How Joel Embiid Became The NBA's Most Hated Player

Last week both Jayson Tatum and Joel Embiid received DNPs in back to back Olympic qualifying games for Team USA and that started some discussion over who the more hated player is. Jayson Tatum is coming off winning a championship and has basically accomplished everything in his career now. Embiid on the other hand is lacking in individual accomplishments, but he does have an MVP. And while Tatum is definitely hated, Joel Embiid remains the most hated player in basketball at the moment. Today we look at the reasons everyone seems to hate Joel Embiid.

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[sssamui]

tatum is hated bc ppl consider him overrated. embiid is hated bc ppl consider him overrated and dirty and a whiner and a flopper

[justinlokere]

Calls SGA a "baby" even though he's only 4 months younger than Tatum

[thomasas]

I think it’s because he wants the praise of a player who has climbed the mountain top and won a title, even when he hasn’t made it passed the second round and gets injured every time

[Jamellii]

The best teams Embiid beat in the playoffs: 2022 Raptors (48-34), 2023 Nets (No Durant/Irving), 2019 Nets (Led by D-Lo)

[bigdog]

celtics have no reason to hate him when all they do is beat him

[AmandaabnamA]

His number of flagrants is crazy, he got bratty and tried to actually injure several knicks players during the play offs

[justoriantal]

Crazy timing I was just about to rewatch a vid but now there's new content😩😩😩😩

[beani]

I despise him and he’s not just because he’s dirty. He’s a flopper and it’s not dirty like the old school way. He steps on players or kicks them in the nuts. When Hart, who’s much smaller than him, out hustles him for a board, he takes it out by going for the sweet spot. He’s always complaining for fouls.

[boomb]

If anyone loves to watch NBA matches with so many fucking free throws this is your guy.

[tylerriley]

I never get tired of watching Jayson Tatum score 51 points against Embiid

[alexlarsen]

In retrospect, Was Ben Simmons the worst rookie of the year ever? Simmons was being compared to magic ffs despite having no jumper. Now Simmons is unplayable and not even top 100 and Mitchell is top 20.

[BrandanTheBroker]

Tatum vs Embiid is kinda hard because you dislike them both for different reasons. Tatum is a great player but he's kinda corny but led his team to 2 finals, winning 1. Embiid is a great player but there's always an excuse, sometimes valid but you're THEE GUY. I usually gave Embiid slack because the "process" got interrupted so who knows what they could have built around Embiid, Simmons, Fultz and Butler had they saw it through, but you can't keep blaming everyone but yourself and not make it out round 2.

[jasongts]

Me, an Embiid fan seeing this notification: “Here we go again… 😔”

[FAlynn]

Foul Baiting/Flopping (at 7'1" and nearly 300 lbs, idr his weight), he talks too much, he actually calls himself a "troll", and there's always an excuse for his many shortcomings that other players never get. He's very easy to dislike.

[sunchaser]

The Dak Prescott of the NBA. Believing in Embied in big 2024 is crazy 🤣. Like I say about a lot of players, he's not a post season player, he's overrated, not a bum but overrated and over hyped.

[TemuMod]

Yall commentators are clueless. He carried today.

[Embiid-is-my-God]

I’d like to propose the argument that Tatum isn’t “over hated”, he just plays for the celtics

[Mark_Cadden]

He’s hated because he’s talented as hell. Debatably generationally talented. He takes advantage of the rules and gets free throws and people get mad because they feel like he doesn’t have to be doing all that. News flash folks— you’re mad at the loophole and rule exploitation lmfao some of your favorite players of all time do the same shit they just don’t score 30+ a game. Chris Paul, Jalen Brunson are 2 notable players who do THE SAME SHIT as Joel but they’re beloved cuz they’re small. Joel is big so people want him to be Shaq and are mad that he doesn’t play like Shaq. It’s actually insane

[dontaerogers]

Bruh unrelated in a way but Tatum is only hated because the internet has no dirt on him and he plays for the celtics lol, its toxic fabricated hate. Embiid on the other hand, yeah he does stupid stuff all the time despite how big he is

[mattsell]

Even if the 76ers win a championship this year which is extremely unlikely it is not because of the process 😂