I mean, on the extremely, extremely small chance that he pulls this off, Joel Embiid will have already been worth the first round draft pick, regardless of his surgery, right?
Sure, a tweet may not have the allure of Miami beaches, a triumphant return to being the Messiah of Cleveland sports but gosh dang it, Joel Embiid gave it the old college try. The Sixers’ first round draft pick wasted very little time in publicly lobbying The King to come to Philly.
@KingJames hey bro hope you're having a good day…… Want to join us in philly?? Peace
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 1, 2014
LeBron didn’t respond to that one because he’s LeBron James and every team in the league would gladly sacrifice their mascot to Satan if it meant that James would wear their uniform for the next four years. The guy is not hurting for basketball opportunities.
Joel, undeterred and really wanting a response, then sent another tweet to try and get James’ attention.
Been a day.. still waiting for @KingJames to answer me like (TAPE DELAY GUYS) how can you do that to me? @espn pic.twitter.com/LkeGQLrszQ
— Joel-Hans Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 3, 2014
If nothing else, Embiid is probably winning more hearts in Philly than the Sixers will win games over the next couple of seasons, so it’s hard to say that this is a wasted effort on his part.
