Another Joel Embiid Playoff Failure? | The Bill Simmons Podcast 

LOL at Simmons trying to claim he foresaw the Brunson improvement

I don't think I've ever seen anyone play as dirty as embiid on one end and then complain about calls on the other end.

Any fan that's seen a whole series of Joel Embiid go up against their team absolutely hates him. Dude is a flopper, whiner who takes no accountability. He'd still be MVP level without all these shenanigans. Knicks fans 🤝 Raptors fans

lol Jesus that Clyde joke was dark.

That Clyde joke was the darkest joke that I heard this year.

Brunson is amazing. Head of the snake. But acting like this was not a team win is what’s wrong with sports reporting. People were betting on the Sixers because they’re only looking at the star player. Maybe look into that…

The media still refuses to talk about Deuce McBride's two-way play. He's been playing and producing more than Donte on both ends and he makes 3 million a year.

But Precious didn’t foul embiid “20 times” like you thought. He stood up embiid multiple times in the 4th when it wasn’t OG. Block him too. Respect that man!

Bill made an excellent point about Embiid and the other stars in this era. An era of team-stacking, excuse-making, zero accountability, zero self-awareness, little to no defense, big men chucking threes and hoping for the best, and worst of all, team-switching. If things dont work out in one season, they bounce to another team again and again. Thankfully, this era is coming to an end. Out with the old and in with the new. The NBA is watchable again thanks to the new generation of players and a new culture of basketball. These younger players show more physical defense, teamwork, hard work, passion, play your role, do your job, players play, coaches coach, postup play, etc. Parity and balance is makin the game better and more competitive. Lesser known teams are competing and its exciting to see!

Jalen Brunson has completely changed the culture and the way The Knicks are perceived in the media. He is our Derek Jeter. Something special is in the NY City Air. Let’s Go Knicks. 🧡💙♾️

The only people that thought Brunson would be stopped, are the people that didn’t watch the Knicks during the season. Brunson has BEEN doing this type of stuff. This isn’t new!

“There was no evidence Brunson would get here” ….Except his entire basketball career. Never stopped growing as a player. Has won at every level he’s played at. Winning is a skill.

Embiid is healthier than people think. He scored 50 in a playoff game

Embiid forgot that Achiwa definitely isn’t that guy from the Toronto series a couple years ago on the close out 😂😂

Ryan legitimately thinking bill was telling the truth about Clyde hahaha he was shocked for 5 seconds. That was hilarious

This guy bill Simmons thinks he predicted every player becoming a star LOL NO ONE THOUGHT he’d be this great

Embiid had more free throw attempts than Jokić this regular season in fewer than half the games & minutes

The look on Russillo's face @ 7.41 when Bill darkside pranked him... Gold... :)

I'm really trying to get behind Embiid and give him atleast the smallest benefit of the doubt but every time Embiid loses he ALWAYS blames someone. He blamed Ben Simmons then his team mates then the coach then the refs and now the crowed. I know sixers fans are going to try and stick up for him with excuses of being hurt, well he dropped 50. Not to mention how much he flops and gets 20+ free throws on the regular. The guy has been in the league for 12 years and can't get past the 2nd round of the playoffs all because Embiid plays way worse in the playoffs where it separates best players in the league compared to just really good players during the regular season and that's what Embiid is a really good regular season player and that's that.

The Philly health argument also is poor because theres no Julius Randle for the Knicks!

You guys need to be honest with what the players on the knicks has done as a team collectively to ensure they win the series. Brunson was inefficient the first 3 games. It was Josh 3’s and the team play that allowed them to win. And when Brunson finally shows up you guys only see Hart struggles from 3 and states Brunson has carried the knicks to victory. Again it is the entire team effort and yes game four Brunson played out of his mind: my point is he had more than one game where he didn’t play so well and it was his teammates that covered down. Show love to the teammates the same way you show love to the star….

Wtf dude? That was an awful Clyde “joke”! Gave me a heart attack.

Bro said Clyde was dead and i almost broke out in to tears. Can’t joke like that bro, please

Respect to Russillo for not letting Bill do his revisionist history thing. There's literal footage of him questioning the Brunson signing

As a Dallas fan. You saw that Brunson was fearless and could score inside against any1....he was a hell of a co star, Luka definitely showed him the ropes. While in Dallas you saw that Brunson was consistent day in and day out, he was def a top 25 pg already. Didn't expect him to move into the top 5-10 pgs easily the next year with the Knicks

At this point being a Sixers fan is just asking to get depression😔

Joel Embiid has never beaten a 50 win team in the playoffs

i've never seen anyone play FOR THE FOUL more than embood and that includes harden and lebron.... yes... that's how bad it is.... but here is what makes it so much worse he is the biggest strongest guy on the court IN EVERY SINGLE GAME OF HIS CAREER

"and 5 minutes later Clyde was found dead....... I'm kidding" lol

Some sixers fans were saying that NYK is lucky embiids hurt. Mofo hes always hurt, thats the problem.😂 Dudes 30 years old now. You gonna make excuses till hes retired?

You can't gameplan for a team's HEART!

Would love to see the Knicks and Pacers have an exciting series that has shades of the 90s. I’d take the Knicks in 6 this year but the Pacers will get better and I could see the teams meeting multiple times in the playoffs in upcoming years.

Embiid should have never been MVP a year ago. His attitude, body language, and leadership skills will never win him a title. He's soft and immature.

Just look at his on/off numbers for his playoff career. Sixers inability to solve the non-Embiid mins has been their fatal flaw

Agreed on all things Bernard King. It's an NBA tragedy (among the many) that he suffered that injury when he did, and that he didn't play a single game alongside Ewing with the Knicks. Exquisite player and great guy.

Bill Simmons has to be a nightmare on April fools 😂

Perfect analysis without sounding like a hater, its a hard thing

The “well said” after Bill says it can be men’s or women’s team😂

I'm not trying to just like sweep away some of Embiid's bad moments from this series, but dude is also averaging 35, 9, and 6 on 61% TS. The team has one win, and Joel has 1 Win Share. I'm not saying he can't do more, but the idea that he is sucking or choking feels like an overreaction....

Agree on you can't have it both ways. If your knee is hurt, then how did you put up 50 pts. Because your knee isn't actually hurt

I think Brunson was asking Embiid about the elbow shove he gave Hartenstein the play before. Not the one on him. I think it was Brunson saying, "Im done with your cheap shots on my teammates." That's why Embiid was confused.

might go back to rewatch old Brunson tape to see if the signs were there. who are some players throughout history that had such a leap?

No one thought Brunson would be this good. He looks like a perennial All-NBA player.

Today final mvp nikola jokic had a 100 percent FT shooting 0/0 from FT...while the FT MVP shot 19/21 from the FT line...

The Clyde comment threw me off 😂

Negative comments on precious are a tell you didn’t watch the Knicks play post deadline

This team has me so bummed out that i can't even watch this video, but can we at least acknowledge that this is a 7 seed losing to a 2 seed?

When Philly was down 4 points with just under 2 minutes left Embiid decides to try and press Brunson full court, gets blown by and Knicks get a lay up. Embiid has no mentality when it gets tough. He can’t function in tight moments.

Rusillo is the ULTIMATE Embiid apologist. Mention Lowry once, and he's all over him for "flopping". But always deafining silence when it comes to foul merchant, whiney, dirty, Embiid.

Embiid is a manufactured star created by the media and the refs

Melo said King was his guy. I can't imagine a 1 week old Melo watching King in the 1984 playoffs saying, "That's my guy!". 🤔

This Knicks team reminds me of the 2001 76ers. Iverson and Brunson were the offense surrounded by defensive mindset teammates.

1st Embiid will blame his teammates saying he is the only one playing with heart. Then he will blame Philly fans in Game 4 for not attending. Next, he will blame Morey for doing a terrible job (well that's true). Later, he would demand a trade and blame media for putting him on the bad light.

What Brunson does, given his size and athletic ability, is simply amazing. It makes no sense in so many ways, but he does it over and over again. And it is obvious his teammates really believe he is the man. They are constantly looking for him. As for Embiid, I think he may need to lose a little weight, it would help his quickness and be easier on his body.

Embiid joining the Knicks ship has sailed

It would be nice if Tobias Harris, who makes $36 million a year would’ve contributed a basket or two to help out

At 22:00 he’s saying everything I’m thinking this year. Ok, so embiids hurt. But he was really good at the end of the year entering the playoffs? Then he drops 50 in a game. So just whenever he’s bad (a lot) it’s injuries but yeah you have your 50 point game and your 35 and 12s to end the year. Doesn’t make sense sorry Embiid fans

18:15 definitely Daryl Morey

Mr. Cameroon is done People living with Bell's palsy also may develop: Facial pain or abnormal sensations Excessive tears in one eye Problems with taste Low tolerance for loud noises Pain around the jaw and behind the ear Problems eating or drinking

The anonymous Philly fan has gotta be Chris Ryan right? 😂

The frequency of "injuries" appears implausible at best. Yet they're occurring apparently. Something doesnt add up.

I wanna feel bad for embiid with all the injuries and the fact that the team falls apart any time he goes to the bench, but after all the dirty plays I can't care less

As a knicks fan i can tell you I've never hated a sports player for purely sporting/ on court reasons like i hate Joel Embiid. Hes just awful

The entire Philly team was gassed by the 4th. They aren’t used to playing big minutes unlike the thibs knicks

Revisiting this after basically ignoring jokic blowing a 20 point game 7 lead

Brunson is a good player no doubt but he benefits a lot from having a cast of players that actually perform well. He played mid the first 2 games and they still won.

As a Sixers fan, I love Embiid….but. His body can’t make it through an 82 game regular season without getting some type of injury. And i honestly don’t think he is in shape to play 4 rounds/2 months of playoff basketball. The guy was gassed in Game 4 and had 1 point in the 4th quarter. He does this every spring as he shows glimpses of greatness and then just runs out of gas as the series goes on. I honestly think he’s too heavy and should lose 25 lbs to get in better shape. If we lose to the Knicks, this will be 7 straight years Embiid can’t get past the 1st or 2nd round. He’s just not built for a long season.

I thought he was serious about Frazier being dead too. I was about to google it.

Was Russello referring to obermann?

EMBIID had 9 TURNOVERS and 7 assists...NBA credited him with 10 one of the assists was a pass to MAXEY who shot the ball almost 10 seconds later. 6 of the 7 assists were to outside shoots... NBA likes to inflate stats to compare with legends but forgets this TRIPLE DOUBLE before the 80s was a game with 1 assist

Bill are you gonna do this for Tatum when Knicks beat them

Is that a double oven and then Microwave, air fryer, warming drawer?

That was 100% a Chris Ryan text.

As a Sixer fan, we are the worst run franchise in the league. So many missed opportunities. It just sucks smh

😂😂😂Bill would be so sick if the Garden in Boston ended up half filled with Knicks fans in the ECF. You boston fans better be ready to buy em all up if it comes to that.

Kyle cut the Clyde joke from the tiktokt camera

ofc bill tries to pretend like he thought brunson made sense. im not a knicks fan but the majority of non knick/dallas fans thought brunson was not a guy that could be a legit star on a team. only people that believed that were the ones who brought him in and the fans in dallas who saw him play

Knicks been working the 76ers all season. This shouldnt be a surprise.

Not a sixers fan, but was really hoping we’d finally see an injury-free playoff run for Embiid this year (I’m a sucker for redemption/proving haters wrong stories), instead he just added Bell’s Palsy(!) to his existing knee injury 🙁

Time to rebuild around Maxey

Dudes a bum. Blow that team up and try to get value for embiid while you still can...

Bill better have this energy if the Celtics can’t close it out again

Reminds me why

If we have to blame someone it has to be Tobias Harris and whoever paid him over Jimmy

Definitely was signs for Brunson did yall watch him @ nova n wat he did n then wat he did without Luka in Dallas for a bit dude is literally built the right way 2 run point I knew Brunson was it when replace Scottie Reynolds as my favorite nova player

I'm guessing that Clyde joke was supposed to be funny huh

If you think Knicks fans will start loving Embiid if he comes to New York just keep in mind that a lot of Knicks fans don’t even like Randle

Embed is probably 20 to 40 pounds overweight, not BMI wise but playoff basketball wise. He’ll never win anywhere maybe they could put him and Kevin Durant together

Embiid can't play on the box. So, he'll always be inconsistent in the 4th qtr. He's purely a perimeter big

THAT CLYDE JOKE WAS DISGUSTING

instead of making it a "why is Embid and Philly not beating the Knicks?", how about identifying what the Knicks are doing to beat Philly. At the end of the day, all of the analysts who watch highlights don't understand the talent the Knicks have on their team, which is why they are so confused to why the Knicks are winning. Yes, Philly has 2 of the top 3 players in the series. but after that, Knick runs away with the better talent of the supporting cast.

We need an emergency pod about the Lakers

They wasted another 40 pt Brunson game.

Didn't Embiid score 50 the other day?

Who so embiid gonna blame this time

The 76ers are pretty much the black air forces of the NBA

Embiitch always gets a whistle.... never takes blame for anything... now whose fault is it? He's just as much of a diva as Simmons was...

Imagine if Brunson got the foul calls LeBron gets.

Job not finish. Job finish

Sixers have won the minutes Embiids been on the floor yet again