{"id":1156875,"date":"2020-08-19T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1156875"},"modified":"2020-08-21T21:59:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T02:59:39","slug":"brad-stevens-sick-of-joel-embiids-flopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/brad-stevens-sick-of-joel-embiids-flopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Stevens sick of Joel Embiid&#8217;s flopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixers big man Joel Embiid, when healthy, is a dominant physical force, looking like shades of Shaquille O&#8217;Neal.<\/p>\n<p>But more often than not, he talks a big game, and doesn&#8217;t completely back it up, whether it&#8217;s due to his poor conditioning, or disappearing for stretches during games.<\/p>\n<p>The most surprising part of Embiid&#8217;s game, is how the seven-foot, 280-pound big man attempts to resemble a finesse player at times. He&#8217;s one of the biggest players in the NBA, yet he&#8217;s been known to flop here and there. And if you ask Celtics head coach Brad Stevens, it happens far too often.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brad Stevens to the refs, after Joel Embiid draws another foul: <br \/> \u201cHe gets to flop all over. Everything\u2019s a flop.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimBontemps\/status\/1296222151478042624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gotta love Stevens attempting to work the refs here. We know exactly what he&#8217;s doing. He does raise a good point, however, as Embiid does struggle to remain upright far too often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixers big man Joel Embiid, when healthy, is a dominant physical force, looking like shades of Shaquille O&#8217;Neal. 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