76ers Joel Embiid Responds To Harsh Criticism!
Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley had some harsh things about Joel Embiid’s game. So, Joel Embiid responds to the harsh criticism…
CelebNSports247.com reports Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid was on the receiving end of some pretty harsh criticism.
Basically, TNT analysts Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley went in on Joel Embiid earlier this week.
The two NBA Hall of Famers expressed their disappointment in Embiid’s play so far this season.
Inside the NBA sports analyst, Charles Barkley said of Embiid:
He’s the toughest player in the league to match up with. But we don’t talk about him the way we talk about Luka [Doncic], Giannis [Antetokounmpo], Anthony Davis, James [Harden]. We don’t ever say that about him.
Shaquille O’Neal chimed in saying:
We’re telling you, ‘You can be great. You ain’t playing hard enough.’ Twenty-two [points] ain’t enough to get you to the next level. Do you want to be great, or do you want to be good? If you want to be good, keep doing 22 points. You want to be great, give me 28, give me 30. You want to be great, watch Giannis; he wants to be great.
Though the criticism was fair regarding Embiid, he had the following response for Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal.
Embiid said:
Maybe they’re right. Maybe. I do think they’re right. I think I need to be more aggressive and just look to impose myself and look to dominate … I think the whole season I haven’t done that, and you can see the way it has affected my efficiency and my stats, so I guess I need to go back to having fun and just dominating. But I get what they are saying, and I think they are right, man. I have to make a change.
