Embiid cant jump for the lob on the fast break
lol why risk it
yeah i think the angle is misleading, looks like it came up a bit short anyway
missing the bunny is funny tho
Definitely this. OP thought they were cookin with this vid
I mean the missed layup is hilarious
Bro it is hilarious. This sub takes itself too seriously now
It’s still a funny video. An MVP looking like a 42 year old man who had one way too many hot dogs before his Tuesday night church league game always hits
You’re right, embiid cooked in this clip 💯
* is cooked
Came short if you are Zach Randolph. Anyone else could have gone up and dunked it. Even Jose Alvarado.
Short and late.
yeah why risk jumping in a pre season game?
LMFAO
Risk jumping?
Like, if jumping is a risky concern, why even play in the NBA anymore, lol.
This reminds me of the Olajuwon story where he wasn’t trying in preseason cause those stats don’t count.
his backup just popped his achilles in preseason. i’m sure he’ll jump when it matters. or when the pass is better
Bro, he didn’t even jump after catching it.
There is no substantial risk whatsoever, he does similar jumps in practice and warm ups every day.
He was barking at the ref and flopped into jaylen. With the no jump hes in peak postseason form.
im sure he wont
ok
It is the preseason. Embiid may only have 10 jumps left in his body. He’s not burning one for a short pass in a meaningless game. I’m excited to see that he’s learning to play within himself
risk is cumulative
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I can’t tell if this comment is saying:
“Why did Embiid not jump and risked losing an easy bucket.”
or
“Why should Embiid jump and risk getting hurt?”
It’s /r/nba’s version of, Is this dress blue or gold?
It’s a jump. If he’s to scared to risk a jump then you might as well put him on the injury report for the playoffs
I don’t think he’s scared, just the timing was off, so didn’t. It would look worse if he did jump and the pass was too high/slow, so he just waited for the ball and thought he would have an easy bunny, and just missed it.
If he didn’t jump to catch the lob he could at least have jumped to score. He couldn’t even make the basket lmao
Yeah, these fools are doing crazy work to say that he’s 100% and playing in top form. Didn’t jump for the pass. Didn’t even go get the pass. Didn’t jump for the shot. Missed it hilariously.
He is allegedly not going to dunk during the regular season. They’re treating him with bubble wrap.
you can rationalize it for yourself any way you want, dude was scared of jumping
Has Jokic ever jumped? When you’re that big, it’s kinda unnecessary especially in pre-season
Has Jokic ever jumped?
Nah, which is why nobody cares he’s not jumping now. Embiid used to jump.
The point is that Embiid did jump
This is an insane take. They’re playing basketball. “Why jump” 😂 I get he didn’t need to on this particular play, but still
Andre Miller played 16 seasons at 6’3” and jumped about 3 times.
Jokic have never needed to. Embiid at his best was not only a lesser player than Jokic, but one whose game required a certain level of athleticism. That part is gone, leaving his team with this and the hope that he doesn’t end more careers before the season starts.
how are you comparing Embiid to a generational talent like Jokic lmfao. The disrespect Jokic gets on this sub
Well you’ve certainly missed the point
Catching an easy lob and doing a pg dunk is low level stuff. Philly is cooked
All you have to do is look and see that he was going to jump and dunk it but the ball was short and late. The ball barely left his hand when embiid was about to jump but seen the ball wasnt there yet so made sure he got the rebound instead of missing the oop. This sub is dumb asg
Embiid averaged 24 7 and 5 in the playoffs a few months ago
It’s the preseason, a completely meaningless game. It’s not even about injuries, why bother jumping up for a lob?
It was also a little late and a little off the mark… he should’ve hit the shot after though
If prime healthy Embiid jumped it would’ve been a nasty lob but it wasn’t a good timing or placement
I wish he had hit the bank shot, that would have been cartoon level funny
Its funny how we got to the point that we’re treating Embiid like a fragile old man
Cause he can’t jump
so why risk it
If “jumping” is a risk for a professional basketball player, I’m sure this basketball team will be super successful this season!
to clarify, i dislike you guys chomping at the bit to root for this dude’s downfall, especially with his injury history
I didn’t say anything about that
I get that its preseason but at what point is this self protection just a liability. Like what good is he if he is contantly debating with himself internally if its worth to try jumping even a bit or not?
Yeah why risk playing basketball. He can just sit on the sidelines
Why even play him then? This is embarrassing. Idc if it’s preseason just get out of the league if you’re 7’1 and can’t hop to dunk a lob
What kinda take is this? He knows his time is limited. No reason to risk it during preseason when his window is closing.
these mfs hating on a man trying his best to stay available, especially on a worthless preseason game. bunch of negative ass people
Sixers backup center tore his achilles 48 hours ago, coaching staff would have shit themselves if Jo went for that lob
Same type of people who watch boxing or mma and say “he should have just put it all on the line and went for broke” lolol
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Like all athletes who play preseason. Gearing up their bodies for the regular season.
There’s something to be said that it is someone’s only chance to see these dudes live, so I can see the frustration when the ticket isn’t free.
Are you serious? Risk what? If his time is that “limited” gtfo the court. This is not some charity. It’s entertainment. And again he is 7’1. No one is asking him to windmill or 360. He can hop and literally dunk the ball. Even LeBron would have dunked that. If his knees are that cooked he can’t hop then he’s actively hurting his team and the product of the nba
Risk reaching for an oop that was not in the correct spot for him to grab… cmon man. I’m sure his team would not want him to risk it
Bro it’s preseason why are you so serious about a preseason game?
The irony is he jumped for the rebound off the miss
Looking like me with that layup attempt
Embiid is having one of the worst games I’ve very seen in my life he has 8 TOs and has been a layup line on defense
Embiid is typically God awful in the preseason, especially now since hell prob have to get used to playing at a different weight
you can tell people who have never watched the sixers besides the playoffs are doing so because of lebron.
Yeah no shit bro lol, what do u expect , there wasn’t really aalot to keep tabs on the past few years
You’re a real detective man.
Now try to use that big ol brain of yours to connect what he’s saying to OPs post.
Your first five words covered it
Sure looked like it against y’all
Touché. After seeing that Embiid/JB clip, I hope y’all still have a team left by the postseason!
Thanks for JB! 🤡🤡🤡
He was a layup line all series v Knicks. Kinda sad considering how good he was on that end.
He was cooked in the Knicks series, his defense and ability to move was better in few games he played in celtics series but once again injuries caught up in the next round
Man I can’t imagine what his knees/legs must be like if it’s just an inevitability that if he plays hard minutes he will get hurt. Feel for him honestly
Which is why the sixers have no shot. He’s cooked by the end of the first round every year. He’s not gonna magically stay healthy thru 20 playoff games at max intensity now
I’m not convinced he needs to for this team to win.
It’s never had a team this good around him, too unprecedented to say no shot. The Knicks looked like ass the first quarter of last season with your own fans saying it wasn’t gonna work with KAT, the coaching etc
Can’t write off anyone in the east this year
They just need to LTIR him Mark Stone style and bring him out for the playoffs every year in hopes that they can get 20 playoff games
Yeah I’m not worried about them at all. Glass cannon embiid and 42 year old lebron is easy work on defense.
I do not know how the Sixers will defend anyone. Edgecomb and JB (on-ball only) are their only starters who are even close to passable defenders at this point
If they do staggered minutes for starters (I don’t know much about their bench) Dean Wade is as much of a defense first player as they come. They’re gonna have to be super creative with lineups I think
What are you talking about? Maxey is a solid defender now
You guys were attacking his abdomen, as you should it’s the playoffs, and that made him so hesitant to make contact at the point of attack on the switches. And he’s just not great in space anymore, understandably so. Was hoping it would look better with his slimmer body, but it’s G1 preseason for hiim.
Maybe he actually did take ozempic
Just searched and GLP’s are not a banned substance. This could be a game changer for our thicc bois out there
So what you’re saying is that he is in playoff shape on the defensive end.
Jokic-esque
It’s the preseason. Breathe.
ive been giggling like a schoolgirl the entire game at how god-awful embiid looks
God damn people are weird as hell on here bro. Genuinely pathetic comment
acting like this is the first time in nba history someone has talked shit about a player
Nah don’t think I’m acting like that at all. It’s not even shit talk, just a pathetic mental image
Ehh that’s a fairly normal comment if 76ers are his team’s rivals.
Soft comment even by reddit standards lol
This dude “giggling like a schoolgirl” cause embiid played like shit in a preseason game is just objectively pathetic no other way to put it. Feel how you wanna feel
What did he say that was pathetic? Fuck Joel Embiid til i die
sixers victim complex
Fuck embiid.
nah, Fuck Embiid.
Fuck Wembanyama too.
slovenia flair? the jokic circlejerk is down the hall, to the left buddy
Jokic is from Serbia you dweeb. Luka is from Slovenia
Jokic is from Serbia dipshit. Doncic is from Slovenia.. you might want to go join the circlejerk, and get off your knees
Hey dipshit my point is that white Eastern Europeans fans on the internet irrationally root for white Eastern Europeans players, stop being intentionally obtuse
you failed Geography class, didn’t you?
Me fucking too lol. Embiid is one of my least favorite athletes OAT. Seeing him fail is genuinely hilarious. JUST KEEP SEETHING SIXERS FANS. It makes the Embiid hate that much funnier to me
No one is seething, but it is pretty weird to say this kind of stuff. Hope you find help
No help needed buddy. I’m having an easy enough time dunking on Embiid without the help. He might need it though!
Facts
This is just weird lol, calm down dude.
You must not watch him every year at the start of the season. He’s always brutal in October
The worst game of his career is when he scored 0 in his return to Toronto after Kawhi made him cry
Lmao this the guy Lebron wants to win a ring for?
that was a business decision
Embiid has low key always been a terrible jumper, though, at least over the last few years. He might legit have a 12” jump.
A poor business decision for sure.
And I don’t understand why that fanbase embraces such a loser mentality by always defending Embiid. The process has done nothing for that organization. Lead by an uninterested, fat, lazy, player. He looked like dog shit against a lottery team when he’s the one that needs to be out there proving he is locked in with everyone else. A championship for the Sixers will ultimately depend on Embiid. But this dude is out there with a thumb up his ass. I can totally see the Sixers moving him for a player like AD. It’s a second round exit if Embiid doesn’t get it together.
brother please get your blood pressure checked
I’m the furthest thing from an Embiid defender, but I think his not jumping has significantly more to do with it being a horrible lob pass than anything else. Very possible he also wouldn’t have jumped had it been a well-placed pass, which would have definitely been a red flag but I wouldn’t put a fork in him yet just off this play.
It’s also preseason, so maybe he’s trying to play it safe.
Honestly he ought not jump until playoffs lol
next season just to be safe
And play it safe in the playoffs too in case they make the next round, so wait until game 7 of the finals to jump. Maybe the 4th quarter of game 7
For sure and given his injury history, in particular, that would absolutely be a valid choice on his part.
Man genuinely asking from a medical perspective how fucked do your knees have to be that even a simple two legged jump is a ‘risk’?
I have relatively kinda mangled ankles, knees, back, neck from years of competitive hockey and basketball but still I don’t have to think twice about jumping in a pick up basketball game. Feel for Embiid genuinely
Brother, he plays in the NBA. These aren’t pickup games that are half the speed for half the time. They will conserve energy when they can. A nothing layup in a preseason game doesn’t require jumping. He just missed.
Lmao don’t try and gaslight me that it’s some normal thing for players to be like conserving jumps and not even wanting to slightly hop for a layup…
Pretty fucked. Every time I jump I risk a dislocation.
3 months from now
it’s also the regular season, so maybe he’s trying to play it safe
First round of playoffs
it’s also the first round, so maybe he’s trying to play it safe
He literally gave his heart out in the playoffs what are you talking about?
His mechanics definitely suggested he was going to jump. But, as you said, the pass was terrible. Seems a bit late and behind, and Embiid immediately knew he does not have the hangtime to pull that off. Soft ass follow up, though. Serves him right for missing. Lol
He almost always jumps and comes back down with it when someone throws a “lob”. I think he just realized that he didn’t need to in this case lol
It’s preseason and I honestly thought he was just goofing around with the defenders.
Then missed the bunny and felt like a dumbass.
Furthest thing? No. I’m on the Playa Haters Ball for Embiid. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go home and put some water in Buck Nasty’s mama’s dish. Good Evening.
Maybe a terrible pass so he didn’t dunk it (pass looked fine to me?), but the not even jumping for the layup is the more concerning thing for me.
Hopefully. Really hope his knee isn’t that cooked.
He threw down a full speed dunk in transition like 5 days ago in our scrimmage, this “omg he can’t physically jump” concern trolling is absurd
Oh OK good to hear.
I think your first reaction is correct. Embiid clearly gets his legs ready to jump as he gets to the rim. Did he not jump because his legs said “no”? Maybe. But it looks like he saw the pass was crap.
Yeah he gets ready to jump and then bails because the pass is late and out of rhythm with his jump timing
He also doesn’t jump on the layup
Half the guys on my team would have thrown that down.
I understand there’s a reason he won’t jump, especially in preseason, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a glaring issue
Nah he just figured it was a gimme and got too cocky.
Its more being over confident becsuse of the lineup potentially being a big problem.
You don’t want Embiid to take risk in preseason.
You also don’t want Embiid to take risk in regular season.
You really don’t want Embiid to take risk in the first round.
Sixers is out of the first rounds
You really don’t want Embiid to take risk during off season.
Lmfao, just wait til they make the finals bro, then he’ll show us bro
To lift the trophy? Maybe that thing is too much for his knees too.
Risk?? So jumping is a risk now? Wow the world really is turning soft huh
There is always a risk. Even just getting out of bed.
I am just following the Reddit cupcakes here.
Implying Klutch ain’t backdooring him in february lol
Careful because embiid doesn’t have that much value. It’ll be vj since maxey and brown are actually important for lebron to win
He doesn’t jump for rebounds either btw.
He just doesn’t jump. Jumping is in the past.
he did a penultimate step looking like it was his intention at first, but then just stopped
If embiids knees were as robust as your vocabulary, this wouldn’t be an issue.
Maybe you should have a word with him?
LeBron is boarding that helicopter right now
Not jumping is fine, blowing the wide open , very easy layup is pathetic
I’m glad he didn’t otherwise his season would’ve ended right there
Eh. He didn’t need to. He just fucked up the layup. It’s preseason, no need to fuck those knees up further.
Then why he is out there? For a guy who has publicly discussed his struggles and how criticism gets to him, he’s doing himself no favors. He and Nick Nurse should be smarter than that.
Because it’s preseason and he’s getting ready for the regular season?
Are his legs done for at this point in his career?
I think at this point his knees are taking it personally.
Might be his last dance.
Yesss overall his lower body is cooked, he should play less games than expected just to rest and in Jan-feb I would play him even less to try to save him for the playoffs the only problem is the pile of cash he is making
Pretty much
No need to jump but to miss the layup is awful
Somebody save this clip for when they got knocked out in the first round.
Report of Embiid’s (good) health has been greatly exaggerated
Look at the comment section celebrating this shit.
🎶Stand up now and face the sun, won’t hide my tail and turn and run🎶
If I say the sky is blue I’m not celebrating shit, I’m stating a fact.
At night it’s black. So I dunno what ur talking about.
Saving them knees for the games that matter
Makes sense that he doesn’t jump in the preseason. He should also not jump in the regular season, the games don’t matter. And definitely isn’t wise to waste his knees in the first round. Actually, he’ll be ready to go in the Finals. Ope, Sixers are out in the second round.
Week 1-2
bro, if a jump when no ones around is that much of a risk, he’s getting injured in the first game “that matters”
Idk if there’s any more games that matter for him except the ones he plays…. I think this dudes body is cooked.
Bron will be on the phone inquiring about AD on his ride home tonight
LeGM is back!!!
Get to the choppa!
You mean flight. He’s not a poor.
It’s only a helicopter.
Bezos got a rocket.
LeBron don’t got rocket money.
This is such a made up narrative
You’re right. It’s way too loud to talk in a helicopter. It’s all over Signal for confidentiality.
we know melo dont miss!
Looking like prime Eddy Curry on the boards
And all the fast food trash on the floor boards
He should probably not jump until at least January
The blown layup is bad but there’s no way he’s catching that lob man. That was a terrible pass
a 7fter has a lot of room for error to catch a terrible lob
if he didnt miss the layup nobody would be talking anyhow
Embiid has never ever been an lob catcher. I can remember a handful of times he’s ever finished an oop
Hey LeBron, didn’t leave his family to get kicked out in the second round now
I actually believed this would be the healthiest he’s been in years. Not ready to eat crow on that yet, but it looks like it may be in the oven.
i mean him not jumping and taking that impact is good since its preseason but goddamn that looks horrible
If he is too fragile to do a basic basketball movement like jump he’s finished.
Yeah like what the fuck are we talking about here? It is absolutely not okay for a player to allow their fear of injuries to impact their game. There is no justification to not jump in a preseason game, regardless of how unimportant the game is to the season. It’s jumping.
This league has turned into a clown show unfortunately
He dunked like 3x during the scrimmage? He just didn’t feel like it lol
Yeah maybe. But I did say if he wasn’t jumping for the reason the dude above me said then its not a good look.
Embiid has a million injuries so it’s hard to track, but he hasn’t had any knee complications in over a year. He doesn’t have the same burst as before but jumping is not an issue
He should have played in the 50s.
The not jumping looked like a perfectly fine idea. The miss was hilariously stupid.
It is unfortunate that the healthiest version of current Embiid is… this. His knees are truly cooked
If it’s that much a risk to complete a fast break open alley oop just hang it up big bro
bron chose this team 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I think he just chose not to jump, which makes sense since it’s just preseason. That miss is inexcusable though
since when its not jumping in preseason a thing ? wtf?
He’s risk and movement adverse even in the playoffs as he should be. Ergo, not jumping in the pre season
He is a PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. jumping is part of the damn job. If he is to the point he has abandon jumping for fear of injury then its time to retire.
I feel like you are purposefully being obtuse because you want to argue.
You know Embiid’s injury history. You know why someone with injury history would try to limit jumping, especially in unnecessary minutes.
Embiid has had injuries from overextending himself in unnecessary minutes.
if he’s so in his head that he’s even thinking of whether or not to jump then he’s cooked
Championship dreams down the toilet, exhibit A
Oof. LeBron is going to give him an earful.
He should just charter a chopper next time he needs some lift.
LeHoist him up.
Incredible hate watch
In second round form already
Shit this is like TMac on the Spurs level athleticism.
lol u guys are wild trying to make excuses. The lob was fine and he was never jumping. Philly is cooked
I’ve said for years Embiid looks rickety as fuck. His knees usually look like they’re about to blow/cave in at any moment. I get that it’s just a preseason game and maybe he doesn’t care… but no one else on the court looks that fragile and limited.
Bad lob but it’s the no jump layup which is concerning.
It’s a non story that is being overanalyzed for obvious reasons. He didn’t need to jump at all he just botched a point blank shot that makes 9⁄10 times in a game where he was wildly sloppy. The narrative will likely last until the next game when some new extreme narrative emerges as it always does.
Oh definitely.
Sometimes you forget how stupid the Embiid and LeBron haters are. Then you get to see them constantly in the same threads.
it has been quite astonishing to see them. just very sad individuals.
It’s really going to be an insufferable season for people who don’t have strong feelings about either of them huh
I mean hating embiid isn’t really stupid. Dude has been MIA for years now.
Easy to hate a guy for being hurt ? Ppl are so weird
He’s easy to hate because he’s a dirty player and super arrogant.
Literally this. People acting otherwise are stupid. He’s a dirty fucking flopping bitch
Deserves to be eternally clowned if this season is anything less than a 2nd round playoff exit
It will be
Honestly I know imma get hate… imma start off by saying I hate embiid but on this play the pass is short. Good decision so stay on the floor. BUT TO BLOW THE LAY. Absolute dumpster fire
It’s not only short but late. Looked like he was planning to jump and then when the pass wasn’t coming he aborted.
Yea was gonna say, that pass was not ideal at all. Unless he’s prime Blake Griffin its not worth it
Jumping is for the regular season.
I saw the same thing in the ymca game yesterday at halftime of the thunder game. Kids could not hit a bucket
Angel Reese jumps higher than him
protect those knees
Save something for next year.
Floorman
Them boys down to something
This is all just to lull the league into a false sense of security.
Knees are finished
Nba career finished
Thank God
If that’s the whole amount of effort he’s willing to put in during preseason, why play him at all? The games don’t matter & he’s obviously not trying to do anything strenuous to put himself at risk of injury again, so just sit him. It’s not worth the risk or ridicule.
7 ft, 280 lbs man yeah i don’t want him jumping during preseason games either
Alley uh uh.
Flashes of Ben Simmons
Then why play right now?