Joel Embiid didn’t waste time in calling out the top pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night.
“Don’t compare Ayton to me either… I play DEFNESE,” the second-team All-NBA center said on Twitter, prompting hundreds of responses, thousands of retweets and tens of thousands of likes within minutes.
Philadelphia’s Embiid is arguably the best low-post big man in the NBA. He’s certainly the most interesting on social media. His tweet and the reaction to it – which included Golden State forward Draymond Green saying “you got the crown man” – highlights an apparent pivot point for the Phoenix Suns.