The Field Of 64 Joel Embiid Moments

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Joel Embiid may miss time on the court, but never in our hearts: The best player in the NBA this season has been the unmovable No. 1 for Sixers fans since he first delayed-reacted to the Sixers drafting him with the No. 3 pick in 2014. As he celebrates his 27th birthday week (while rehabbing to resume putting foot to Eastern Conference ass for God and City), we wanted to pay proper March tribute to the greatest and most loveable athlete Philadelphia can currently call its own, with a bracketed tournament of his 64 greatest moments.

They're not so much about Joel's many on-court triumphs (big wins, memorable shots, scoring benchmarks, etc.) as about reflecting the guy who we spent two solid years in love with two years before we ever saw him take the floor as a Sixer -- the tweets, the trolls, the unforgettable quotes, and sure, a couple poster dunks too. Vote for your favorites on Twitter (soon) and think unbruised thoughts until his return.

Here’s a PDF of the Field Of 64 bracket.

Below are links to each event.
1

Ass-slap fight with DeMarcus Cousins

https://twitter.com/DefPenHoops/status/813596278730985472

1

Appearance on the Ricky

https://www.rightstorickysanchez.com/podcast/orlando

1

Nicknaming himself "The Process"

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/sixers/20161007_Smallwood__Embiid__Saric_now_officially_part_of__The_Process_.html

1

Airplane after windmill dunk against Raptors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jOnX5PUdbU

2

Participating in Retweet Armageddon (but spelling "armageddon" wrong)

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/876948984249667584

2

Calling a technical/ejection on Donovan Mitchell

https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1367303816618651652

2

Undertaker pinned tweet

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/978395725246685185

2

Dunk on Baynes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J5t_wrAnlU

3

"Your +/- was ass"

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/919049822237323264?lang=en

3

Shaming Sixers into reversing shitty pandemic cutbacks

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/ny-sixers-coronavirus-employees-pay-cut-josh-harris-joel-embiid-20200325-hapl6i663zhhbpbox26pnrdw54-story.html

3

#shirleytempledidthis

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/675546752498405376?lang=en

3

Dunk on Westbrook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-QdhrCMqs

4

Tagging Milwaukee as "shithole" on Instagram post

https://twitter.com/KennyDucey/status/821369284987330560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E821369284987330560%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthecrossoverreport.wordpress.com%2F2017%2F01%2F17%2Fjoel-embiid-called-milwaukee-a-shithole-on-instagram%2F

4

Baiting Donovan Mitchell into a technical after blocking him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLbUVeMJiI

4

"Own a lot of real estate" in Drummond's head

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/1058830917836460033?lang=en

4

Phantom of the Process mask

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/984267316975239168?lang=en

5

Date w/ Rihanna

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/492541930618630146?lang=en

5

Picking wedgie at the free-throw line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrN_fhkxBtI

5

Leading NBA in respectful domination

https://twitter.com/NBCSPhilly/status/1367254138514505728

5

Dancing shirtless at Meek Mill concert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gdgiev02Fk

6

Eurostep dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDddAp5JE6M

6

Inviting Kim K to slide into DMs

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/489478868143984642?lang=en

6

Renaming Twitter Joel "Do a 180???" Embiid

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1235390460824358918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1235390460824358918%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fjoel-embiid-responds-on-twitter-after-jeopardy-contestant-thinks-his-nickname-is-do-a-180%2F

6

Calling out Keith Pompey and Howard Eskin after Utah win

https://twitter.com/DerekBodnerNBA/status/1053838277810315264

7

Naming dog after Hinkie

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu49ttGnmSk/

7

Waving Drummond to the exit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo9Cirn-U2U

7

"We up next"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCr4MxXbCFI

7

"BRUH" tweet after Colangelogate

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/76ers/joel-embiid-reacts-and-trolls-bryan-colangelo-report

8

Fight with Towns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr4RBjGpPhE

8

Cheating in the Skills contest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG9Oge1J9W8

8

"Being a good asshole"

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2020/2/11/21132583/joel-embiid-good-asshole-philadelphia-76ers

8

Yelling at Shake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGP9w06Bgyc

9

Posterizing John Collins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dOKkJqP8K0

9

"Don't compare Ayton to me"

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/1009965022200680448?lang=en

9

"Hulu has live sports" commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjBssvRlMi4

9

Milly rocking after scoring career high against ATL

https://youtu.be/V6Yyv_xLMqI?t=417

10

Shomney Dance in huddle

https://vine.co/v/OetiQbimB2i/embed/simple

10

Tweeting "THEY HATE THE PROCESS" for Silver not canceling COVID game

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1348393773819191305

10

"I'm at 69 percent"

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/11/16/16664726/joel-embiid-sixers-lakers-incredible

10

Blocking little kids at the park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5yKVQeF48k

11

Instagram with (maybe?) Harry Styles tagged as Brandon Ingram

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1011001641384853504/photo/1

11

TJ/MJ Twitter Avatar

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2017/01/14/joel-embiid-changed-twitter-avatar-to-photo-comparing-tj-mcconnell-to-michael-jordan/96596572/

11

Lifting Kevin Hart like a child after Miami series win

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGgHncP2Z-I

11

"WHITE PEOPLE SHOOTING 3 POINTERS"

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/joel-embiid-its-story-time

12

"Raising the cat" subtweet of KAT

instagram.com/p/Bcqi9bdl0-z/?utm_source=ig_embed

12

Dancing with the Sixers cheerleaders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMVsdZpgpLk

12

"Rudy Gobert? No offense, but..."

https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/12/23/22197879/joel-embiid-doesnt-like-that-rudy-gobert-made-all-nba-over-him-last-season

12

Blocking Harden after earlier scuffle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7WVPDqu9U

13

"EMBIID CURRY???"

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/977009506088611841

13

"America is tanking" post-election tweet

https://twitter.com/joelembiid/status/796258910617370624?lang=en

13

Laughing while apologizing about Jarrett Allen elbow

https://twitter.com/bengolliver/status/1117989205173387265?lang=en

13

"Coming along nicely" muscle pic

https://www.instagram.com/p/_LPOublrkL/?utm_source=ig_embed

14

Having stadium ops play "Mo Bamba" after scoring on Mo Bamba

https://twitter.com/DerekBodnerNBA/status/1053838277810315264

14

"I'm 7'2, and I'm a big dude... and I'm African too"

https://twitter.com/rich_hofmann/status/933135328130449408?lang=en

14

"Build around Tony Bradley"

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1370199867662929920

14

"Where the bitches at?"

https://twitter.com/hoopsreference/status/950752668150124544?lang=en

15

Calling timeout for the Heat

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1349897903700025344

15

"Women usually love my accent... and I'm pretty intelligent too."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDv-UBz-t4

15

Trolling LeBron

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/552297093692661762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

15

Shushing Miami crowd after three

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X90oRcB4Ppc

16

"Size 17... that's *big*"

https://youtu.be/9YSkvkC3tqc?t=131

16

Chickening out going down the water slide

https://youtu.be/0oadZC5lgWk?t=14

16

Mutombo finger wag after block

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChaUU48R4ZU

16

"I'm done talking trash"

https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1189796352391352321