Due to the new rule implemented this year, he’s gonna have to play a certain amount of games to be eligible for the MVP. I think as of now he can’t afford to miss more than 6 games till the end of the season or he won’t be eligible.
@@matthieusaade3616 lmao gets fact checked in less than 2 minutes. Just cause you feel like Embiid is a better player because he can bully weaker teams dosent make him the MVP. Keep that same energy in the playoffs lol. Especially when he suddenly gets knee soreness after he is in "Prime" Form after dropping a "historic" number of points.
Stephen A Smith praises Embiid for being injured and claims is not load management cos he has a history of injuries but with Kawhi, he needs to retire.
I think he might be mad at Kawhi for the following reasons: 1. Kawhi F’ed LeFraud in 2014 finals. 2. Kawhi apparently finessed lakers before trade deadline back in 2020 and went to the Clippers. He may be attacking him solely based on being butt hurt on behalf of LeFraud.
@@danielbattle7620 lol San Antonio was never "Super Team". Only Duncan was perennial all star. Both Ginobili and Tony Parker had pt averages 13.3ppg and 15.5ppg respectively for their careers. And Kawhi just won as a up coming young player in a team that drafted him, without team hopping for chasing rings unlike LeFraud. LeFraud has constantly team hopped his entire career to join up with at least +2 all stars or former all stars. You LeChoke fanboys are delusional and always try to gas light with lies as usual.
@@skap_attack He got clowned on for calling himself one of the most unselfish players ever. But Beardman's been sacrificing his talents his whole career with very little pouting. In OKC, Scott Brooks played him as 6th man for 3 years in, despite being one of the most talented players on the team. In Houston, Tim Fertitta refused to go over the luxury tax and surround him with better players, despite being one game away from an NBA finals in 2018. (The next year he averaged 36ppg 7rpg 8apg) In Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving played less games then Harden, despite Harden being injured. In Philadelphia, he took a pay cut so the Doc Rivers could sign more depth, despite being owed $15million more. Generational talent that's been adapting and being unselfish since he entered the league when the 2019 rockets are down 0-2 and he averages 40/10/5 the next 2 games to tie it up, it doesn't count. when he puts up 35/8/5 and has more points/rebounds/assists/steals than steph in game 6, he sucked and steph was legendary to win without KD. in the bubble he put up 30 ppg on 67 TS% against an elite lakers defense that was just doubling him near halfcourt and leaving russ wide open. but he sucked. he also tends to have his best games end in near losses, which unless he has a time machine, i'm not sure what he can do about. putting up 39/10/9 on 62% shooting (field goal, not TS%) against the #1 defense 2015 warriors and being +12 in 41 minutes, only for the rockets to be -13 in his 7 minutes off so he loses by 1 gets forgotten. still a great game. he goes up 3-2 on the most talented team ever but cp3 gets injured so no credit for harden. he's had some disappointing playoff moments, but people way overplay it. I mean Harden does have 9 playoff games where he scored 40+ points, including 3 in the 2018 playoff run alone. Curry has 7 such games in his career. Butler has 6. Melo had 4. Harden certainly deserves plenty of criticism. But this idea that he’s never gone off in the playoffs is ridiculous. He generally had just kind of ok supporting casts and regularly made some decent playoff runs. His Rockets were also the only team to really give a healthy KD Warriors any real trouble. Cavs got swept and lost in 5. I think if you take "Most Valuable Player" literally, Harden should have won. Take Steph Curry off of that Warriors team, and that's still a good team. Take James Harden off of that Rockets team (keep in mind that Dwight was also missing for most of the season), and that team is very close to the very bottom of the West. Steph Curry had a phenomenal season, but I'm tired of team performance being taken into account so heavily in individual accolades. Harden 2014-15. With out Harden the Rockets probably dont make the playoffs. With out Curry the Warriors still make the playoffs, just not as the first seed. I feel like considering that Dwight was injured most of the season and Harden fucking went ham to keep his team a float, that the MVP should have gone to him. The only knock on Harden was his percentages, but Harden still averaged 27.4 points, 7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the season. Dem be MVP numbuhs. James Harden is an underrated defender and I will argue that to the grave The only reason mainstream media views harden as a bad defensive player is because of lowlight tapes where harden doesn’t sprint across the court to guard a speedy fast break but when Lebron sags on defense it’s considered conserving energy. Efficiency wise if a player is a huge plus on offense it makes sense to have them expend the majority of their energy getting points instead of making high energy cost/low return defensive plays. Especially when that player is by far the most effective offensive player on the team. Lebrons famous 48 minute playoff games utilize this strategy and Harden is the highest usage player in league history so it’s less about defensive skill as opposed to a strategic decision. This is why Harden prefers to guard bigs in the post where his style is more about stealing low rather than jumping to block. And when looking at his defensive efficiency in the post it’s up there with the best in the league. Defense isn’t necessarily about the flashy blocks of a Giannis or the scrappy pestering of a Pat Beverly. It’s about not letting the other team score the ball and Harden does a good not great job at that. I rest my case. At their peaks, Harden IS a better offensive player than Jordan (and Kobe) by every imaginable metric. Harden is a better offensive player at his peak than Jordan. Some of this is going to sound repetitive but follow along. Kobe averaged 5 rebounds and 4 assists in his 35.1ppg season. He did that on 27 FGAs, and a 56% TS Jordan averaged 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in his 37ppg season. He did that on 28 FGAs, and a 56% TS. Harden averaged 7 rebounds and 8 assists in his 36.1ppg season. He's doing that on 24 FGAs and a 61% TS. Yeah well Harden shoots too many free throws. Harden: 11 FTA (88%) Jordan: 11.9 FTA (85.7%) Kobe: 10.2 FTA (85%) Yeah well Harden shoots too many threes that's why his TS is high. Harden: 54.1 eFG%, 52.9% from 2, 36.8% from 3 Kobe: 49.1 eFG%, 48.2% from 2, 34.7% from 3 MJ: 48.4 eFG%, 49.1% from 2, 18.2% from 3 (only on 0.8 attempts though) Yeah well the game was much slower back then. Per 100 Possessions: Harden: 48.2 PPG (highest of all time) MJ: 46.4 PPG Kobe: 45.6 PPG Yeah well compared to their league, Jordan stood out more. Then let's compare to the league average. Harden: 54.1 eFG% and 61.7 TS%, League Average: 52.4 eFG% and 55.7 TS% Kobe: 49.1 eFG% and 55.9 TS%, League Average: 49 eFG% and 53.5 TS% MJ: 48.4 eFG% and 56.2 TS%, League Average: 48.8 eFG% and 53.8 TS% This isn't even factoring in seasons Harden has averaged 10+ assists, and he's done that many times. Harden is a very capable defender when he tries. For majority of the game Harden plays defense but allows blowbys to avoid risking picking up fouls. Due to his heavy minutes, especially when he was in Houston, harden lacked in defense to avoid getting fouls, which is why he is known as a bad defender. However, in late game situations, especially in the playoffs, he locks in and is one of the better perimeter defensive players in the league. As for his post defense, he has been number one in the league statistically since 2019, and has even been second in the league in perimeter isolation points allowed per possession in 2020. In addition to all of that, he is an extremely smart player defensively. He knows when to help, where other players need to stand and is known for his defensive communication. His Houston rockets had the number one defense in the playoffs and in the bubble of 2020. Statistically James has been top 5 in steals for many seasons, number one in deflections for a few years, and has the most blocks by any guard since joining Houston. He has crucial defensive saves in important games including against Giannis, Porzingis, in game 7 of okc thunder, and even against embiid in the 2020 rockets 76ers matchup, where embiid got in a little skirmish with him after harden stopped him on back to back possessions. He may not play it the whole game, but when he tries harden is a top defender in almost every aspect, and a beneficial one to have on the court due to his intelligence. And people talking bout his defense are idiots, hes locked up and then shit on Kawhi/PG/Beverly in a 1v3 lmaoooo he has the most points on every team too plus like 3 years of 10+ assists and the others are 8-9 assists on top of 30-36.6 points. He's the only one who even challenged the KD Era warriors and lost because of blatant ref fixing and Ariza going 0-12 on wide open threes generated by Harden along with his second best player CP3 going down and Capela getting sonned by a rookie Looney. Harden was literally dunking on draymond all day and dray got pissed and shoved him like 30 seconds into a game because he got scored on twice fast. That's not even mentioning all that happened while facing the KD warriors who had 5 star players, 2 of which were the number one and number two best shooters in the history of the league, Dpoy draymond, a top 2-3 scorer in Durant, Iggy dpoy. Then waiving off 12 of Hardens points but not making the same call if he missed the 3...blatant lmao Harden has been a top 3 hardest working player for the past 10 years. Just because he likes strip clubs and partying doesn't mean he disregards practice and conditioning. This sub is just going with assuming narratives instead of taking 5 minutes to find out that Harden's workouts have been Kobe-levels insane for many seasons, doing HIT lifting after having played 40 minutes in an NBA game with historic usage and scoring rate for entire seasons because the durability demanded from Harden forced him to be insanely well conditioned. There are countless stories as well as statements by his staff and teammates about it, it's just easier to shit on a player for partying instead. Literally everybody who's ever played with Harden attests to his one-of-a-kind work ethic. The reason Harden has been struggling are injuries and playing through them as well as the miles on his body but it's 10000% not because he's lazy. He ONCE forced Houstons hand for 3 weeks because they wouldn't trade him despite his demands many months before the situation escalated. Other than that he's been more than textbook when it comes to work ethic, you don't become such a legendary offensive Superstar without working your ass off every day for many years. And yes Harden can come back, he's one of the most skilled players ever and he works out like a madman
Remember when Kobe said, "[Vince Carter] is gonna see me tonight?" Yeah. He was hurt and was LOOKING for the smoke. MJ shutdown prime VC at 38 on busted knees. These dudes be cheating the game.
My 76er-fan cousins in Denver spent almost $1000 for 3 tickets to see Embiid play. I told them over and aver again: Embiid becomes a 7 foot tall P.A.B. at altitude, but they didn't listen.
WOW!!!!! That stinks. I'm sorry to hear that for your cousins. I'm sure there are countless stories around the NBA of stuff just like this one every year, with fans getting burned by lazy, coward players. It's not right.
Guys like Jordan and Kobe never ducked the smoke. When did we see Jordan not play a regular season game with the bulls because of a sore knee? That man brought it every game. Stars today just don't care. Imagine every time Jordan played Drexler, he had some "injury" that kept him out
It's absolutely PATHETIC where we're at today. They simply don't make them like they used. I mean Kobe certainly didn't play as many 80-82 game years as Jordan. BUT Kobe was constantly playing extremely banged up with injuries that would have routinely had other players even back then sitting out days or even weeks. Just imagine what his stats would have looked like if he was just sitting out 15-20 games a year so he was nice and fresh.
@bennettslavin3975 it's a sore knee. Not a broken knee. Not a tore anything. Meaning it's sore. That's a injury that can be played through. And it's not about just him. It's about players today will play the game before a marquee opponent, the game after a marquee opponent. But the actual game against the other star they'll pick to skip
We all know Embiid got last season's MVP because Kendrick Perkins played the race card. Adam Silver changed the rules to prolong Lebron's stat-padding career and now others are doing the same at insane numbers against scrub teams. Followed by "load management" being disguised by "ankle soreness" against better teams. This league is unwatchable.
@pabloscobar958 He didn't deserve it either year. Dude had the biggest drop-off in performance from an MVP in league history. He got the award then threw your team under the bus satisfied 😂
To think Embiid might win 2MVPs while cherry picking, ducking and crying for the award is disgraceful. Just a slap in the face to other recent upstanding 2xMVPs like Steph/Giannis/Jokic.
I know this vid is about Jokic and Embiid, but as a Sixers fan, I would low key love to see Jimmy Butler destroy the sixers in the playoffs this year. I want this organization to never forget how badly they fucked up by letting him walk.
SERIOUSLY! The sixers in general have made some of the worst, most pathetic decisions over the last few years. The contract to Simmons, drafting Fultz. Can you envision a team WITH Butler, Embiid and Tatum. Good LAWD, they'd have MULTIPLE titles ALREADY.
@@g4lsupreme542 Jokic has 2 MVPs a Ring and a Finals MVP to his name next to Embiid's lone MVP. Embiid has a bad habit of not measuring up when it counts, such as coming up with petty excuses to sit out the game an hour before game time. At least Jokic will play anywhere at anytime and he doesn't even take the sport seriously.
The minimum to qualify for MVP should be raised to at LEAST 70 games. As it stands, you can miss 17 games which is 21% of the season, or 1 out of every 5 games played. If I only came into work 4 out of 5 days per week, my boss wouldn't consider me the MVP of the company.
NBA would have died in the 80s if Magic or Bird had his mentality. Imagine Magic or Bird ducking each other. How can you call these dudes the better than ever, when they are afraid to play against each other?
EXACTLY! Hell, Bird and Magic would check the season schedule at the beginning of the year and mark the dates when they'd face each other on their calendars! I'm sure the same was true for MJ and Kobe and their rivals. Those guys lived to compete and "one-up" their rivals.
@@labynoe All the greats wanted to prove they were greater than their competition. Which made it fun and exciting to watch as fans. Today a lot of these dudes want the great title without the constant proof through competition. Even the greats had guys that were on a lower tier dying to knock them off.
He probably would’ve raised his average if he had played.. he’s a bad match up for most teams, but he’s especially bad for Denver.. his back up (who is really a 4), scored 30 last night..
This demonstrates the weakness of the league. And the commissioner signed an extension, so this will get worse. It was a missed opportunity for Imbid to make a case for MVP, but for whatever reason, he choked. I am not surprised he didn't play. But Imbid is not pointing to a bigger problem with society's belief in greatness. Scoring 70 or 73 is meaningless without substance. That's why the current generation can celebrate mediocrity. My favorite quote from Kobe was we play for championships, not conference titles.
@HH-qh1go He's done nothing where it matters. So what is this "dominating" you're talking about? Your guy can't even advance to the conference finals, let alone play a game on the road against the very guy you claim is not as good as embiid. Gtfoh 🤡🤡
I absolutely agree!. You're speaking facts, not bias. This is a great video and was exceptionally done. Thank you for hard worj in putting this together. Some of these intellectually lazy so-called sports journalists are not doing their jobs by calling out the obvious on this guy. It's quite disturbing and disappointing.
He's a smart coward. he opportunistically choose those games where his personal stats could potentially suffer more and skip them. But the worst thing is that even though everyone already knows about this since many years ago, there are still a great amount of ***** in the media asking for the MVP to Embiid just because they are haters of other potential contenders.
Ok but he was legit injured. And denver and jokic is actually a good matchup for him.i mean jump to as many conclusions as you want. Just occasionally lift you head out of the dirt and think for a second.
@@jakasmalakas You do know that the only reason this has become such a huge talking because he hasn't played in Denver for almost 4-5 years now. Injured once or even twice is understandable but to not play Denver at home since 2019??? Of course people are gonna call that shit out
Every year from the very beginning of the season I tell Embiid fans that he is guaranteed to duck playing in Denver and they say I'm full of crap, that he hasn't been ducking and this year is going to be different. Yet when the game comes around he is nowhere to be found. Last year Jokic played in Philly despite having a leg injury, arm injury, and was still recovering from covid. Plus Nuggets always usually have to play in Milwaukee in consecutive games when they play Philly, this year they had to play at Boston instead. When Embiid doesn't play in Denver, he usually plays both the game before and game after, so it's not like he is that truly injured and Denver just happens to be a part of the games he misses while out. Even if he really is injured this year, the problem is that he was padding his stats against bottom seeded Spurs instead of preparing for a prime time matchup that was scheduled specifically for him. The worst part is that he doesn't at least show up on the bench and cheer his teammates on. Last year he didn't show up in Denver at all after trash talking Jokic for "not winning anything" (despite at least going to the WCF and lost to 3 conference winners, 2 of which ended as champions), and this year he barely showed up at the end of the game sitting at the very end of the bench trying to stay out of sight. Meanwhile, Maxey was sitting in plain view the whole game, cheering and supporting his teammates.
Head to Head to me doesn’t matter, because we know who the better center is - THE JOKER! This is outside of the video - I know I’ve learned much about how overrated LeBron is from Skap and Sports Wars, but my favorite content from Skap Attack is easily Kobe videos. A great way to continue to share his story and remember a TRUE LEGEND, unlike a certain “King”. I know I’m no longer a Bron supporter, but I still hold a spot of fun watching Shannon Sharpe. I enjoy the memes and the fun Sharpe brings (outside of the Bron takes, but I still like the GOAT mask).
Joel Embiid has now sat out his games in Minnesota against Gobert/KAT (one-off) in Boston against Porzingis (two-game road trip) in Miami against Bam (first of four game road trip) in Denver against Jokic (one-off) Fakest MVP in history
Man, what a massive blow to the 76ers and Embiid, suffering such an injury setback right before a big road game...against the 13-win Blazers on Monday night, who will be playing in game 2 of a back-to-back 😂 I predict a miraculous recovery for Joelle, one so great it even allows him to play for 40+ minutes as he shoots for 60+ points against another of his preferred road opponents.
Hahaha no doubt! What an incredible comeback for him. He’ll have to play as long as needed even in a blowout to make sure he gets those stats for mvp 😂
Can't even argue it at this point. While I have been rooting for a Giannis Jokic finals for 3 years in a row now, I almost wanna see the Sixers make just so Embiid HAS TO play at Denver lol.
I don't understand this argument , no one on the Nuggets can defend him, especially slow-footed Jokic. I do find it odd that he hasn't played there since 2019 . I think it's a mixture between the altitude , his conditioning, and the injuries. There is a layer of ingenuity there, which is bothersome, but acting like Embiid is scared of Jokic is a ridiculous take that Jokic nuthuggers have run with to cope.
@@chantellbritto8559 no it's true he might be ducking him, look at UFC fighters, they're always hurt and if they duck Chael Sonnen will call them out like when DDP said his foot hurt and wouldn't fight Izzy
@@swaglord1522 But the last two times he played him dropped 40 and got the win. The only thing I can think of is the altitude mixed with his conditioning .. Which is still concerning
@@pabloscobar958yeah there’s no point in arguing with people on a video that was made to make people hate on embiid even more because medical staff chose to have him sit the game.
LOL I actually had this finished last night but it was like 1:30 a. So I figured to hold it. It interrupted a bigger vid I was working on following the Doncic 73 pointer. That one will come out tomorrow...
ESPN stands for "Expected Same Pondering Nonsense." Steph A's take was very weak and be was also ducking the obvious and already providing built excuses for Embiid if he misses 6 more games. Mike Wilbon was the only panelist who was concerned about Embiid being "No Show" for the 5th year in Denver.
In regards to the pace of the game and the average scoring. I did the math and adjusted Kobe‘s 81 point game compared to the league scoring average, and if he played today it would’ve been 96 points 😅
EXACTLY! I am currently working on another era specific video on the Luka 73 point game. I have some interesting numbers in there. Kobe by the way did THAT while missing only 2 games AND being FIRST TEAM DEFENSE that year!
@@skap_attackkobe is very underrated on defense, the man had several all nba defense teams and 90% of them was 1st team all defense. More than the self proclaimed “goat”
@@LiveWithBabaTV LOL underrated??? He stole about 4-5 First teams that should have went to DWade or Tony Allen. For such an elite defensive player, Kobe's defensive metrics were pretty lackluster. His own coach even said he was an overrated defender.
@skap_attack ay yo, he was legit injured. So what now? Will you apologise properly or are you a coward? If you watched the game prior you would have known. I saw it live. The info was not hidden?
this the most complete and precise analytics of basketball ive seen on the internet these years. choice of words is epic. you earned yourself a new subscriber sir!
Skap I really hope you cover how the media reacted to Embiid's 70 pt game and Luka's 73 pt game. And that Lakers/Warriors double OT game where the Lakers shot 43 free throws to the Warriors 16.
Bro it’s time for the investigation of lakers vs warriors. Gotta highlight the most recent game and then expand on how this happened during the playoffs as well. Gonna be a fire video fr
Quit watching the NBA years ago mostly due to the bullshit you talk about. Thanks for allowing me at least a partial in with these great vids. As a creator myself, I honestly have no clue how you're able to pump them out so fast...kudos, man.
couldn't have said it better myself. embiid's stats can't even compare to jokic's, since embiid makes sure to skip games so he can enter each one super fresh. he should just be suspended and DQ from the MVP race.
Also, skipping games against more competitive NBA teams on the road keeps his stat numbers higher because it creates a smaller amount of games to prevent his stats from being deflated.
I'm rooting for the guy to win too, the league need a trinity of generational big men with titles. I just don't see Joel winning big with this kind of mentality. He needs to be moving towards not away from where basketball is most intense to improve.
Dude dont worry, this video is bs. The dude was injured. He isnt ducking games this is misinformation based solely on hate. there is video footage of him getting injured i saw it live this is bs journalism.
The sixers medical staff took him out while he was warming up in Denver because they didn’t like how his knee looked. With Tobias and Maxey out they thought it would be the best decision. This wasn’t Embiid’s decision so all you Jokic fanboys are just butthurt and praying for a reason for Embiid to lose the lead in the MVP race… pretty pathetic 💯🤫
Not gonna lie, even though I think Embiid can be a matchup problem for Jokic, it's not a great look that he keeps missing games in Denver. I personally don't think he wants to play in the Mile High due to the high elevation, but to put yourself in the same vein of the greatest of greats, Embiid NEEDS to play in these matchups which helps tell his story. By the way, I think Embiid had a legitimate case for MVP last year (& this year), but we are not stupid. Another reason why I rarely watch games live today because players routinely skip marquee matchup.
sorry but you can't win MVP if you miss 25% of the games and score conviniently against weak teams. Jokic and Doncic would never do that, they play hard every night and want to win. That's an MVP spirit and they back it with numbers too! Those guys are the true MVP this season with Doncic putting crazy performances. In any case it is clear that the NBA wants Embiid as their poster boy because lets face it his is black and now American. The other 2 are europeans and white...
If you actually did watch you would know that he injured himself in the game prior. I saw it. Because i actually watch basketball before throwing insane levels of hate at people based on misinformation.
The Embiid hate is ridiculous at this point. I get criticising a guy for missing games, but he’s not the first player to have a shaky injury history, and he’s been this way his whole career. But the hate is bordering on crazy. Do people really think he’s ducking a guy who just let Paul Reed drop 30 on him? And questioning his MVP candidacy with all your cute stats from last year and acting like it’s a race thing is just bias lunacy, ESPECIALLY this year - convenient you leave these stats out of your video - the Sixers are 27-6 with him playing this season, which would give them the best winning % in the league. They are 3-8 without him, where they would be battling for 14th seed in the East with Washington. With Joel, Philly is the number 2 ranked offense and defense. Without him, this drops to 26th and 28th. All while possessing the highest single-season PER in NBA history. It’s really quite simple if you check your biases. This channel is laughably bad as a basketball analysis channel. You conveniently leave out some statistics (like the fact Jokic gave up the most points in the paint per game for a Center of ALL TIME in the regular season last year) while espousing other ones out of context to suit your narrative. Your channel won’t ever grow past this subscriber number of white Jokic fanboys until you learn to present things objectively.
Someone with some balls and a original thought. Thank you. These fools are so biased it's crazy. Ducking Jokic? He literally just outplayed him head to head within the past 2 weeks. But Embiid is ducking him. Smh
@@makempay8710His last 2 games in Denver he did bad and even fouled out. Pretty sure 9 of his last 11 missed games have been road games too. Jokic will face him at his court but he can't return the favor? If he never brings yall a ring keep this energy for him don't switch up
Bald man commissioner silver made defense gone from existence. Embiid wouldn’t score more than 25 in the 90s, all he goin do is flop like Lebaby. If MJ played in this era oh boy oh boy he’d be a problem.
The NBA is a joke these days. I am working on another video currently about Luka's 73 point game. I have some more very interesting stats in that video.
Im a Joel Embiid fan cause he plays for my favorite team but its funny how the media condemned Allen Iverson for missing practice but complaining about these players missing games its hilarious
Joel has been doing this throughout the season as a part of tactics when playing against difficult matchups. He hasn't been on injury update list before Denver game
And the fake mainstream media will again try to spin this. If Jokic wins the MVP by Embiid not making to 65 games, you know there will be a ruthless campaign against Jokic. Contrast to last year when Jokic was robbed and the frauds in the media covered it up.
last night in league pass they always showed embiid every fuckin game break there is a highlight from embiid, and top of that they showed carmelo's denver highlights, i am like wtf.. game is on and you juat show two players who don't play the game, that espn propaganda is ultimate bullshit
@@KenanUqeESPN stands for "Expected Same Pondering Nonsense." Steph A's take was very weak and be was also ducking the obvious and already providing built excuses for Embiid if he misses 6 more games. Mike Wilbon was the only panelist who was concerned about Embiid being "No Show" for the 5th year in Denver.
Dude this is the fake media there is clear footage of embid hobbling around after injuring himself in the prior game. I saw it live and thought to myself "hes missing time from that for sure."
@@jakasmalakas Fact: Embiid played 30 minutes in a game, 3 days before Denver and 3 days after Denver. The injury against GSW was non related to his prior "injury", as confirmed by his coach.
Did anyone here watch the game where he hurt his knee? He basically limped to 30 points and then sat, I don’t know why anyone expected him to play with that INJURY no matter the opponent
This one thing we can agree on Don't like how Joel Embiid hasn't played in Denver since 2019 is that true? Joel Embiid didn't let Nikola Jokic get a chance at his get back Joel Embiid I don't care about the 70 point game vs a horrible Spurs team Wake me up when Joel Embiid can get past 2nd round deep in playoffs He's won a league Mvp already so he's passed being judged by that Joel Embiid needs to become a finals mvp and lead his team to championship Jokic finals mvp led team to championship Giannis finals mvps led team to championship Jokic and Giannis are 2 best NBA players
See we can agree on more than one thing! Because I ABSOLUTELY agree with you that Jokic and Giannis are EASILY the two best players in the NBA. It isn't close.
Skap, would you do a video on Victor Wembanyama’s rookie season? I believe he’s already one of the best two way players in the league, and he puts on a show every night!
Embiid isn’t the MVP this year either, he should be disqualified for missing 25% of his games. NBA media and casual fans are maybe the worst in all major team sports.
Well, there’s an actual rule about how many games a player can miss and still win the award.. if Embiid doesn’t make it to 65 games, he’s literally disqualified.. if he does make it to 65, he’s gonna smoke the whole field.. pretty simple.
Was exited after a day of snowboarding to watch my favorite team play the 76ers. I mean finally no excuses for EmBitch. Can’t use the injury argument from the Pacer game since he kept playing after getting hurt. And then EmBitch didn’t want the smoke.
This new generation of players is only care about their reputation and they don't want to be in positions where they can look bad. That's why LeBron never did a dunk contest.
“I just think this is his year” does not mean what you think it does. It’s Stephen A. Smith saying he thinks this is the year he’ll be MVP, not it’s his turn to be MVP as if it’s a present that gets shared.
i was absolutely thinking this when i switched on the sixers nuggets game yesterday only to find out YET AGAIN embiid was “hurt” for this game. i can’t stop thinking about how great it would’ve been to give jokic his third in a row like he deserved and then just give it to embiid this year bc joker won’t really need any more. but no, they’re gonna make embiid another 2 consecutive mvp to act like him and jokic are in the same caliber of center historically. but props to reed at center for the sixers yesterday. that guy can ball fr
Malone is not the training staff. He should know his role. It's not his expertise or his job to be doing this. If this happened to a non injury prone star, you would be sending that person get well cards. He was warming up and the trainers didn't like what they saw. If the trainers let him go after what they saw in warm ups, that's their job on the line. Hence the change. Like tf do you want them to do? These comments are so ignorant, it's hard to understand why yall haters are so deep into this
@@user-qp4ii6so1o One of the things coaches look at while preparing for the games is the availability of the players. Embiid was marked as "available", not GTD. It means, he was declared NOT injured earlier. If he suddenly got declared out 30 minutes before the game, something must have happened. Either he injured himself while doing something in Denver, or somebody is lying for whatever reason.
As a hardcore Nuggets fan I wanna see them flame out in 4 games in the first round of the playoffs. They don't look like the same team from last year and Jokic stats are down.
That's it! Easy to make the points I want to make when the numbers ALWAYS back me up. Unfortunately the entirety of the MAIN STREAM MEDIA today just hide the facts and stats to promote their manufactured narratives.
Even Perkins, the man who robbed Jokic 3rd MVP award for the sole reason that Jokic is white, called out Embid..........this is just too much ducking@@skap_attack
How can Embiid even be in MVP discussions while missing like half the season is beyond my understanding.
ESPN unprofessional trashtalking pundits are the key
Because he's the best player right now, with a better record than Jokic in Denver
@matthieusaade3616 lol what? Denver is 32-15, and phily is 29-15. How does phily have a better record?
Due to the new rule implemented this year, he’s gonna have to play a certain amount of games to be eligible for the MVP. I think as of now he can’t afford to miss more than 6 games till the end of the season or he won’t be eligible.
@@matthieusaade3616 lmao gets fact checked in less than 2 minutes. Just cause you feel like Embiid is a better player because he can bully weaker teams dosent make him the MVP.
Keep that same energy in the playoffs lol.
Especially when he suddenly gets knee soreness after he is in "Prime" Form after dropping a "historic" number of points.
"It's a complete crap" is now a legendary statement!
It is SO damn good! It might be the best and my most favorite drop of ALL TIME! It is soooo versatile. Works in almost any situation 🤣
@@skap_attack It truly is. Especially when it comes to describing the legacy of the "Chosen One" haha
@@MrRoda8143He lives rentfree in your head lmao. Stay jealous
We Serbs are like that, we hate and fight against injustice.
Speaking of "complete crap" did anyone notice yesterday's Warriors vs Lakers game again had Lakers 43 free throw attempts to Warriors 16?
Stephen A Smith praises Embiid for being injured and claims is not load management cos he has a history of injuries but with Kawhi, he needs to retire.
I think he might be mad at Kawhi for the following reasons:
1. Kawhi F’ed LeFraud in 2014 finals.
2. Kawhi apparently finessed lakers before trade deadline back in 2020 and went to the Clippers.
He may be attacking him solely based on being butt hurt on behalf of LeFraud.
Smith is one of LeBozo's jock sniffers.
Stephen AA is waaaaacisssss
@@cafelatte1124 kawhi is a fraud too. Won his rings as the 4th best player on a super team and off an injured warriors. Stop it
@@danielbattle7620 lol San Antonio was never "Super Team". Only Duncan was perennial all star. Both Ginobili and Tony Parker had pt averages 13.3ppg and 15.5ppg respectively for their careers.
And Kawhi just won as a up coming young player in a team that drafted him, without team hopping for chasing rings unlike LeFraud.
LeFraud has constantly team hopped his entire career to join up with at least +2 all stars or former all stars.
You LeChoke fanboys are delusional and always try to gas light with lies as usual.
I was an Embid fan until he campaigned for the MVP award. NBA is shameful.
me too! I think that put a lotta people off, just unclassy as hell
What has Joel accomplished to earn fans? A stolen MVP and a few second round exits to Al horford??
Winning the Mvp is ok, but competing for world championships is what counts.
he's a giant James Harden
That is a GREAT comparison!
Perfectly put
@@skap_attack He got clowned on for calling himself one of the most unselfish players ever. But Beardman's been sacrificing his talents his whole career with very little pouting.
In OKC, Scott Brooks played him as 6th man for 3 years in, despite being one of the most talented players on the team.
In Houston, Tim Fertitta refused to go over the luxury tax and surround him with better players, despite being one game away from an NBA finals in 2018. (The next year he averaged 36ppg 7rpg 8apg)
In Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving played less games then Harden, despite Harden being injured.
In Philadelphia, he took a pay cut so the Doc Rivers could sign more depth, despite being owed $15million more.
Generational talent that's been adapting and being unselfish since he entered the league
when the 2019 rockets are down 0-2 and he averages 40/10/5 the next 2 games to tie it up, it doesn't count. when he puts up 35/8/5 and has more points/rebounds/assists/steals than steph in game 6, he sucked and steph was legendary to win without KD.
in the bubble he put up 30 ppg on 67 TS% against an elite lakers defense that was just doubling him near halfcourt and leaving russ wide open. but he sucked.
he also tends to have his best games end in near losses, which unless he has a time machine, i'm not sure what he can do about. putting up 39/10/9 on 62% shooting (field goal, not TS%) against the #1 defense 2015 warriors and being +12 in 41 minutes, only for the rockets to be -13 in his 7 minutes off so he loses by 1 gets forgotten. still a great game.
he goes up 3-2 on the most talented team ever but cp3 gets injured so no credit for harden. he's had some disappointing playoff moments, but people way overplay it.
I mean Harden does have 9 playoff games where he scored 40+ points, including 3 in the 2018 playoff run alone.
Curry has 7 such games in his career.
Butler has 6.
Melo had 4.
Harden certainly deserves plenty of criticism. But this idea that he’s never gone off in the playoffs is ridiculous. He generally had just kind of ok supporting casts and regularly made some decent playoff runs.
His Rockets were also the only team to really give a healthy KD Warriors any real trouble. Cavs got swept and lost in 5.
I think if you take "Most Valuable Player" literally, Harden should have won. Take Steph Curry off of that Warriors team, and that's still a good team. Take James Harden off of that Rockets team (keep in mind that Dwight was also missing for most of the season), and that team is very close to the very bottom of the West.
Steph Curry had a phenomenal season, but I'm tired of team performance being taken into account so heavily in individual accolades.
Harden 2014-15. With out Harden the Rockets probably dont make the playoffs. With out Curry the Warriors still make the playoffs, just not as the first seed. I feel like considering that Dwight was injured most of the season and Harden fucking went ham to keep his team a float, that the MVP should have gone to him. The only knock on Harden was his percentages, but Harden still averaged 27.4 points, 7 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.9 steals for the season. Dem be MVP numbuhs.
James Harden is an underrated defender and I will argue that to the grave
The only reason mainstream media views harden as a bad defensive player is because of lowlight tapes where harden doesn’t sprint across the court to guard a speedy fast break but when Lebron sags on defense it’s considered conserving energy.
Efficiency wise if a player is a huge plus on offense it makes sense to have them expend the majority of their energy getting points instead of making high energy cost/low return defensive plays. Especially when that player is by far the most effective offensive player on the team.
Lebrons famous 48 minute playoff games utilize this strategy and Harden is the highest usage player in league history so it’s less about defensive skill as opposed to a strategic decision.
This is why Harden prefers to guard bigs in the post where his style is more about stealing low rather than jumping to block. And when looking at his defensive efficiency in the post it’s up there with the best in the league.
Defense isn’t necessarily about the flashy blocks of a Giannis or the scrappy pestering of a Pat Beverly. It’s about not letting the other team score the ball and Harden does a good not great job at that. I rest my case.
At their peaks, Harden IS a better offensive player than Jordan (and Kobe) by every imaginable metric.
Harden is a better offensive player at his peak than Jordan. Some of this is going to sound repetitive but follow along.
Kobe averaged 5 rebounds and 4 assists in his 35.1ppg season. He did that on 27 FGAs, and a 56% TS
Jordan averaged 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in his 37ppg season. He did that on 28 FGAs, and a 56% TS.
Harden averaged 7 rebounds and 8 assists in his 36.1ppg season. He's doing that on 24 FGAs and a 61% TS.
Yeah well Harden shoots too many free throws.
Harden: 11 FTA (88%)
Jordan: 11.9 FTA (85.7%)
Kobe: 10.2 FTA (85%)
Yeah well Harden shoots too many threes that's why his TS is high.
Harden: 54.1 eFG%, 52.9% from 2, 36.8% from 3
Kobe: 49.1 eFG%, 48.2% from 2, 34.7% from 3
MJ: 48.4 eFG%, 49.1% from 2, 18.2% from 3 (only on 0.8 attempts though)
Yeah well the game was much slower back then.
Per 100 Possessions:
Harden: 48.2 PPG (highest of all time)
MJ: 46.4 PPG
Kobe: 45.6 PPG
Yeah well compared to their league, Jordan stood out more.
Then let's compare to the league average.
Harden: 54.1 eFG% and 61.7 TS%, League Average: 52.4 eFG% and 55.7 TS%
Kobe: 49.1 eFG% and 55.9 TS%, League Average: 49 eFG% and 53.5 TS%
MJ: 48.4 eFG% and 56.2 TS%, League Average: 48.8 eFG% and 53.8 TS%
This isn't even factoring in seasons Harden has averaged 10+ assists, and he's done that many times.
Harden is a very capable defender when he tries. For majority of the game Harden plays defense but allows blowbys to avoid risking picking up fouls. Due to his heavy minutes, especially when he was in Houston, harden lacked in defense to avoid getting fouls, which is why he is known as a bad defender. However, in late game situations, especially in the playoffs, he locks in and is one of the better perimeter defensive players in the league. As for his post defense, he has been number one in the league statistically since 2019, and has even been second in the league in perimeter isolation points allowed per possession in 2020. In addition to all of that, he is an extremely smart player defensively. He knows when to help, where other players need to stand and is known for his defensive communication. His Houston rockets had the number one defense in the playoffs and in the bubble of 2020. Statistically James has been top 5 in steals for many seasons, number one in deflections for a few years, and has the most blocks by any guard since joining Houston. He has crucial defensive saves in important games including against Giannis, Porzingis, in game 7 of okc thunder, and even against embiid in the 2020 rockets 76ers matchup, where embiid got in a little skirmish with him after harden stopped him on back to back possessions. He may not play it the whole game, but when he tries harden is a top defender in almost every aspect, and a beneficial one to have on the court due to his intelligence.
And people talking bout his defense are idiots, hes locked up and then shit on Kawhi/PG/Beverly in a 1v3 lmaoooo he has the most points on every team too plus like 3 years of 10+ assists and the others are 8-9 assists on top of 30-36.6 points. He's the only one who even challenged the KD Era warriors and lost because of blatant ref fixing and Ariza going 0-12 on wide open threes generated by Harden along with his second best player CP3 going down and Capela getting sonned by a rookie Looney. Harden was literally dunking on draymond all day and dray got pissed and shoved him like 30 seconds into a game because he got scored on twice fast. That's not even mentioning all that happened while facing the KD warriors who had 5 star players, 2 of which were the number one and number two best shooters in the history of the league, Dpoy draymond, a top 2-3 scorer in Durant, Iggy dpoy. Then waiving off 12 of Hardens points but not making the same call if he missed the 3...blatant lmao
Harden has been a top 3 hardest working player for the past 10 years. Just because he likes strip clubs and partying doesn't mean he disregards practice and conditioning. This sub is just going with assuming narratives instead of taking 5 minutes to find out that Harden's workouts have been Kobe-levels insane for many seasons, doing HIT lifting after having played 40 minutes in an NBA game with historic usage and scoring rate for entire seasons because the durability demanded from Harden forced him to be insanely well conditioned.
There are countless stories as well as statements by his staff and teammates about it, it's just easier to shit on a player for partying instead. Literally everybody who's ever played with Harden attests to his one-of-a-kind work ethic. The reason Harden has been struggling are injuries and playing through them as well as the miles on his body but it's 10000% not because he's lazy. He ONCE forced Houstons hand for 3 weeks because they wouldn't trade him despite his demands many months before the situation escalated. Other than that he's been more than textbook when it comes to work ethic, you don't become such a legendary offensive Superstar without working your ass off every day for many years. And yes Harden can come back, he's one of the most skilled players ever and he works out like a madman
I agree 😂😂😂😂
Probably who taught him the art of "cowardly choking"
Very shameful Kobe wouldn't approve of ducking
Lebron endorses it
Kobe would RELISH that shit and use it as a way to send a message that HE'S the ONE.
Remember when Kobe said, "[Vince Carter] is gonna see me tonight?" Yeah. He was hurt and was LOOKING for the smoke. MJ shutdown prime VC at 38 on busted knees.
These dudes be cheating the game.
Lefakeinjury James stay ducking like against the clippers
MJ: If you duck your competition, how valuable are you?
My 76er-fan cousins in Denver spent almost $1000 for 3 tickets to see Embiid play. I told them over and aver again: Embiid becomes a 7 foot tall P.A.B. at altitude, but they didn't listen.
What’s a P.A.B. ?
WOW!!!!! That stinks. I'm sorry to hear that for your cousins. I'm sure there are countless stories around the NBA of stuff just like this one every year, with fans getting burned by lazy, coward players. It's not right.
@@Renegade-jk4ux I have a guess but I don't want to say it.
@@Renegade-jk4uxif I speak youtube will delete my comment
Ouch!
Guys like Jordan and Kobe never ducked the smoke. When did we see Jordan not play a regular season game with the bulls because of a sore knee? That man brought it every game. Stars today just don't care. Imagine every time Jordan played Drexler, he had some "injury" that kept him out
MJ: I can't tea bag Clyde sitting on the bench in street clothes.
It's absolutely PATHETIC where we're at today. They simply don't make them like they used. I mean Kobe certainly didn't play as many 80-82 game years as Jordan. BUT Kobe was constantly playing extremely banged up with injuries that would have routinely had other players even back then sitting out days or even weeks. Just imagine what his stats would have looked like if he was just sitting out 15-20 games a year so he was nice and fresh.
Jokics never really ducked either. Usually plays 90% of the games. Would probably play them all if the team would let him haha
I’m not defending Embiid but Jordan didn’t have any injury history or the weight of a seven footer to carry on his knees
@bennettslavin3975 it's a sore knee. Not a broken knee. Not a tore anything. Meaning it's sore. That's a injury that can be played through. And it's not about just him. It's about players today will play the game before a marquee opponent, the game after a marquee opponent. But the actual game against the other star they'll pick to skip
We all know Embiid got last season's MVP because Kendrick Perkins played the race card.
Adam Silver changed the rules to prolong Lebron's stat-padding career and now others are doing the same at insane numbers against scrub teams. Followed by "load management" being disguised by "ankle soreness" against better teams.
This league is unwatchable.
He got MVP because he deserved it, just like he deserves it this year (so far) cope
Nope, Jokic deserved it more last year. Was most valuable player over all in regular season.
Nope, Jokic deserved it more last year. Was most valuable player over all in regular season.
Nope, Jokic deserved it more last year. Was most valuable player over all in regular season.
Which rules are you referring to?
Imagine if Lionel Messi ducked Real Madrid away games, or Ronaldo ducked Barcelona away games.....four years straight
If Embiid wins MVP the league is officially dead
I heard in a different video that a college womans game got more ratings than the recent Heat/Celtics match ups.
He deserved it last year and he deserves it this year (so far) COPE MORE
@@pabloscobar958everybody is coping fine except stans of the chipless Embiid
@@pabloscobar958 He will not win because of post season. I know, regular season award, but they took it from joker for same reason
@pabloscobar958 He didn't deserve it either year. Dude had the biggest drop-off in performance from an MVP in league history. He got the award then threw your team under the bus satisfied 😂
I've never heard of a chicken who can also duck.
LOL well said!
He was legit injured. Are you people even human?
To think Embiid might win 2MVPs while cherry picking, ducking and crying for the award is disgraceful. Just a slap in the face to other recent upstanding 2xMVPs like Steph/Giannis/Jokic.
He deserved it last year and he deserves it this year (so far) cope
@@pabloscobar958last year? Jokic was miles ahead and won a ring😂 What did Embiid get? Participation trophy?😅
A big ass coward at that. This era of basketball disgusts me so much.
so true
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@@Newportnews98 project much?
@@neonato1806what are you talking about. Just stop
I know this vid is about Jokic and Embiid, but as a Sixers fan, I would low key love to see Jimmy Butler destroy the sixers in the playoffs this year. I want this organization to never forget how badly they fucked up by letting him walk.
SERIOUSLY! The sixers in general have made some of the worst, most pathetic decisions over the last few years. The contract to Simmons, drafting Fultz. Can you envision a team WITH Butler, Embiid and Tatum. Good LAWD, they'd have MULTIPLE titles ALREADY.
"TOBIAS HARRIS OVER ME?!?!?!?!" lol I will never get tired of that.
What's funnier is Deion Sanders gave a motivational speech in training camp to Sixers and mentioned that you can't duck that smoke. 😂
@@skap_attack Jimmy Buttler is the only player right now that could have turned Embiid into a competitor.
@@kostastube2010 I agree completely!!! And they had him rostered
It's lowkey hilarious how someone as tall as Embiid is scared of heights considering his 4 straight no shows @ Denver.
Good strategy!!!!!!!!
embiids game is built for regular season. Jokic' game is built for playoffs.
So he ain’t play in 4 seasons in Denver and y’all still crying ?
@@g4lsupreme542 Jokic has 2 MVPs a Ring and a Finals MVP to his name next to Embiid's lone MVP. Embiid has a bad habit of not measuring up when it counts, such as coming up with petty excuses to sit out the game an hour before game time. At least Jokic will play anywhere at anytime and he doesn't even take the sport seriously.
Who was Joker 4 years ago. Someone it’s just a coincidence. Maybe his doctors have something with altitude.
The minimum to qualify for MVP should be raised to at LEAST 70 games. As it stands, you can miss 17 games which is 21% of the season, or 1 out of every 5 games played. If I only came into work 4 out of 5 days per week, my boss wouldn't consider me the MVP of the company.
How about 90%?
NBA would have died in the 80s if Magic or Bird had his mentality. Imagine Magic or Bird ducking each other. How can you call these dudes the better than ever, when they are afraid to play against each other?
I mean, Jokic wants that smoke (at least to the extent that he'll play in Philly). It's Embiid who ducks him every time the 6ers play Denver.
EXACTLY! Hell, Bird and Magic would check the season schedule at the beginning of the year and mark the dates when they'd face each other on their calendars! I'm sure the same was true for MJ and Kobe and their rivals. Those guys lived to compete and "one-up" their rivals.
@@labynoe All the greats wanted to prove they were greater than their competition. Which made it fun and exciting to watch as fans. Today a lot of these dudes want the great title without the constant proof through competition. Even the greats had guys that were on a lower tier dying to knock them off.
Fans booing
The Duck: _"quack quack quack"_
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He wants to keep the scoring average up out of fear that Luka catches him.
OF COURSE that is part of. The other part is not wanting to get outplayed by Jokic in a loss.
@@skap_attackNot a champion's mentality. I'm not surprised that he hasn't won one.
He probably would’ve raised his average if he had played.. he’s a bad match up for most teams, but he’s especially bad for Denver.. his back up (who is really a 4), scored 30 last night..
@@DirkFade41probably never will
Should get zeros
This demonstrates the weakness of the league. And the commissioner signed an extension, so this will get worse. It was a missed opportunity for Imbid to make a case for MVP, but for whatever reason, he choked. I am not surprised he didn't play. But Imbid is not pointing to a bigger problem with society's belief in greatness. Scoring 70 or 73 is meaningless without substance. That's why the current generation can celebrate mediocrity. My favorite quote from Kobe was we play for championships, not conference titles.
Embiid doesn't care about mvp he litterally dominates jokic
@@Processing321 that domination was in full display last night but he had soreness in the knee.
@HH-qh1go He's done nothing where it matters. So what is this "dominating" you're talking about? Your guy can't even advance to the conference finals, let alone play a game on the road against the very guy you claim is not as good as embiid. Gtfoh 🤡🤡
he beat the nuggets with jokic like 2-3 weeks ago lmao cope
@@pabloscobar958 and how many chips does Embid have? Now cope lol
Skap, your videos are more entertaining than the whole NBA.
LOL my man! I appreciate you 🙏❤
Legaveup James magically healed after sitting out vs clippers
@@kushbluntsgucci4203 lakers still would've lost😂😂
I absolutely agree!. You're speaking facts, not bias. This is a great video and was exceptionally done. Thank you for hard worj in putting this together.
Some of these intellectually lazy so-called sports journalists are not doing their jobs by calling out the obvious on this guy. It's quite disturbing and disappointing.
@@kushbluntsgucci4203 LeGaveup😂😂😂
He's a smart coward. he opportunistically choose those games where his personal stats could potentially suffer more and skip them. But the worst thing is that even though everyone already knows about this since many years ago, there are still a great amount of ***** in the media asking for the MVP to Embiid just because they are haters of other potential contenders.
Ok but he was legit injured. And denver and jokic is actually a good matchup for him.i mean jump to as many conclusions as you want. Just occasionally lift you head out of the dirt and think for a second.
@@jakasmalakas You do know that the only reason this has become such a huge talking because he hasn't played in Denver for almost 4-5 years now. Injured once or even twice is understandable but to not play Denver at home since 2019??? Of course people are gonna call that shit out
But what else do you want media to do? If they don't give the award to Embiid they will have to give it to a white guy like Jokic or Luka?
Every year from the very beginning of the season I tell Embiid fans that he is guaranteed to duck playing in Denver and they say I'm full of crap, that he hasn't been ducking and this year is going to be different. Yet when the game comes around he is nowhere to be found.
Last year Jokic played in Philly despite having a leg injury, arm injury, and was still recovering from covid. Plus Nuggets always usually have to play in Milwaukee in consecutive games when they play Philly, this year they had to play at Boston instead. When Embiid doesn't play in Denver, he usually plays both the game before and game after, so it's not like he is that truly injured and Denver just happens to be a part of the games he misses while out. Even if he really is injured this year, the problem is that he was padding his stats against bottom seeded Spurs instead of preparing for a prime time matchup that was scheduled specifically for him.
The worst part is that he doesn't at least show up on the bench and cheer his teammates on. Last year he didn't show up in Denver at all after trash talking Jokic for "not winning anything" (despite at least going to the WCF and lost to 3 conference winners, 2 of which ended as champions), and this year he barely showed up at the end of the game sitting at the very end of the bench trying to stay out of sight. Meanwhile, Maxey was sitting in plain view the whole game, cheering and supporting his teammates.
Head to Head to me doesn’t matter, because we know who the better center is - THE JOKER!
This is outside of the video - I know I’ve learned much about how overrated LeBron is from Skap and Sports Wars, but my favorite content from Skap Attack is easily Kobe videos. A great way to continue to share his story and remember a TRUE LEGEND, unlike a certain “King”. I know I’m no longer a Bron supporter, but I still hold a spot of fun watching Shannon Sharpe. I enjoy the memes and the fun Sharpe brings (outside of the Bron takes, but I still like the GOAT mask).
You are very confused. Just enjoy basketball. Please.
Joel Embiid has now sat out his games
in Minnesota against Gobert/KAT (one-off)
in Boston against Porzingis (two-game road trip)
in Miami against Bam (first of four game road trip)
in Denver against Jokic (one-off)
Fakest MVP in history
I just think he caught the Serbian Flu
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Man, what a massive blow to the 76ers and Embiid, suffering such an injury setback right before a big road game...against the 13-win Blazers on Monday night, who will be playing in game 2 of a back-to-back 😂
I predict a miraculous recovery for Joelle, one so great it even allows him to play for 40+ minutes as he shoots for 60+ points against another of his preferred road opponents.
Hahaha no doubt! What an incredible comeback for him. He’ll have to play as long as needed even in a blowout to make sure he gets those stats for mvp 😂
Nope he just speak his *"Injury"* into existence 😅
The NBA is no longer a sport competition but a beauty pageant with wwf scripting.
I don't know what it was but when I saw Embiid not playing that game I was telling myself "Skap is going to make a video on this" 🤣
He is coward of course
Can't even argue it at this point. While I have been rooting for a Giannis Jokic finals for 3 years in a row now, I almost wanna see the Sixers make just so Embiid HAS TO play at Denver lol.
I don't understand this argument , no one on the Nuggets can defend him, especially slow-footed Jokic. I do find it odd that he hasn't played there since 2019 . I think it's a mixture between the altitude , his conditioning, and the injuries. There is a layer of ingenuity there, which is bothersome, but acting like Embiid is scared of Jokic is a ridiculous take that Jokic nuthuggers have run with to cope.
@@chantellbritto8559 no it's true he might be ducking him, look at UFC fighters, they're always hurt and if they duck Chael Sonnen will call them out like when DDP said his foot hurt and wouldn't fight Izzy
@@swaglord1522 But the last two times he played him dropped 40 and got the win. The only thing I can think of is the altitude mixed with his conditioning .. Which is still concerning
@skap_attack .. well if you like Jokic, you shouldn’t want that.. Sixers in 6.
I knew I wasn’t the only one that is unimpressed by all this 60+ point games.
Stand by. I have a video coming out tomorrow that is ALL about that lol.
Pretty boring to watch all of these uncontested shots and easy layups. One game worth watching this season was DEN-BOS.
@@chancellor3122I couldn't agree more that was real cpmpetive basketball
haters gonna hate, what else is new lmao cope
@@pabloscobar958yeah there’s no point in arguing with people on a video that was made to make people hate on embiid even more because medical staff chose to have him sit the game.
I literally chuckle before even clicking on the video because of your titles and thumbnails.
LOL my man! I appreciate you 🙏❤🤣
After hearing them talk about this on espn, I was just waiting on your video 😂
LOL I actually had this finished last night but it was like 1:30 a. So I figured to hold it. It interrupted a bigger vid I was working on following the Doncic 73 pointer. That one will come out tomorrow...
ESPN stands for "Expected Same Pondering Nonsense." Steph A's take was very weak and be was also ducking the obvious and already providing built excuses for Embiid if he misses 6 more games.
Mike Wilbon was the only panelist who was concerned about Embiid being "No Show" for the 5th year in Denver.
Man Embiid is the biggest cry baby just behind the queen, which makes me think Is there a chance they are related?
LOLOL yeaaaa there are some definite shocking similarities there 🤣
Did the queen also very clearly hurt her knee in the game prior? Sooo much misplaced hate. Its sad.
In regards to the pace of the game and the average scoring. I did the math and adjusted Kobe‘s 81 point game compared to the league scoring average, and if he played today it would’ve been 96 points 😅
EXACTLY! I am currently working on another era specific video on the Luka 73 point game. I have some interesting numbers in there. Kobe by the way did THAT while missing only 2 games AND being FIRST TEAM DEFENSE that year!
@@skap_attackkobe is very underrated on defense, the man had several all nba defense teams and 90% of them was 1st team all defense. More than the self proclaimed “goat”
he doesnt play today, neither does jordan
@@LiveWithBabaTV LOL underrated??? He stole about 4-5 First teams that should have went to DWade or Tony Allen. For such an elite defensive player, Kobe's defensive metrics were pretty lackluster. His own coach even said he was an overrated defender.
Thats not how statistics work. Seriously?? Smh.
"Gutless coward" is crazy work😂
Ay yo, I just call it as I see it...
@skap_attack ay yo, he was legit injured. So what now? Will you apologise properly or are you a coward? If you watched the game prior you would have known. I saw it live. The info was not hidden?
Jokic also won the championship but fake NBA news acts like it didn't happen.
This video was HILARIOUS 😂. I had to subscribe! Thank you so much for this!
this the most complete and precise analytics of basketball ive seen on the internet these years. choice of words is epic. you earned yourself a new subscriber sir!
And it took him 41 shots to get to 70. Meanwhile Luka got 73 on 33 attempts.
Embiid got his usual freebies from the ref.
He is clearly advantaged by the NBA but it is so obvious that I can only laugh about it.
@@fan2hd277dude, tell me did you watch the whole game? Of course not. No one who saw the performance live would give any slander. Smh.
Skap I really hope you cover how the media reacted to Embiid's 70 pt game and Luka's 73 pt game. And that Lakers/Warriors double OT game where the Lakers shot 43 free throws to the Warriors 16.
Forced himself to play due to all the scrutiny. Now he is injured again, for real. Now, all is quiet on the western front.
I’ve been addicted to your videos lately 😂
I was waiting for this video. Skap never dissapoints.
You owe Embiid an apology and take down this video. Man was playing with a torn meniscus. Bone on Bone grinding and leading to early arthritis
THX SKAP! I wanted to write some stuff bout this in your next vid but your next vid is the stuff that I want to see 😂❤
Bro it’s time for the investigation of lakers vs warriors. Gotta highlight the most recent game and then expand on how this happened during the playoffs as well. Gonna be a fire video fr
Embid should focus on making a conference finals rather than mvp
embiids game is built for regular season. Jokic ' game is built for playoffs
Quit watching the NBA years ago mostly due to the bullshit you talk about. Thanks for allowing me at least a partial in with these great vids. As a creator myself, I honestly have no clue how you're able to pump them out so fast...kudos, man.
The nba is just anti White af. They gave a black player mvp because he cried about it lmao
Whats the theme song called you alwahs use in the background
couldn't have said it better myself. embiid's stats can't even compare to jokic's, since embiid makes sure to skip games so he can enter each one super fresh.
he should just be suspended and DQ from the MVP race.
Also, skipping games against more competitive NBA teams on the road keeps his stat numbers higher because it creates a smaller amount of games to prevent his stats from being deflated.
2024 NBA Finals
Denver vs Milwaukee
I'm rooting for the guy to win too, the league need a trinity of generational big men with titles. I just don't see Joel winning big with this kind of mentality. He needs to be moving towards not away from where basketball is most intense to improve.
embiids game is built for regular season. Jokic ' game is built for playoffs.
Dude dont worry, this video is bs. The dude was injured. He isnt ducking games this is misinformation based solely on hate. there is video footage of him getting injured i saw it live this is bs journalism.
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he's been avoiding Jokic' in Denver for the past few years.
Nothing says MVP more than ducking your main rival. Can you imagine Jordan doing that?
Maybe Embiid doesn’t want to play injured to keep his 30 point streak going.
Maybe no one should be playing injured because thats common f***ing sense.
The sixers medical staff took him out while he was warming up in Denver because they didn’t like how his knee looked. With Tobias and Maxey out they thought it would be the best decision. This wasn’t Embiid’s decision so all you Jokic fanboys are just butthurt and praying for a reason for Embiid to lose the lead in the MVP race… pretty pathetic 💯🤫
Not gonna lie, even though I think Embiid can be a matchup problem for Jokic, it's not a great look that he keeps missing games in Denver.
I personally don't think he wants to play in the Mile High due to the high elevation, but to put yourself in the same vein of the greatest of greats, Embiid NEEDS to play in these matchups which helps tell his story.
By the way, I think Embiid had a legitimate case for MVP last year (& this year), but we are not stupid. Another reason why I rarely watch games live today because players routinely skip marquee matchup.
sorry but you can't win MVP if you miss 25% of the games and score conviniently against weak teams.
Jokic and Doncic would never do that, they play hard every night and want to win. That's an MVP spirit and they back it with numbers too! Those guys are the true MVP this season with Doncic putting crazy performances. In any case it is clear that the NBA wants Embiid as their poster boy because lets face it his is black and now American. The other 2 are europeans and white...
If you actually did watch you would know that he injured himself in the game prior. I saw it. Because i actually watch basketball before throwing insane levels of hate at people based on misinformation.
Fold Embiid
I have never seen a player so athletically gifted while sculpted like a rock, be so pathetically weak at the same time.
I like how he didn’t mention the scoring title last year
The Embiid hate is ridiculous at this point. I get criticising a guy for missing games, but he’s not the first player to have a shaky injury history, and he’s been this way his whole career. But the hate is bordering on crazy. Do people really think he’s ducking a guy who just let Paul Reed drop 30 on him?
And questioning his MVP candidacy with all your cute stats from last year and acting like it’s a race thing is just bias lunacy, ESPECIALLY this year - convenient you leave these stats out of your video - the Sixers are 27-6 with him playing this season, which would give them the best winning % in the league. They are 3-8 without him, where they would be battling for 14th seed in the East with Washington. With Joel, Philly is the number 2 ranked offense and defense. Without him, this drops to 26th and 28th. All while possessing the highest single-season PER in NBA history. It’s really quite simple if you check your biases. This channel is laughably bad as a basketball analysis channel. You conveniently leave out some statistics (like the fact Jokic gave up the most points in the paint per game for a Center of ALL TIME in the regular season last year) while espousing other ones out of context to suit your narrative. Your channel won’t ever grow past this subscriber number of white Jokic fanboys until you learn to present things objectively.
Him and the haters are just pandering. It's honestly pretty pathetic
He does the same to Bron and guys like Tatum. He's not objective at all
Someone with some balls and a original thought. Thank you. These fools are so biased it's crazy. Ducking Jokic? He literally just outplayed him head to head within the past 2 weeks. But Embiid is ducking him. Smh
@@makempay8710His last 2 games in Denver he did bad and even fouled out. Pretty sure 9 of his last 11 missed games have been road games too. Jokic will face him at his court but he can't return the favor? If he never brings yall a ring keep this energy for him don't switch up
And Embiid got the biggest drop off in performance by an MVP in a post season 😂 stop it
Bald man commissioner silver made defense gone from existence. Embiid wouldn’t score more than 25 in the 90s, all he goin do is flop like Lebaby. If MJ played in this era oh boy oh boy he’d be a problem.
The NBA is a joke these days. I am working on another video currently about Luka's 73 point game. I have some more very interesting stats in that video.
Im a Joel Embiid fan cause he plays for my favorite team but its funny how the media condemned Allen Iverson for missing practice but complaining about these players missing games its hilarious
Joel has been doing this throughout the season as a part of tactics when playing against difficult matchups. He hasn't been on injury update list before Denver game
And the fake mainstream media will again try to spin this. If Jokic wins the MVP by Embiid not making to 65 games, you know there will be a ruthless campaign against Jokic. Contrast to last year when Jokic was robbed and the frauds in the media covered it up.
last night in league pass they always showed embiid every fuckin game break there is a highlight from embiid, and top of that they showed carmelo's denver highlights, i am like wtf.. game is on and you juat show two players who don't play the game, that espn propaganda is ultimate bullshit
@@KenanUqeESPN stands for "Expected Same Pondering Nonsense." Steph A's take was very weak and be was also ducking the obvious and already providing built excuses for Embiid if he misses 6 more games.
Mike Wilbon was the only panelist who was concerned about Embiid being "No Show" for the 5th year in Denver.
Dude this is the fake media there is clear footage of embid hobbling around after injuring himself in the prior game. I saw it live and thought to myself "hes missing time from that for sure."
@@jakasmalakas Fact: Embiid played 30 minutes in a game, 3 days before Denver and 3 days after Denver. The injury against GSW was non related to his prior "injury", as confirmed by his coach.
Did anyone here watch the game where he hurt his knee? He basically limped to 30 points and then sat, I don’t know why anyone expected him to play with that INJURY no matter the opponent
EXACTLY!!! no one watched that game apparently. Sooooo much hate being thrown around based on misinformation. They just run with it and dont stop.
He and Bron strategically sit out the tough games at times.
This one thing we can agree on
Don't like how Joel Embiid hasn't played in Denver since 2019 is that true?
Joel Embiid didn't let Nikola Jokic get a chance at his get back
Joel Embiid I don't care about the 70 point game vs a horrible Spurs team
Wake me up when Joel Embiid can get past 2nd round deep in playoffs
He's won a league Mvp already so he's passed being judged by that
Joel Embiid needs to become a finals mvp and lead his team to championship
Jokic finals mvp led team to championship
Giannis finals mvps led team to championship
Jokic and Giannis are 2 best NBA players
See we can agree on more than one thing! Because I ABSOLUTELY agree with you that Jokic and Giannis are EASILY the two best players in the NBA. It isn't close.
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Comments section shows that this dude and his followers have never played ball, nor understand
Skap, would you do a video on Victor Wembanyama’s rookie season? I believe he’s already one of the best two way players in the league, and he puts on a show every night!
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I know you probably loved when embiid went down with a season ending injury, cause you guys are only happy when this dude is hurt
Embiid isn’t the MVP this year either, he should be disqualified for missing 25% of his games. NBA media and casual fans are maybe the worst in all major team sports.
Well, there’s an actual rule about how many games a player can miss and still win the award.. if Embiid doesn’t make it to 65 games, he’s literally disqualified.. if he does make it to 65, he’s gonna smoke the whole field.. pretty simple.
EMBID is one of the best player at missing games
embiid has already missed over 200 games so far in his career
You say that as if he wants to be injured? Are you completely stupid?
I wanted to see that matchup but nope. Oh well at least we know who the man is
Great video. Revoke those voting credentials 😂😂😂
Where is the follow up apology video now we know for sure he was injured?!!? Absolutely filthy.
Cry about it he makes more money than this entire comment section combined
They mad in Denver because its the only time they get to see a real center 😊😊
a real center don't duck games.
embiid is to soft for the NBA he has already missed over 200 games in his career .😂😂😂😂
Was exited after a day of snowboarding to watch my favorite team play the 76ers. I mean finally no excuses for EmBitch. Can’t use the injury argument from the Pacer game since he kept playing after getting hurt. And then EmBitch didn’t want the smoke.
Hey skap use the “emotional damage “meme next time.Bro keep them coming ❤
This new generation of players is only care about their reputation and they don't want to be in positions where they can look bad. That's why LeBron never did a dunk contest.
Can’t be a most valuable player if you don’t play.
“I just think this is his year” does not mean what you think it does. It’s Stephen A. Smith saying he thinks this is the year he’ll be MVP, not it’s his turn to be MVP as if it’s a present that gets shared.
Players like embiid n Bron should be fined hard az fck for ducking prime time match ups.
i was absolutely thinking this when i switched on the sixers nuggets game yesterday only to find out YET AGAIN embiid was “hurt” for this game. i can’t stop thinking about how great it would’ve been to give jokic his third in a row like he deserved and then just give it to embiid this year bc joker won’t really need any more. but no, they’re gonna make embiid another 2 consecutive mvp to act like him and jokic are in the same caliber of center historically.
but props to reed at center for the sixers yesterday. that guy can ball fr
Embiid is a clown! MVP Fraud! Jokic wants his MVP back that was stolen from him last year from the national media!
Whats worse? Embid ducking smoke or lebum trying to fake smile, hug and tickle other stars? 😂
Would be funny if THIS is the year Embiid not only plays 65 games but wins a chip.
Like what Coach Malone said, I am hoping for an investigation. Embiid was supposed to be "available", but it immediately changed into "out".
Malone is not the training staff. He should know his role. It's not his expertise or his job to be doing this. If this happened to a non injury prone star, you would be sending that person get well cards. He was warming up and the trainers didn't like what they saw. If the trainers let him go after what they saw in warm ups, that's their job on the line. Hence the change. Like tf do you want them to do? These comments are so ignorant, it's hard to understand why yall haters are so deep into this
@@user-qp4ii6so1o One of the things coaches look at while preparing for the games is the availability of the players. Embiid was marked as "available", not GTD. It means, he was declared NOT injured earlier. If he suddenly got declared out 30 minutes before the game, something must have happened. Either he injured himself while doing something in Denver, or somebody is lying for whatever reason.
@@user-qp4ii6so1o You are the hater. You hate finding out the truth, whatever it is.
As a hardcore Nuggets fan I wanna see them flame out in 4 games in the first round of the playoffs. They don't look like the same team from last year and Jokic stats are down.
nah, every Championship team has earned the right to defend.
We love skaps dedication to keeping the nba honest and respecting Kobes legacy 💜💛
If I had to choose, I'd much rather take a finals MVP on my resume than any regular season award.
Joker winning 🏆 n getting both conf/finals mvp in my opinion overshadowed Embiid’s regular mvp win 😂
The glory days of Allen Iverson are over😢
Yeaaah AI might not have taken practice very seriously 🤣, but he NEVER cheated the game...
The John Candy clip was perfect 😂😂
They want to beat this white man so bad. They can't take him being considered the MVP of the league 💯
Stephen A Smith is hurting basketball. Truth needs to be said.
First? Great video again as always
THANK YOU! 🙏❤
Skap i love that you just speak the facts and the stats
That's it! Easy to make the points I want to make when the numbers ALWAYS back me up. Unfortunately the entirety of the MAIN STREAM MEDIA today just hide the facts and stats to promote their manufactured narratives.
Even Perkins, the man who robbed Jokic 3rd MVP award for the sole reason that Jokic is white, called out Embid..........this is just too much ducking@@skap_attack
Joker got that dog in him. Embid is a soft flopper