add guac, go light on the sour cream/cheese
I don’t know why I expected NBA teams to have nutrition plans for all their players. At the bare minimum recommend some stuff based on tests done and if the players choose to follow them, great. If they don’t and are not staying in shape and performing poorly, at least they can’t blame anyone but themselves
These are grown men with millions of dollars lol good luck telling them to stick to broccoli and sirloin steak
And many of them have short careers and are broke again in a few years. If they choose to ignore the advice that’s fine. There’s a draft every year with young players coming to take their spots.
I mean he is a walking giant
It’s not a secret that young Joel ate like shit. It’s also not a secret that a man as big as him needs a ton of calories just to not lose weight.
At his size that sounds like a normal lunch..
he’s a huge dude though
That much sugar is terrible no matter your size.
Source: live in San Antonio
I’m double fisting those shakes 🥵
Yall got some big ole men in San Francisco.
Do you know they invented the toothbrush here?
This is why Joel played for Team USA
Wait this show still on?
Pretty sure this clip is old, I don’t think NY Knick Landry Shamet is taking fast food orders for the 76ers anymore lol
Just that good of a teammate.
This is a really old clip. Also, I thought there was more context to this.
I don’t think she works anymore, so no.
Back when he had that two year long injury after getting drafted, my friend worked at coffee shop in center city Philly. He would come in every morning and buy 4 chocolate covered croissants.
Dwight Howard had an alarm to wake him up at night to each candy so he could maintain metabolism through constant sugar intake.
Big dudes running a lot, need a ton of simple carbohydrates
I don’t care that he’s 7 ft that’s why he’s out of shape. that’s a terrible diet.
Wash it down with a few Shirley Temples and call it a night.
I love you Landry Shamet
“I’ll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.”
-Big Smoke
This isn’t that hard to imagine considering he’s that huge and is way more active than the average man.
Would is still be called a Deuce when you drop it ?
Triple double
NBA players gossip like little girls
Anyone who is surprised by this should look up andre, the giant’s dietary habits
Andre the giant didn’t have a billion dollar business fully invested in his health and fitness.
I’m not surprised that embiid wants to eat like this. I’m surprised the sixers haven’t pulled out all the stops to prevent him from eating like this
Gains
Imagine Shaq’s orders back in the day
Hope he isn’t lactose intolerant….
This is not good from a health perspective. Have an uncle who used to run marathons, he ate like this and thought he could eat anything because he burned so many calories and looked fit. He had a heart attack in his 50s. The food you eat matters beyond the calories.
There’s a reason LeBron is playing into his 40s. He’s not eating garbage like that
4 cookies and cream shakes is fucking insane man.
Embiid + LeBron’s fitness and diet regimen would be the single greatest player to ever play basketball.
F that order, Kristine Leahy is gorgeous !
I will not judge a 7’2 professional athlete for eating 4 chicken sandwiches, for all we know that was his only meal of the day
But the 4 milkshakes is absolutely insane. I really hope his family was with him on the flight and each of them got one milkshake
One of my best friends is 6’8” and trust me when I say giants have a different appetite compared to the rest of us. Dude can clear out his own meals and whatever the rest of us aren’t finishing. An actual bottomless pit
I’m surprised teams don’t cater their food for trips. They’re already chartering a plane. Might as well cater some food on top of that
Batroom must have been a mess. You lnow that man is lactose intolerant
Who gives a shit
Op learn how to use quotes
If only Joel Embiid drank 2 less milkshakes, he probably wouldn’t have gotten elbowed in the face by Siakam, run into Markelle Fultz’s shoulder, have his knee jumped on by Kuminga in the midst of his best year, have appendicitis, and randomly have Bells Palsy.
He apparently cut back on stuff like this a while ago, but he’s still too heavy, especially for how he needs to be playing right now at a major transitional point in his career. I’ve been an Embiid fan for his whole run but it’s always been very clear that he isn’t willing to make the sacrifices needed to get his body into the best shape possible to maximize his chances of winning.
Reminds me of Dwight eating 12 king size candy bars a day
Just how?
She slept her way to getting her own show
I need to know how he tackles this and in what order.
Shakes turn to soup quickly and he’s got 4 of them. 4!
Fries, you have like 5-10, max 15 mins before they’re no longer enjoyable.
Sandwiches have the longest shelf life, but still, they are fried and won’t be enjoyable beyond 30 mins.
Wonder why Embiid is never healthy 🤔
Lol no wonder they be telling him to drop weight
Falling to the floor burns a lot of calories
Joel DiEmbiides
Bro eats a lot and falls on the ground
i wonder if his injury history is related to this. All that processed stuff cannot possibly be good for the joints and inflammation.
I doubt he does it often. I’m sure it’s a once in a blue moon cheat meal sort of thing.
This was also like 7 years ago
Funny that embiid is essentially : take shaq give him work ethic and make him shoot better but he’s made of glass
Tell me you never watched Shaq without telling me you never watched Shaq
Embiid is worlds away from Shaq lol. Also the idea Embiid has some great work ethic is hilarious, especially within the context of this interview clip.
Embiid is essentially Shaq but way worse, especially in the playoffs where he was a Harden-tier choke artist.
he basically had to fill in the gaps in Ben Simmons’ game for him while never touching a basketball till he was 15. He then became a serious MVP candidate for half a decade during his prime. Yea, you are the one that knows how much work that takes. Not hard work btw to improve every year and to play through ridiculous ailments in the toughest games of the year.
Hurt =/ choke btw.
He’s never been great when he does play, tbf
He was hurt in all those elimination games he stunk it up in?