Joel Embiid calls out Gilbert Arenas: 'It's just disappointing'

Gilbert Arenas targeted Embiid given that the 76ers star chose to play for Team USA in the Paris Olympics, turning down opportunities to represent France and Cameroon. “They don’t even have shoes. They get their shoes from America. We’ve got to ship them shoes. They don’t even have basketball rims, dog. Manute Bol, I saw he had to walk like an hour-and-a-half to shoot basketballs. … They are shooting on peach baskets in dirt, no shoes,” Arena continued. -via Clutch Points / July 23, 2024

“The males almost lost to some Africans. And “The King” had to save us,” Arenas stated Arenas also mimicked using a blowgun to reference South Sudan, implying it was insulting to lose a basketball game to someone from that background. “We almost lost to the ahi-ahi tribe,” the former NBA star remarked. “This is crazy. Man, Embiid over there god damn throwing the game. He throwing the game for his cousins and s***. We ain’t supposed to be losing to air up there.” -via Clutch Points / July 23, 2024

Speaking of the Wizards, Wall recently appeared on an episode of Podcast P, presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment. Engaging in discourse with his former teammate Paul George, the point guard was asked by George if he considers himself the greatest Washington player of all time. “I know we had Gil (Gilbert Arenas) here earlier in the season and he mentioned that he would give the nod to you as being the greatest Wizard of all time,” George said to Wall. “Do you feel that way yourself?” “It’s funny bro because I do,” Wall answered. “I know how much Gil means to the city and how he embraced the community the same way I did. I feel like I’m that guy, you know what I mean? Just for going number one (in the draft) and being there, embracing the city the way I did, the way they’re embracing me, I definitely call myself the greatest Wizard.” -via Clutch Points / June 26, 2024

Rasheed Wallace: What the Sixers should have done is sit his ass down, go and get that rest. ‘This is the Olympics…’ No, sit down dog. Like you just got all this bread bro. No disrespect to the Olympics and Olympic Games, all that, but hey man, to me in this world, hey this NBA title is more important than you know getting that gold medal. Yo, go ahead and rest up. If I were the Sixers, oh man I definitely would have protested that with him. You are our main catalyst. I could see it if you were our backup center, or if you were a backup guard, or even a starting guard where we got let’s say bringing a Tyrese Maxey off the bench or something like that. Oh yeah go ahead, but we ain’t got nobody to back you up, bro. You are the team, you are it. When people think of the Philadelphia 76ers we think of Joel Embiid. Well, we think of Allen Iverson first, but then Joel Embiid. Man no, sit down. He doesn’t look healthy. -via YouTube / July 22, 2024