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Joel Embiid and Howard Eskin go after one another

Howard Eskin might owe Joel Embiid a Shirley Temple.

After the Sixers officially landed the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft on Monday afternoon in a trade with the Boston Celtics, fans flooded Twitter using #RTArmageddon to call out pundits who had criticized the moves made by former Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie.

Embiid, who never seems to miss a beat on social media, waded into the waters with a cannonball Monday night, calling out WIP host Howard Eskin for comments he made nearly two years ago about his teammate, Dario Saric.