It all went down tonight when a fistfight broke out between Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns.
Now that the dust has cleared, reports are now coming in that Joel Embiid doesn’t think he should or will be suspended. Read on…
Joel Embiid going full Mike Scott in the postgame conference @thisleague pic.twitter.com/tNwjltF9kx
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 31, 2019
CelebNSports247.com has the latest from Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid who started off by saying (laughing), “fist of all I ain’t no b-tch!”
Despite having a major role in the fistfight with KAT, Joel Embiid believes that he is good and has nothing to worry about.
The scuffle between the two All-Star centers was pretty intense, and both players were ejected for their participation.
Though, Embiid doesn’t view himself as the instigator of the fight. Nope, he thinks that the fact that he didn’t throw any punches, it should save him from suspension.
Embiid broke down the situation stating:
I felt like you could see a lot of things the previous three possessions in the post. I kind of got it the way I wanted to, and then, I don’t know, I guess that last possession, we got them to turn the ball over, and my hand was staying tangled up. And next thing I know, he’s holding me; we’re holding each other.
He added:
All I did was try to be as cool as I could be in that situation. Personally, I didn’t throw any punches, so I shouldn’t get suspended. But they have a history of just overruling anything that comes to me in a subtle way. Hopefully, they’ll overrule it in the right way, but I don’t expect it.
For what it’s worth, Sixers head coach Brett Brown agreed with Embiid’s assessment, though he admitted that he needed to go back and re-watch it unfolded.
Brown weighed in saying:
I [didn’t] see punches being thrown [by Embiid]. I don’t believe he was the instigator.
Embiid goes on to say:
That’s what I’m good at. I like to get in people’s minds. I like to occupy that real estate. It’s the game, we’re just having fun, playing basketball, and then something like that is nothing. You just move on.
KAT and Joel Embiid got into it in Philly ? pic.twitter.com/2hECsbzKRv
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 31, 2019
Thoughts?