Joel Embiid is the current NBA MVP favorite. The big man from the Philadelphia 76ers is doing everything in his power to make sure that they reach the playoffs. Joel Embiid has always been a dominant player and has had help from former 76ers star, ben Simmons. Unfortunately, the relationship between Simmons and the 76ers and its players is not exactly the best.
After almost a year of drama, the 76ers managed to get into trade talks with the Brooklyn Nets. The 76ers saw the duo of James Harden and Joel Embiid while the Nets acquired Ben Simmons and even Seth Curry in the deal.
NBA Twitter hyped as Joel Embiid links up with him
The minute Joel Embiid heard that the 76ers had finally gotten rid of Ben Simmons it was nothing but happiness. However, the Philadelphia 76ers star decided to voice out his emotion in a simple yet savage way. he shared a meme from 2015. The meme is used to express emotions like ‘you won’t be missed.’ That is exactly what Embiid wanted to express as well.
— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) February 10, 2022
NBA twitter as usual had a ball of a time when the tweet went online. Many fans immediately understood that this meme was Joel Embiid’s way of saying good riddance to Ben Simmons.
he basically telling Ben simmons good riddance
— ً (@bhndrxx_) February 10, 2022
Embiid even tried playing it cool when asked if the tweet was for Ben Simmons. The star had one of the most amazing answers as he covered it in a way he pretended he had no idea what was going on.
“I don’t even know what the tweet was about. … I thought he was well-dressed.”
Embiid on his tweet after the Simmons-Harden trade ????????
(via @sixers) pic.twitter.com/oOE1x3Ph8D
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 12, 2022
Recently Embiid got to meet the man from the Tweet and he did not miss the opportunity to take a picture with him. The man in the meme is Big Fendi.
Embiid linked up with the guy from the meme he tweeted when Ben was traded ????
(via @bigfendi) pic.twitter.com/7OrzGfo1E6
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 22, 2022
Embiid is all set to take the court with James Harden. Embiid has already been working on his step-back threes. Joel is currently averaging 29.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game.