Embiid needs to stop falling down so much. It’s ridiculous.
I really hate how Embiid falls flops around for every little thing. Here he takes a dive for no reason and almost ended Jaylen Brown's season. Luckily Brown was able to narrowly get out of the way. pic.twitter.com/TZWiudsFMY
— Beto 🍀 (@sicktransitw) May 6, 2023
by sick_transit
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It’s irresponsible, hurts his own body, and will get other players hurt.
It’s gross the sixers coaching staff probably encourage it
In his effort to “protect” himself he’s become a 300lbs wrecking ball that often lands on others or knocks them over. If he did it standing up it would be a foul, but since he launches himself forward/backward/side to side it’s incidental and not a foul, but seriously dangerous.
Very skilled player. It’s a shame he chooses to play the game the way he does.
Harden the same thing…an artist
He’s probably still getting used to that brace. Hes fallen down more often with it on. Like Lebron, when you that big and strong, you have to exaggerate.
Even if that’s a foul, which it isn’t, how does one fall over after being touched on the hand. You do that on an outdoor court and you can wish your skin on your knees goodbye. How Smart has the reputation he does when there’s 20 players like this blows my mind
It’s fucking irresponsible and one day he’ll ruin someone’s season/career
Who’s worse, him or Harden?
Absolute disgrace. One of the dirtiest players in the league. Full stop
Finally you people stop loving this guy. All the posts on here I saw praising him was weird
No he doesn’t. It takes a lot of energy picking a body that size up off the floor, the more he has to do that, the faster he’ll fatigue.
I was glad that they didn’t bother to review that foul when Grant wrapped him up, and Embiid basically kicked his feet down to fall to the court ass first. Made zero effort to stay on his feet.
Dude’s going to injure himself at the rate he’s going to the floor on his own.
Not just ridiculous, but dangerous.
He’s spoken about this a few times during interviews, he does this to save the impact to his knees (knee issues are more typical in large humans) and claims it’s safer for him.
he’s just so agile and nimble with his footwork for a big man! really fun to watch, or something
He needs to stop falling, especially on our players
He’s doing what he needs to do to help his team, especially since he’s playing hurt. It’s on the refs to make better calls and not give him preferential treatment. Same with Harden. We all love it when Marcus flops and gets the call.
That being said, its soooooo annoying to watch this 76ers team.
No one here realizes that he gets his foot clipped at the start of the video… you can even see it in the thumbnail
He’s always low to the ground ( relatively speaking) when he backs into other players. I wish they would pull the chair from underneath him to sit his heavy ass on the floor🤣
You could honestly say the exact same thing about Smart. Here, embiid dives so he can get the pass out to maxey. How is this any different than all the times Marcus has dove for loose balls? Everyone remember the Curry incident from last year?
Pretty soon I bet he lands awkwardly on an aggressive flop and breaks his arm or wrist. Too much weight coming down with zero control
Uh, he was pretty obviously tripped. Tf you want him to do, levitate?
To be fair, Smart is just as bad. Regardless, Go Celtics!
Remember how he flopped in Grant? Then elbows Smart in the chin and then complains when Smart hits the deck. He’s 7’2 127kg how the refs can make flop calls for minimal contact is ridiculous 🤷
I’m sorry is the team that has Marcus Smart making this post